Principal Project Engineer

4 weeks ago


Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom Rullion Full time

Principle Engineer (Systems)


Job Type: Permanent

IR35 Status: NA

Start date: ASAP

Duration: Permanent

Salary / Benefits: Competitive Salary


Location: Teddington (Hybrid 2-3 days onsite)

Hours of work: Full-time 36 hours per week


Applicants must have experience of the following:


  • Previous experience in a Systems Engineering position.
  • Significant experience with the development of instrumentation systems.
  • Degree in Physics / an applicable engineering subject area (Optical, Mechanical, Electronics, Systems or Software), or equivalent experience.
  • Familiarity with all stages of the instrument development lifecycle, from early concept development through to delivery and reporting.


Ideally applicants should also have:


  • Experience in Project Management.
  • Experience in design engineering.


Role information:


We are looking for an experienced, practicing Systems Engineer to work on a range of instrumentation and metrology projects. You will have proven experience of guiding multidisciplinary engineering/science teams and will have been involved in all stages of the instrument development lifecycle, from early concept development through to delivery and reporting. First-hand experience as a design engineer in a primary engineering discipline (optical, mechanical, electronics, control and/or software engineering) will be of benefit.


In this role, you will be a key player as part of the project leadership team, alongside the project manager and head scientist. You will be responsible for the requirements engineering, overall system architecture, assembly, integration, validation & verification, installation, commissioning, and delivery of scientific instrumentation.


What you’ll be doing:


  • Working with science teams to develop instrument requirements.
  • Definition of the overall system architecture.
  • Definition and control of internal and external interfaces.
  • Application of end-to-end systems analysis and modelling.
  • Development of instrument performance models, manufacturing and alignment tolerances, and component specifications.
  • Derivation of and management of technical budgets/tolerances.
  • Development of assembly, integration and test plans to verify compliance with requirements.
  • Management of the assembly, integration and testing of systems and sub-systems of instruments and scientific products
  • Verification and acceptance testing at sub-system and system level. Stakeholder engagement and customer management alongside the project leads
  • Documentation of System Design, procedures and test results, according to our internal Engineering process.
  • Liaising with other specialists to ensure performance is maintained and requirements are met throughout the instrument development lifecycle.



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