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Posted:
22.01.2025
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08.03.2025
Job Description:
We are looking for a Senior Research Engineer – Systems Engineering to join our Advanced Production Systems (APS) Team.
The Senior Research Engineer – Systems Engineering role is primarily focused on technical delivery of complex, system-level projects and development of systems engineering activities across The MTC. You will work across various technology departments, industrial sectors, and customers.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Technical project and systems engineering leadership to ensure work meets or exceeds agreed customer requirements, including working with project managers and engineering resources to deliver projects within agreed scope, budget, and timescales. Projects and work packages typically have budgets of £100k to £2m over timeframes of 3 months to 2.5 years.
* Technical delivery of projects aimed to support UK-based customers with the industrialisation and scale-up (Technology Readiness Level, TRL 5+) of their manufacturing plant and their products, primarily focusing on Aerospace and Defence.
* Depending on experience, specific tasks could include: Systems Engineering Process Development & Quality improvements, leading Systems Engineering activities on multiple challenging projects, providing guidance and support to colleagues on the systems engineering aspects of their project role, and supporting customers in the completion of their systems engineering tasks.
* Providing technical governance, including nurturing earlier-career stage engineers in their technical development.
* Supporting Senior Managers with a proactive approach in the identification, technical specification, and delivery of new and novel technology capability into the MTC, its customers, or industrial members' premises.
* Working with The MTC’s stakeholders to define and propose project ideas for internal, industrial, or Collaborative Research & Development (CR&D) funding streams.
Person Specification
We are looking for a candidate who has:
Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience
* A track record of both verbal and written technical communication, tailoring communication style for different audiences.
* Experience with partner and supplier liaison, including collaborating directly with customers during project delivery.
* Demonstrable use of coaching and mentoring to support colleagues and transfer knowledge.
* Creative problem-solving abilities, with an analytical approach to implementation.
* Experience in product development, design, industrialisation of technologies and/or manufacturing in a production environment.
* Hold a degree, or equivalent experience or qualification in an engineering discipline.
* Promoting teamwork, supporting through difficult times and collectively celebrating successes.
* Applies a pragmatic approach to achieving project objectives and can adapt to the needs of the situation.
Desirable Skills/Qualifications/Experience
* Experience of applying Systems Engineering approaches, including all phases of the system development lifecycle, particularly on Defence or Aerospace projects.
* Experience of defining and leading Systems Engineering activities on large-scale complex projects.
* Experience of manufacturing plant, assembly or production lines and processes.
* Experience developing and implementing processes aligned with BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2023.
* Experience in functional safety, fault trees and safety assessments.
* Experience of design, development and realisation of system prototypes and system test rigs.
* Engineering competence in a wide range of engineering disciplines such as Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Electronics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Simulation Modelling.
* Familiar with FMEAs, robust engineering practices and supporting techniques.
About The MTC
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing.
Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.
The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.
Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)
Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.
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