Systems Integration & Test Engineer – Deployed Mission Systems

Full Time Senior

Job description

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

The Digital and Synthetic Capability Unit (D&S) is committed to providing mission-driven information solutions that seamlessly bridge the digital and physical realms. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and advanced platforms, we empower operational readiness and elevate situational awareness across diverse domains—including air, maritime, and space. 

Position Summary

As our Deployed Test Engineer (Systems Integration & Test Engineer – Deployed Mission Systems), you will help ensure that our software systems, integrated with aircraft hardware, work correctly in real-world environments. You will support the deployment, testing, and validation of our systems on aircraft, working closely with engineering teams and customers. This role does not involve permanent deployment to site, when not deployed you will be an active member of the Software QA team to help deepen your understanding of the Product.

This is a hands-on role that combines software testing, system integration, and on-site support. You will work hands-on with real systems, travel to interesting locations, and develop both technical and communication skills.

What You'll Do

Assist in installing and updating software on aircraft and test systems
Record and maintain test evidence and deployment notes, including test results, defects, and system configurations, to support engineering teams and customer reporting
Support system-level testing in real environments (including aircraft reference systems and simulators)
Seek feedback and continuously improve technical and on‑site working practices
Help ensure the system meets functional and performance requirements
Capture clear and actionable defect reports, including steps to reproduce, logs, and environmental details
Work with senior Engineers to help resolve issues found during testing or deployment
Work alongside customers and internal teams during deployments and testing
Communicate clearly and professionally, especially during on-site activities

What You Bring

Basic understanding of software systems and integration concepts
Background in and passion for Software QA & Testing
Attention to detail and willingness to follow structured processes
Good at thinking on your feet and adapting to new situations
Degree or equivalent in Software, Systems, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, or similar
Systematic and proactive approach to problem-solving
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Willingness and enthusiasm to travel regularly (including international travel)
Basic knowledge of networking (IP, connectivity, troubleshooting)

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Background within avionics
Exposure to hardware-software integration testing
Knowledge with project management tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance   
Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub   
Electric Car scheme   
Cycle to work scheme   
Salary sacrificed pension scheme   
Free lunch on office days  
Enhanced Parental Leave  
30 days annual PTO plus b/h 
Bonus Scheme 
Personal development opportunities

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

The employee will have the legal right to work in the UK and will be able to produce right to work documentation.   

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea Mission Data (MMD) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  

Work Environment

This job operates in a hybrid office setting (typically 3 days a week in our London OR Harwell office, up to the employee) & and test sites

Travel

Travel is required in this role.

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.

Required skills

travel full-time validation hardware communication skills jira troubleshooting software technical skills feedback testing azure devops customers people mission bonus scheme stakeholder management networking personal development product security clearance system integration uk pto deployment london curiosity defects entrepreneurial trust parental leave simulation engineering teams ip pension scheme private medical insurance aircraft isr free lunch firmware functional requirements secure communications on-site support avionics expertise senior engineers priorities logs equal opportunity employer humility connectivity discipline software qa test systems systematic complex problems cycle to work scheme gym membership software systems electric car scheme wellhub test results system configurations defect reports purpose performance requirements hands-on role effective solutions real-world environments customer reporting work authorization communicate openly electronic warfare hybrid office simulators system-level testing elegant solutions aerial firefighting test sites aerial refueling special air missions test evidence deployed mission systems software qa team installing software updating software deployment notes improve working practices steps to reproduce environmental details resolve issues hardware-software integration testing right to work documentation harwell discerning over-deliver teammate firmware technical firmware web-like hyper-collaborative dynamically hierarchical adapt quickly distribute decision-making self-organize complex mission space protecting precious inheritance