About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise: we protect what matters — our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, and our world.

As a Systems Engineer Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of Systems Engineers working on exciting, cutting-edge technologies. The team will handle the design, development, and support of our products.

This role is based at our Barnstaple site with flexible working arrangements.

The salary for this role is up to £80k, depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing

• 25% Team Leadership and Management - Ensure team members have the tools and equipment needed to perform their roles safely and efficiently. Allocate projects based on business priorities, support, and empower team members to develop and grow.
• 25% Business Development Support - Provide technical expertise for business development, including preparing technical proposals and bids. Support evaluation of new technologies and methods, and assist in defining work packages and estimating resources.
• 50% Project Delivery - Lead the delivery of engineering work packages, coordinate system integration, verification, validation, and manage issue resolution. Oversee requirements management, analysis, traceability, and perform functional and non-functional system analyses.

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Our systems support naval ship and fleet protection, undersea surveillance, and are in service worldwide, providing rapid threat response and system interoperability. We are expanding our presence in key overseas markets.

What we offer

We foster innovation, flexibility, and out-of-the-box thinking. We offer generous rewards, a great work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities. Our benefits include:

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, with buy and sell options
• Up to 16 days of flexi leave
• Half-day Fridays
• Paid leave for Reservists in the Armed Forces

Family & wellbeing benefits:

• Private medical insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan (up to 7% employer contribution)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & social activities
• Employee discounts portal
• GP and financial advice through Canada Life
• Life assurance
• Publication and recruitment bonuses
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning

Facilities & resources:

• Electric vehicle charging points
• Private lunch areas
• Onsite bistro and free beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries
• Free onsite parking

The skills you need

• Experience in a similar role
• Extensive knowledge of Verification and Validation
• Understanding of requirements capture and experience with DOORS
• Leadership and team management experience

Join us and be part of something smaller — with 500 people in the UK and Canada — doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you'd like to learn more, contact Kelly-Ann Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team at 03330 414300 or email talentacquisition@sea.co.uk.