Senior Systems Engineer

Description

The company is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees across five continents, including over 7,500 in the UK. It works in defence, space, aerospace and digital security.

The UK business in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) is a main supplier of UAS, EW and radar equipment to the UK armed forces and exports these capabilities abroad.

ISR develops advanced UAS and EW products in a complex setting. This senior role covers several demanding programmes and involves a share of the engineering work needed to deliver a product or solution that meets the customer's needs.

The team is looking for an experienced systems engineer who has worked on safety critical developments and understands the full development lifecycle.

Career paths include moving into other domains, sites or countries within the wider group, and choosing either a technical specialist track or a leadership track. Mentoring and coaching are available, and internal candidates are considered first for roles.

Responsibilities

• Show that the solution meets the operational needs the customer has approved.
• Capture, manage and maintain requirements in DOORS.
• Integrate solution elements in a controlled, logical order to assess design, behaviour, interactions and performance against requirements.
• Write the specifications and engineering plans that guide development.
• Carry out and support IVVQ activity.
• Perform trade-off analysis, modelling and simulation.
• Produce systems engineering and IVVQ documentation.
• Work with a systems engineering team, a systems architect or the project design authority to design and document the solution.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree (BEng or BSc) in a numerate, scientific or engineering subject, or equivalent higher education, training and experience.
• Proven experience managing requirements in tools such as DOORS or Polarion.
• Proven experience working in, or leading, a team going through IVVQ for a solution or product.
• Thorough knowledge of the engineering lifecycle, from concept design and requirements through system and subsystem design, integration, test strategy, acceptance and design update.
• Desirable: experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods and tools.
• Desirable: proven experience managing requirements specifically in Polarion.
• Desirable: knowledge of architecture frameworks such as MODAF, DODAF or TOGAF.
• Desirable: experience in product line engineering.
• Desirable: experience in the electronic warfare, radar or telecommunications domain.

Conditions

Based in Crawley with hybrid working.

Security Clearance (SC) is required. Holding it already is an advantage. If you do not hold it, you must obtain it before you start and keep it throughout your employment. Guidance is available on the UKSV website.

To be eligible for full SC you generally need to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years. In some cases, 3 years' UK residence in the last 5 years may be accepted, together with additional overseas checks.

The company gives equal opportunities, pay and working conditions to everyone.

Benefits

• A significant annual bonus, with development-focused targets.
• A strong pension contribution and private healthcare.
• Relocation support where needed.
• Training, development and career enhancement opportunities, plus support for academic study and professional memberships.
• Private medical insurance, the option to buy or sell annual leave, a cycle to work scheme, employee discounts, a paid volunteering day and a stocks and shares plan, depending on the role.