
SYOS Aerospace is a rapidly expanding robotics company that develops and manufactures cutting-edge utilitarian uncrewed vehicles across air, land, and sea domains. They aim to disrupt traditional aerospace and defense by delivering agile, rapid development focused on meeting minimum viable capability at an industry-leading price point. Their systems, including UAVs, USVs, and UGVs, integrate with various payloads for missions like ISR, cargo, and electronic warfare. All vehicles are powered by the SYOS control system, offering multi-domain swarming, computer vision, and robust autonomous navigation in GNSS-denied environments. The company also offers conversion services for existing crewed vehicles. With a team of over 50 engineers, SYOS has headquarters in New Zealand and a production site in the UK, with expansion into Australia and the USA.

SYOS Aerospace is a rapidly expanding robotics company that develops and manufactures cutting-edge utilitarian uncrewed vehicles across air, land, and sea domains. They aim to disrupt traditional aerospace and defense by delivering agile, rapid development focused on meeting minimum viable capability at an industry-leading price point. Their systems, including UAVs, USVs, and UGVs, integrate with various payloads for missions like ISR, cargo, and electronic warfare. All vehicles are powered by the SYOS control system, offering multi-domain swarming, computer vision, and robust autonomous navigation in GNSS-denied environments. The company also offers conversion services for existing crewed vehicles. With a team of over 50 engineers, SYOS has headquarters in New Zealand and a production site in the UK, with expansion into Australia and the USA.
SYOS is a fast-growing global robotics and aerospace company, driving the development of cutting-edge uncrewed vehicles (drones) across air, land, and sea for dual-use applications. We are committed to pushing technological boundaries and delivering exceptional products that consistently exceed customer expectations.
About the role
We're looking for a highly skilled System Design Engineer with Uncrewed Surface Vessel experience to join our team in our production facility based in Fareham, UK.
As a Systems Design Engineer at SYOS, you'll be a key player in defining the architecture, integrating, and validating their cutting-edge autonomous systems, with a particular focus on their marine applications. This role is highly cross-functional, requiring close collaboration with hardware, software, and autonomy teams to deliver robust and high-performance solutions, especially for challenging maritime environments.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge uncrewed vehicles within a global aerospace and robotics company.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
If you are an experienced and skilled Systems Design Engineer with Marine experience, who meets the requirements and is ready to work with a legendary team, we encourage you to apply.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Security Requirement:
To be eligible for this role, you must be able to meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). This includes confirming your identity, legal right to work in the UK, recent employment history, and criminal record (unspent convictions only).
Unfortunately, we’re unable to consider applicants who cannot meet these requirements and are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.