Software Systems Engineer - Defence and Space
- Recruiter
- Datasource Computer Employment Ltd
- Location
- Bristol
- Salary
- Excellent Salary
- Posted
- 18 Jun 2017
- Closes
- 24 Jun 2017
- Sectors
- Security & Defence
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Role: Software Systems Engineer - Defence and Space
Location: Bristol
Type: Permanent
Salary/Rate: Excellent Salary
Start Date: ASAP
Clearance: SC Clearance
Software Systems Engineer - Permanent - Bristol -Excellent Salary
Our client seeks a versatile, knowledgeable and experienced senior software or systems engineer for its spacecraft ground segment activities. The successful candidate will become part of the successful operations group with the responsibility for supporting the overall specification, design, deployment and acceptance of spacecraft ground software systems.
The first assignment involves performing a customer facing onsite role and will interface with all levels of the project from the end customers, users and sub-contractors. The role is strategically important for our client's business and will allow the successful candidate to progress their career within the company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Taking responsibility for key elements of the system, implemented and delivered by a sub-contractor
- Maintaining the requirements baseline for those elements
- Ensuring design and implementation meet the requirements
- Analysis/preparation of change requests and processing of sub-contractor change responses
- Review of documentation (datapacks) including, design, test plans, test reports, user manuals etc.
- Attendance of acceptance campaigns both at the sub-contractor site and end user sites
- Analysis and disposition of Software Problem Reports
- Technical support to provide input to customer documentation/datapacks
- Interfacing with the customer and users to discuss problems and changes as needed
- Travel to the customer site or other offices as required to assist with workshops, testing or providing support
Essential Skills:
- The successful candidate will have a software engineering background and be able to demonstrate a thorough systems engineering approach from requirements through design and verification of delivered and accepted systems
- The project standards must be adhered to and therefore an understanding of good software standards are required and an ability to work within project guidelines
- The role will be customer facing, so the candidate must be fluent in English and confident in their role representing the company and interfacing with the customer and operators
Desirable Skills:
- Software engineering background on large scale/complex projects
- Experienced in software/system design including architecture and interface design
- Experience in requirements specification and management
- Experience with formal verification processes
- Understanding of Product Assurance and adherence to project standards
- Linux systems
You will be required to hold a minimum of SC security clearance. If you do not hold an active SC clearance please familiarise yourself with the vetting process before applying.
Hit the 'Apply now' button to apply and to discuss this role further. We will be delighted to hear from you!
(c) Copyright Datasource Computer Employment Limited 2017.
Location: Bristol
Type: Permanent
Salary/Rate: Excellent Salary
Start Date: ASAP
Clearance: SC Clearance
Software Systems Engineer - Permanent - Bristol -Excellent Salary
Our client seeks a versatile, knowledgeable and experienced senior software or systems engineer for its spacecraft ground segment activities. The successful candidate will become part of the successful operations group with the responsibility for supporting the overall specification, design, deployment and acceptance of spacecraft ground software systems.
The first assignment involves performing a customer facing onsite role and will interface with all levels of the project from the end customers, users and sub-contractors. The role is strategically important for our client's business and will allow the successful candidate to progress their career within the company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Taking responsibility for key elements of the system, implemented and delivered by a sub-contractor
- Maintaining the requirements baseline for those elements
- Ensuring design and implementation meet the requirements
- Analysis/preparation of change requests and processing of sub-contractor change responses
- Review of documentation (datapacks) including, design, test plans, test reports, user manuals etc.
- Attendance of acceptance campaigns both at the sub-contractor site and end user sites
- Analysis and disposition of Software Problem Reports
- Technical support to provide input to customer documentation/datapacks
- Interfacing with the customer and users to discuss problems and changes as needed
- Travel to the customer site or other offices as required to assist with workshops, testing or providing support
Essential Skills:
- The successful candidate will have a software engineering background and be able to demonstrate a thorough systems engineering approach from requirements through design and verification of delivered and accepted systems
- The project standards must be adhered to and therefore an understanding of good software standards are required and an ability to work within project guidelines
- The role will be customer facing, so the candidate must be fluent in English and confident in their role representing the company and interfacing with the customer and operators
Desirable Skills:
- Software engineering background on large scale/complex projects
- Experienced in software/system design including architecture and interface design
- Experience in requirements specification and management
- Experience with formal verification processes
- Understanding of Product Assurance and adherence to project standards
- Linux systems
You will be required to hold a minimum of SC security clearance. If you do not hold an active SC clearance please familiarise yourself with the vetting process before applying.
Hit the 'Apply now' button to apply and to discuss this role further. We will be delighted to hear from you!
(c) Copyright Datasource Computer Employment Limited 2017.