Systems Engineer Jobs in UK

Systems Engineers are smart, methodical, process driven individuals. Some of the most popular areas of work for this field are in computing, telecommunications and manufacturing, so decide which sector you want to work in and check out the various job descriptions to get a taste of each sector.

Manufacturing Systems Engineers will work with production managers in factories to design and install new manufacturing equipment and assembly lines. You might also be involved in the building of new manufacturing plants.

It is work which looks at project and processes in terms of life-cycle, so you learn to manage each phase and you will often work with other professionals on the project in your team for example working on bids and tenders, building models of the project either as statistical models or as actual 3D models in computer-aided design. You will test systems and processes made from these models, testing for cost-effectiveness, efficiency, quality and so on. Further training might lead to you becoming a chartered engineer and you might then take on a more directional role in terms of looking at the strategy for adopting a model or system in the business or company you work for.

97% of the live vacancies are full-time, however 3% of them are part-time positions.

The average salary for open Systems Engineer jobs is currently £40,655, 25% higher than the national average salary for all jobs which is £32,314.

The largest category under which open Systems Engineer jobs are listed is Engineering Jobs, followed by IT Jobs.

1,292 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 2,530 in the last 72 hours and 3,907 in the last week.

The standard deviation of salaries for the results of this search is 21,763.