Avionics Systems Engineer
Inside IR35 – Preston (4 days p/week on site) – 12 month contract
* Active SC required
We are working with a Defence consultancy in the recruitment of a Systems engineer to join a project on an initial 12 month basis. You will be assisting with the qualification & certification activities for key avionics system updates. This is an important role in supporting the qualification of design changes across a number of avionics sub-systems, and the engineer will work closely with test, integration and support teams to release new capability in line with programme demands.
Required Skills (Technical Competency):
* Recent Military or civil aircraft Qualification & Certification experience
* Generation of Airworthiness and Flight Clearance documentation
* Working with other Avionics teams to plan and gather required qualification & certification inputs from SIL rig testing, flight trials, etc
* Assessment of Qualification & Certification evidence, identifying any shortfalls and their impact
* Ability to identify potential safety issues and liaise with appropriate teams to resolve
* Identifying and tracking dependencies
* Working closely with external assessor stakeholders (i.e. Qual & Cert / Airworthiness), to secure independent assessment and approval of Clearances
* Assessing the traceability of Clearance evidence
* Presentation of Certification evidence for formal sign off
* Tracking and managing Clearance baselines across complex product variants
* Supporting programme reviews, as required
Desired Skills:
* Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related field is preferred
* Knowledge of the Typhoon (or similar military aircraft) platform and the Qualification & Certification processes required (e.g. Eurofighter QAPs (Quality Assurance Policies), UK MAA certification processes (MACP / RA), EASA civil certification processes (CS-25)).
* Experience with JIRA agile project management tools
* Experience using Product Safety analysis processes and toolsets (e.g. Fault Tree Analysis, ISOgraph toolsets (i.e. Reliability Workbench))