Principal Systems Engineer
Synoptix • bristol, england • Posted May 31, 2026
About the Role
Principal Systems Engineer
As a Principal Systems Engineer at Synoptix you will help guide the scope and direction of the engineering projects you are working on. In this agile environment the principal engineer is given the relative freedom to take ownership at the strategic level of the project, communicating with external stakeholders at a high level within the customer organisation and reporting back to engineering management meetings.
Internally you are seen as a technical authority and mentor to early‑career engineers, shaping their future by passing on knowledge, experience and guiding them on customer project delivery.
Responsibilities
Day to day tasking can include:
- Delivering technical consultant expertise on a variety of customer projects from air to sub‑surface
- Supporting trials at customer locations alongside Synoptix colleagues
- Working with multidisciplinary teams across programmes
- Devel...