Cyber Business
Our Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team and participate in the innovation that ensures the highest security and trust worldwide.
Job Description
The Project/Systems Engineering function in Ultra provides expertise to all projects through the bid and full development lifecycle. It ensures that both project and statutory requirements are suitably met and works to improve the effectiveness of the systems engineering approach within the company. It is responsible for the system requirements, the resulting architecture, the design and integration of the solution. It is responsible for ensuring we design to cost and design for manufacture.
A professional at this grade applies technical/professional knowledge, making reasoned independent judgments based on practice and significant previous experience. Often seen as a referral point or more senior team member, to escalate more complex challenges and opportunities. This role is expected to act independently with minimal guidance and may mentor project managers/early careers.
Responsible for / Key responsibilities
1. Responsible for the full life cycle verification and validation activities required to formally evidence complex solutions as part of a system engineering approach.
2. Create and maintain Systems V&V artefacts such as Strategies, Plans, Procedures, Matrices and Reports, to result in progressively assuring desired outcomes.
3. Carry out Systems V&V activities in accordance with Systems V&V artefacts, so that internal, qualification and acceptance events are completed successfully.
4. Support the Environmental Qualification activities for Ultra Cyber, to include in-house and external test houses.
5. Responsible for knowledge transfer to System Engineers to support environmental testing (end-to-end process) at both internal and external events.
6. Support the design, development and maintenance of supporting test equipment.
7. Responsible for all safety aspects relating to V&V events and facilities used by the project.
8. Actively participates and is a key stakeholder at design reviews.
9. Responsible for managing the use of any external V&V facilities/test houses, i.e. organising EMC and TEMPEST qualification, collaboratively develop test harnesses with test houses.
10. Actively contributes to improving processes, tools and techniques that increase the quality and efficiency of engineering.
11. Provides specialist knowledge and support to the wider engineering team.
12. Exemplifies, leads, mentors and coaches V&V to engineers and non-technical resources; sharing knowledge willingly and constructively.
13. Manage security of information as defined in the Security Aspects and Government regulations.
14. The role is expected to require Line Management, Technical Management or Subject Matter Expert responsibilities:
15. Line management of a team of systems engineers (2-6), responsible for their development, training and approval of the team’s requests (e.g. annual leave etc.).
16. Technical management of a team of systems discipline engineers (1-5) on a project, their tasking and being responsible for the quality of their technical delivery and adherence to schedule and budget.
17. Subject Matter Expertise, and recognised as an expert in a specific subject matter, such as a specific product/technology/tooling/practice type or area.
Essential Qualifications / skills / requirements
1. Has extant/recent SC security clearance.
2. Is flexible to travel within the UK to support external stakeholders, test houses and customers.
3. Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance.
4. Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or have sufficient applicable defence industry experience.
5. Knowledge of Systems Engineering/V&V experience of solutions formed of Hardware, Software and Firmware components.
6. Demonstrable experience of INCOSE/ISO 15288 Systems Engineering of complex solutions.
Desirable Responsibilities
1. Can design special to type test equipment to meet the diverse requirements generated across multi-concurrent projects.
2. Contributes to safety and security of the test environments including laboratories, able to build a business case to ensure that test environments are suitably available.
3. To be familiar with environmental facilities and their operation under the guidance of the environmental test team.
4. Assesses tasks to define Basis of Estimate costing for bid and change processes.
5. Actively reviews professional publications; champions Systems Engineering/V&V industry standards; active member and promotes related professional organisations.
Job Info
Job Title: Principal IVVQ Lead
Company: CV-Library
Location: Competitive
Posted:
Closes:
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Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
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