Your experience of systems engineering and the defence industry will help you to drive the design, development and implementation of complex systems in accordance with best practices in Defence acquisition.
You will have the opportunity to work for a high technology business that provides immersive training solutions, simulation and defence consultancy. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.
About the job:
Our client currently requires a Systems Engineer to work across a range of their projects providing support to requirements, design and IVVQ planning and activities.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive, growing technology company with strong links to the MOD. Their core team has exceptional knowledge in defence training requirements and they partner with associates who bring subject matter expertise to augment their offering as required.
They engage clients through the rapid application of current and emerging technologies, helping them accelerate development and change in the transformation of modern, relevant training solutions.
The role will involve:
* Coordinating and driving the design, development and implementation of complex systems in accordance with best practices in Defence acquisition
* Working closely with the PM and cross-functional teams to ensure that all project/product requirements are met
* Preparing material for project design reviews and presenting the material to both internal and external stakeholders
* Providing engineering support in the management of subcontractors and the review of provided material/products
* Developing, maintaining and controlling engineering documentation including: Requirements documentation, system architectures, design documents, test and acceptance plans and bill of materials
* Providing engineering/technical support to projects and the wider business
* Conducting feasibility studies and writing technical reports
You will predominantly be a practitioner in the left-hand side of the Vee lifecycle, including:
* Requirement decomposition.
* Logical, functional, and physical architectures
* Systems Modelling Language (using Enterprise Architect)
* Analytical approach and able to develop physics mathematical models in support of development implementation (use of MatLab)
About you:
As a Systems Engineer your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
* An understanding of synthetic training solutions within defence, as well as Naval defence platforms/systems is highly desirable.
* Proven experience in the specification, design, development and implementation of complex systems and the management of the specifications through to completion
* Previous experience in a Systems Engineering role
* In-depth understanding of the system engineering lifecycle and associated principles
* Ability to understand and interpret the operational context of customer requirements
* Understanding of, and ability to develop, system architectures using appropriate tools and modelling language (such as SysML)
* Experience in Integration, Test and Verification and ‘selling off’ the verification information to stakeholders.
* Knowledge of agile methodologies, tools and techniques
* Experience in technical report and documentation writing, and the subsequent presentation of these to internal and external stakeholders
* Familiarity with Systems Engineering processes, tools and techniques within a Defence framework
Systems Engineer
Bristol / Hybrid
£55000 - £70000
Permanent
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, to SC level.
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