System Engineer

Role Overview:

We have requirements for individuals at Senior level, or looking to step into a senior role, within the Systems Engineering organisation, based on skillset and experience. Roles will be based at one of our customer s sites in Luton, with some travel to other sites anticipated.

Candidates should currently be employed as a Systems Engineer, with experience of the whole lifecycle. Ideally we are looking for RF/EO systems experience, particularly in the development of Radar and EW systems (Including IRCM) but candidates with experience of other aerospace/ defence applications, space, nuclear, automotive or transportation sectors will be considered.

Job Responsibilities:

As a senior engineer responsibilities may include:

• Understanding systems requirements, breakdown of requirements to sub-systems.
• Production of engineering management plans
• Production of SOWs and design review documentation
• Support generation of test strategy, test plans & test documentation
• Planning/preparation of integration/test environment, including facilities, test equipment (custom/ COTS), tools & test/simulation software
• Support system integration and test activities, working closely with hardware, software & firmware teams to achieve project milestones/deliverables
• Help to identify, investigate & resolve system integration issues
• Support verification of system & sub-system requirements
• Define verification methods/ tests & show traceability to systems/sub-system requirements
• Support system/sub-system Qualification testing, including generation of test reports
• Support system acceptance test activities
• Participation in design reviews
• Gather test evidence and prepare documentation for Certification/Qualification
• Provide lab-based system demonstrations to customers / partner companies
• Integrate systems on flight trials aircraft and support flight trials
• Support platform integration with customer systems/aircraft, including in-field system software upgrades

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Mandatory

• Experience of requirements management
• Systems integration and/or test experience of complex, high-reliability systems
• Experience of verification and validation (V&V) activities to achieve certification and acceptance
• Experience of working in multi-disciplined Engineering teams
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Able to generate high-quality documentation (test specifications, procedures & reports)

Desirable

• Previous experience of RF or ECM/EW systems.
• Experience of defining verification methods and generating tests requirements/procedures
• Experience of showing traceability of V&V tests to systems requirements & generating/updating Verification Matrices (VCRMs)
• An understanding of MATLAB/Simulink
• Experience in MBSE
• Previous experience of working in a Trials or field role

Qualifications

• HND/HNC, degree (BSc/BEng/MSc/MEng) in a relevant STEM-based subject or equivalent experience.
• UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance
• Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage