Senior Systems Engineer

Our client, a global leader in their industry, is recruiting for a 6 month contract Senior Systems Engineer to join their fast paced Systems Engineering team. The successful candidate will have extensive experience working within a systems engineering environment with knowledge of the whole systems lifecycle, best practices and systems engineering tools.

Please note you must be eligible to obtain security clearance for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generating, understanding and reviewing user requirements documentation;
• Writing the project System Requirements Specifications;
• Developing and documenting the System architecture;
• Developing and documenting the systems design through System Design Specifications and Interface Specifications;
• Defining the system's sub-systems and their requirements including hardware and software;
• Developing and continually refining the system acceptance strategy, and verification method for each system requirement (incl. Acceptance Management Plan);
• Ensuring the specification, design and acceptance are fully traceable;
• Leading with system testing;
• Deriving, defining and documenting testing:
• Conducting integration testing;
• Conducting system testing (informal and formal);

Key Requirements:

• HNC/HND, Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject (Engineering or Computer Science)
• Experience of Systems Engineering in the defence industry or other relevant environment.
• Experience of the use of Systems Engineering tools.
• Experience of the whole Systems lifecycle.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering best practices and common pitfalls, methodologies and processes and tools
• Awareness of safety issues.
• Ability to write clear, concise, well structured, technical documents.
• Adaptable to change.
• Proactive.
• Ability to assimilate knowledge quickly across various technical disciplines.
• Team player with the flexibility to cross boundaries if required.
• Willingness to embrace new technology.
• Experience working within the defence sector or with the military would be an advantage.

Parkside Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Parkside Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.