Principal Systems Engineer role provides Design Authority expertise across engineering products, providing technical direction from requirements capture to testing and certification activities.
You will provide customer support, lead technical input for Bids and Proposals, and develop technical requirements design. You will also solve complex technical problems, provide Engineering representation, and manage technical design reviews and qualification.
Essential skills include product development experience, knowledge of high speed digital design, and understanding of RF concepts and techniques. You will also need experience in systems engineering principles, product qualification, and problem solving skills.
Desirable skills include Design Authority experience, experience with interfacing to RF circuitry, and knowledge of Firmware development and design. You will also need experience with Industry standard toolsets for requirement capture, design and task management.
Please note SC Clearance must be obtainable for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide customer support and technical/product strategy discussions
* Lead technical input for Bids and Proposals and Production of Engineering Estimates
* Develop and shape technical requirements design and manage these requirements through the design lifecycle
* Solve complex technical problems on new and existing products
* Provide Engineering representation to production Product Team
* Responsible for all technical design reviews and qualification, verification, validation, and certification of our designs
* Support and mentor junior engineers
Essential Skills:
* Product development experience at team lead level
* Good knowledge of high speed digital design, electro-mechanical and/or thermal product design within harsh environments
* Understanding of RF concepts and techniques for analogue signals
* Design of circuits in analogue and digital, with exposure to FPGA or DSP control
* Experience of interfacing designs into established systems
* Proven experience in systems engineering principles with regards product development
* Experience in Product Qualification, for EMC, Environmental requirements
* Demonstrable problem solving and analytical skills
* Ability to develop hardware concepts efficiently from limited or vague customer requirements
* Excellent stakeholder management and customer interfacing skills
* Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics) or similar industry certification
Desirable Skills:
* Design Authority experience for Hardware Product development
* Experience with interfacing to RF circuitry and high speed D/A/A/D conversion
* Experience in schematic, and PCB layout tools, and Electronics simulation environments
* Knowledge of Firmware development, design and test using suitable toolsets
* Product Quality Testing and Certification
* Experience of working with Industry standard toolsets for requirement capture, design and task management
* Knowledge of GNSS systems and receiver characteristics
* Experience with SysMl or UML in a Systems Engineering environment
* Experience with configuration management systems
* Understands the principles of 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing