Want to join a trusted and reputable company with a broad portfolio of capabilities across the Maritime domain?
Key skills required for this role
Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance, and as a minimum be living in the UK for 5 years.
Working: The role is office/hybrid based with occasional travel to other company/customer's sites in the UK or abroad. Office site presence, anticipated 2-3 days onsite, depending on project needs.
Job Description
This Systems Engineer position is ideal for an experienced systems engineer to support new design work and existing products. The Senior / Lead Systems Engineer will provide expertise to all projects through the bid and full development lifecycle, ensuring that both project and statutory requirements are met while improving the effectiveness of the systems design function within the company. Responsibilities include system architecture and integration of the solution, as well as design for cost and design for manufacture.
The Senior / Lead Systems Engineer may also undertake roles such as Project Engineering Lead, Work Package Manager, or Lab Manager, supporting development and production programmes ranging from tens of £k to several £m.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop technical solutions to large and complex engineering problems, following Systems Engineering processes to ensure customer requirements are satisfied.
* Develop Systems Engineering artefacts across the product development lifecycle for positive project outcomes.
* Provide technical direction and exert technical influence across one or more projects to select optimal approaches, architecture, design, and implementation.
* Responsible for the design, development, and delivery of Systems Engineering artefacts for one or more projects to ensure high quality deliverables.
* Work closely with the system, hardware, and software departments to ensure consistency, design for modularity and re-use, and technical excellence.
* Plan, co-ordinate, and present at internal and external design reviews to senior management and customers.
* Actively contribute to and/or lead defined aspects of the project to achieve optimal balance between requirements, schedule, and cost.
* Manage customers and external suppliers to ensure compliance with agreed processes and achievement of project objectives.
* Generate and review technical proposals, providing accurate estimates for associated effort, costs, and risks for bids and proposals.
* Work closely with project management and engineering project leads to create proposals that drive down project costs and increase margin.
* Estimate time and effort required for systems activities and deliver to these estimates to ensure cost and schedule adherence.
* Review and approve technical documents; chair technical reviews for significant deliverables.
* Explain technically complex concepts clearly to less technical/involved parties.
* Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual to ensure compliance with Government regulations.
* Provide supervision/mentoring to less senior members of the team.
Experience Needed:
* Ideally qualified to degree-level or equivalent experience in a Physics or Engineering based subject, such as Electronics, Hardware, Computer Science, Software, or Systems Engineering.
* Experience and full understanding of Systems Engineering, the V-Model, and associated processes/lifecycle.
* Experience in developing high quality requirements and establishing a fully compliant systems design.
* Experience in writing high quality technical documentation and formal technical review of such material.
* Experience of JAMA and hands-on development of hardware, software, or firmware, particularly in an embedded environment.
Desirable Experience:
* Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment.
* Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain.
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