Principal Systems Engineer

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Farnham
Salary
42000.00 - 55000.00 GBP Annual + Excellent
Posted
08 Sep 2020
Closes
06 Oct 2020
Sectors
Engineering
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Frimley

Salary: GBP42,000 - GBP55,000

A global aerosapce and defence organisation are looking for a Principal Systems Engineer to integrate technologies to provide our military services with competitive advantage.

As a Principal Systems Engineer you will have the opportunity to work on one of a variety of our programmes, helping us to design, develop, integrate, manage and support systems for in-service/future submarines. You will have a good understanding of the inputs, flow of decisions and dependencies that will impact system design as well as product delivery.

Our Systems Engineers maintain a wide-range of skills and experience across all of these areas and disciplines, there are those who also choose to develop a more detailed level of expertise in a particular field. This will be an opportunity that will also be available to you.

Responsibilities - Principal Systems Engineer

Understanding our customers' challenging needs and developing, validating and managing requirements

Developing complex system architectures and sub-systems and providing evidence of fitness for purpose

Integrating systems containing electronic, mechanical and software sub-systems, understanding the potential impact on the whole boat and interfacing systems

Verifying that customer needs are satisfied through qualification and test activities

Taking accountability for technical work packages

Providing guidance and coaching to other engineers

Steering new systems development through implementation of best practice systems lifecycle processes

Adherence to systems engineering practices

Reporting on progress and providing feedback to team members and leadership

Production of appropriate technical documentation

Working with customers to support delivered systems and resolve issues

Undertaking peer reviews or checking / verification tasks as directed

Requirements - Principal Systems Engineer

Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) in relevant STEM subject (Engineering/ Physics/ Maths/ Science)

Demonstrable knowledge of the system engineering lifecycle with ability to apply good systems engineering practices to your work

Understanding of relevant engineering standards, including safety and environmental regulations

Demonstrable competence in some of the following:

?? Requirements Engineering

?? Defining architectures (e.g. MoDAF, TOGAF)

?? Defining and managing interfaces between systems

?? System integration and testing, including acceptance activities

?? Configuration management

?? Model-based systems engineering including SySML

What we are looking for in you:

You will be self-motivated and proactive individual with the ability to absorb knowledge from technical experts in order to develop your own skills. You will also possess strong written and verbal communication skills.

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