Systems Engineer
Full-time, Permanent
Vaxholm, Sweden
Please note that this role requires security checks.
The Role:
As a Systems Engineer, you will play a central role in developing market‑leading marine craft and components, delivering systems expertise across the full product lifecycle. You will lead system‑level work, define requirements, architecture and technical specifications, and act as a technical authority to ensure all solutions meet safety, environmental and regulatory standards. The role includes coordinating with suppliers, championing Systems Engineering best practice, and maintaining the tools, methods and processes that ensure seamless integration across internal and external systems.
To succeed, you will bring proven experience in a similar role, strong knowledge of relevant standards and directives, and excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English. You will be organised, methodical and detail‑focused, able to work independently or as part of a team, and adaptable to changing demands. A commitment to ownership, high‑quality delivery, and cost‑efficient solutions—often under tight deadlines—is essential.
What you’ll be doing:
- Implementing and tailoring Systems Engineering processes, methods, and best practices to suit individual project needs
- Working alongside product capability managers to elicit and document stakeholder requirements to ensure the best technical solution is provided in all instances.
- Preparation and management of system and sub-system technical requirements
- Creation of engineering documentation such as system requirements, specifications, procedures, and reports
- Working with engineers and testing team ensuring integration, verification, validation, and qualification activities are carried out against requirements
- Site visits to other JFD offices and client assets as and when required.
- Accountability and responsibility as technical checker of documentation generated in support of the systems engineer role.
- Integration of systems on crafts, including complex communications between systems.
What we’re looking for:
- Demonstrated experience in a similar role.
- Experience in embedding Systems Engineering into an engineering function.
- Knowledge of both regulatory standards and directives.
- Engineering degree, electrical is advantageous.
- Experience from defence or marine industry.
- Systems Engineers with the required knowledge, skills and experience will be considered from any industrial background such as defence, automotive, energy or aerospace.
Nice to have:
- Knowledge of a requirement capture tool such as Jama Connect or IBM Doors.
- Knowledge of design for functional safety compliance, particularly IEC 61508.
- Knowledge of design for CE and UKCA Compliance.
- INCOSE ASEP or CSEP certification or working towards these.
- Chartered Engineer or working towards CEng.
- Experience from vehicle design and/or construction, marine applications meriting.
- Experience of safety critical systems withing aerospace, vehicle or other relevant industries.
- Knowledge of INCOSE Systems Engineering processes and methods.
Why join us?
- Competitive salary and benefits package aligned with experience (Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, Cycle to work scheme, Company Pension, etc.)
- Clear pathways for career development and organisational visibility
- Inclusive and supportive culture that values individual contributions
- Meaningful work with impact across safety, innovation, and global operations
About Us:
James Fisher is a global engineering services company operating across Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport. With a strong heritage in maritime operations, we now deliver innovative solutions in challenging environments. Our One James Fisher strategy is focused on building a unified, sustainable business within the Blue Economy, driving progress through technology, expertise, and collaboration.
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Join our team in Vaxholm, Sweden! At James Fisher Defence (JFD) Sweden, we offer exciting roles that break the mold. Join us to work on innovative projects, engage in dynamic daily operations, and collaborate with colleagues from around the globe. We are situated at Rindö with the benefits of the beautiful Stockholm archipelago but with an easy commute through regular car ferry from both the northern and southern parts of Stockholm.
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