Job Description:

 Technical Business Analyst (Digital Engineering / Software Engineering) – Reading (Hybrid)

Location: Reading, Berkshire (RG2)
Rate: Up to £68.80 per hour
Clearance: Active SC required 

Overview

We’re looking for a Technical Business Analyst to support digital engineering and software engineering activities across sensitive MOD and aerospace programmes. You’ll take ownership of requirements definition and governance across the engineering lifecycle, ensuring full traceability from stakeholder need through to implementation and verification.

Key Responsibilities

• Capture, analyse, document, and maintain system and software requirements
• Manage baselines, change requests, and impact assessments
• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability across lifecycle artefacts
• Support requirements decomposition and allocation activities
• Participate in reviews, validation, and verification activities
• Coordinate with software development, systems engineering, and V&V teams
• Support governance activities including audits and traceability reviews
• Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve requirements-related issues

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in business analysis / requirements engineering (systems + software)
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Requirements elicitation, management, traceability, and change control
  • Systems engineering principles
  • Requirements management tooling (e.g., DOORS-type tools or equivalents)
• Background delivering within aerospace/defence environments (MOD / Defence Digital / UK aerospace)
• Excellent stakeholder management, documentation, and communication skills
• Active SC clearance (DV advantageous)

Desirable

• Experience working in regulated development environments
• TOGAF and/or ArchiMate
• Exposure to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) / digital engineering concepts