Role : Systems Engineer (Aerospace) Location: Cheltenham (3-4 days per week on-site) Duration: 12 months Rate: Up to £75/hour Inside IR35 - Umbrella only The Role & Essential Responsibilities Experienced in systems design lifecycle and will work effectively with all functional groups in system engineering. Understand requirements and decompose them effectively to determine appropriate product development or qualification strategy of the system. Author qualification test plans and test procedures; work across disciplines to pull together high quality requirements. Support Lean continuous process improvement activities such as PSR (problem solving report), Kaizen, 5S, etc. to rapidly resolve issues and continuously improve existing processes and strategies. Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, and analyses. Communicate effectively and proactively on progress and demonstrate ability to plan, estimate, prioritise and manage activities to meet the project schedule Potential to be involved with the supplier to help derive characteristics and inform requirements. Potential to participate in certification compliance activities and design reviews. Qualifications / Requirements Previous experience in an aviation, automotive or similar embedded systems development environment demonstrates understanding of working to rigorous industry mandated development standards; for example, ARP4754A and DO160G. Strong organisation and communication skills Knowledge of different verification strategies and test equipment will aid in creating, updating and performing systems tests - be it script-based automated tests, or writing procedures for manual actions. Knowledge of test infrastructure and design of tests To apply, please send your CVs in the first instance