Job Title: Systems Engineer

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Agency: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Location: London, United Kingdom

Salary/Rate: 37,259 – 45,356 £ / Year

Job Summary

We are looking for a developer with strong experience in frontend application development, with a focus on creating intuitive, patient-safe, and fully accessible user interfaces and user experiences. The role also involves contributing to the design and development of backend APIs and ensuring seamless functionality by integrating frontend and backend systems through well-structured API services.

Main duties of the job

• System requirements (capture, decomposition, traceability, acceptance criteria).
• System architecture & interface definition (APIs, data contracts, device/app interfaces.
• Integration planning and execution (device <-> app <-> backend <-> analytics).
• Verification & validation planning (test strategy, evidence, release readiness).
• Risk management & clinical safety support (hazard identification, mitigations, residual risk).
• Security, privacy, and compliance (secure data handling, encryption, access control).
• Deployment & operational support: continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD), monitoring, bug fixing, performance/stability)

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Applied Science (or equivalent experience)
• Understanding of systems engineering concepts – requirements, interfaces, verification and validation (V&V)
• Understanding of secure-by-design and privacy-by-design fundamentals
• Strong written communication for technical/specification documentation

Desirable

• Formal systems engineering training e.g., INCOSE-aligned, Model-Based Systems Engineering exposure (MBSE)
• Training in risk management/safety (medical, human factors, or similar)
• Experience or training in quality management / regulated development

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in a clinical vestibular laboratory
• Experience of working with ear-bud consumer devices
• Experience of working with flight simulator hardware and electronic control systems
• Experience in defining and delivering end-to-end systems across components/teams

Desirable

• Digital health / regulated or safety-critical project experience
• Sensor/IMU or wearable-device integration experience (BLE/device constraints)
• Experience with data pipelines/analytics requirements and governance

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential

• System decomposition, interface definition, and trade-off analysis
• Writing clear requirements and acceptance criteria; managing change control
• Building V&V plans and test evidence approaches with engineering/scientist teams
• Risk thinking (failure modes, mitigations, residual risk communication)

Desirable

• MBSE tools/approaches (even lightweight modelling)
• Threat modelling familiarity and security requirements definition
• Understanding of usability/human factors considerations for home use

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 17 March 2026

How to Apply;

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