Principal Systems Engineer
Description✓Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance *minimum 5 years UK residency*
✓Working: The role is office/hybrid based with occasional travel to other company/customer's sites in the UK or abroad.
✓The Principal Systems Engineer will be joining the Project/Systems Engineering function in which provides expertise to all projects through the bid and full development lifecycle.
✓It ensures that both project and statutory requirements are met and works to improve the effectiveness of the systems design function within the company
✓It is responsible for the system architecture and integration of the solution
✓It is responsible for design for cost and design for manufacture.
✓A professional at this grade applies technical / professional knowledge, making independent judgements based on practice and significant previous experience to support decision making
✓Often seen as a referral point or more senior team member to escalate more complex problems
✓Roles will act independently with minimal guidance, and may act as project managers/formal mentors for junior staff.
✓Responsibilities:
✓Take on Project Engineering Lead role, responsible for ensuring the project engineering team develop and deliver a solution that is technically and commercially acceptable.
✓Ensure that the technical solution meets the customer, legislative and business requirements.
✓Ensure that the technical solution is designed, developed and then supported in accordance with the company processes and procedures.
✓Support product certification and compliance approval [all technical aspects, including contractual & legislative].
✓Deliver the systems engineering tasks for a project within on time and on budget, including work package management.
✓Generate, understand, and review user requirements.
✓Perform requirement analysis and flow down to system and sub-system levels.
✓Develop and document system architecture, design, and acceptance and verification strategies.
✓Ensure that specification, design, and acceptance information is fully traceable.
✓Provide input to project schedules through regular and clear progress reports.
✓Support bids by providing technical solutions, estimates, and plans
✓Experience needed:
✓Ideally qualified to degree-level or equivalent experience in a Physics or Engineering based subject, such as; Electronics, Hardware, Computer Science, Software or Systems Engineering etc.
✓Experience in negotiating and agreeing system requirements with customers and stakeholders.
✓Experience of technical leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.
✓Requirements management using a requirements management tool
✓A good appreciation of mechanical, electrical and software engineering principals
✓Desirable:
✓Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment would be advantageous
✓Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous
✓For full information, please get in touch Show more →
✓Working: The role is office/hybrid based with occasional travel to other company/customer's sites in the UK or abroad.
✓The Principal Systems Engineer will be joining the Project/Systems Engineering function in which provides expertise to all projects through the bid and full development lifecycle.
✓It ensures that both project and statutory requirements are met and works to improve the effectiveness of the systems design function within the company
✓It is responsible for the system architecture and integration of the solution
✓It is responsible for design for cost and design for manufacture.
✓A professional at this grade applies technical / professional knowledge, making independent judgements based on practice and significant previous experience to support decision making
✓Often seen as a referral point or more senior team member to escalate more complex problems
✓Roles will act independently with minimal guidance, and may act as project managers/formal mentors for junior staff.
✓Responsibilities:
✓Take on Project Engineering Lead role, responsible for ensuring the project engineering team develop and deliver a solution that is technically and commercially acceptable.
✓Ensure that the technical solution meets the customer, legislative and business requirements.
✓Ensure that the technical solution is designed, developed and then supported in accordance with the company processes and procedures.
✓Support product certification and compliance approval [all technical aspects, including contractual & legislative].
✓Deliver the systems engineering tasks for a project within on time and on budget, including work package management.
✓Generate, understand, and review user requirements.
✓Perform requirement analysis and flow down to system and sub-system levels.
✓Develop and document system architecture, design, and acceptance and verification strategies.
✓Ensure that specification, design, and acceptance information is fully traceable.
✓Provide input to project schedules through regular and clear progress reports.
✓Support bids by providing technical solutions, estimates, and plans
✓Experience needed:
✓Ideally qualified to degree-level or equivalent experience in a Physics or Engineering based subject, such as; Electronics, Hardware, Computer Science, Software or Systems Engineering etc.
✓Experience in negotiating and agreeing system requirements with customers and stakeholders.
✓Experience of technical leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.
✓Requirements management using a requirements management tool
✓A good appreciation of mechanical, electrical and software engineering principals
✓Desirable:
✓Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment would be advantageous
✓Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous
✓For full information, please get in touch Show more →