Principal Systems Engineer

5 days ago


Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom Jonathan Lee Recruitment Ltd Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Systems Engineer to join our client's engineering function in the defence sector. As a key member of the team, you will provide technical expertise to all projects, from bid to full development lifecycle, ensuring that project and statutory requirements are met.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the system architecture and integration of the solution, as well as design for cost and design for manufacture. You will work closely with the system, hardware, and software architects to ensure consistency, design for modularity and re-use, and technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop technical solutions to large and complex engineering problems, following Systems Engineering processes, to ensure customer requirements are satisfied.
  • Develop Systems Engineering artefacts, as required, across the product development lifecycle, to result in a positive project outcome.
  • Provide technical direction and exert technical influence across one or more projects, such that the optimal approach, architecture, design, and implementation are selected.
  • Responsible for the design, development, and delivery of Systems Engineering artefacts for one or more projects to ensure high-quality deliverables.
  • Work closely with the system, hardware, and software architects to ensure consistency, design for modularity and re-use, and technical excellence.
  • Plan, coordinate, and present at internal and external design reviews, to senior management and customers, to ensure a successful event.
  • Actively contribute to and/or lead defined aspects of the project to achieve optimal balance between requirements, schedule, and cost.
  • Manage customers and external suppliers to ensure compliance with agreed processes and achievement of project objectives.
  • Generate and review technical proposals, and provide accurate estimates for the associated effort, costs, and risks, for bids and proposals, leading to contract awards.
  • Reviews and signs off significant technical documents; frequently chairs technical reviews for significant deliverables.
  • Explains technically complex concepts clearly to less technical/involved parties.
  • Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual to ensure compliance with Government regulations.
Requirements
  • Essential:
  • Degree in an engineering, mathematical, or science-based subject or equivalent experience.
  • Significant experience and a full understanding of Systems Engineering, the V-Model, and associated processes/lifecycles.
  • Significant experience of developing high-quality requirements and establishing a fully compliant systems design.
  • Experience in writing high-quality technical documentation and the formal technical review of such material.
  • Experience working as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) and developing new areas of expertise as and when required.
  • Advanced knowledge of System Engineering practices, methodologies, processes, techniques, and technology trends.
What We Offer
  • Annual Bonus
  • Private Medical Cover
  • 25 days' holiday with the option to buy an extra 5
  • Pension Contribution
  • 4 x Life Assurance Cover
  • Flexible working hours with a 1pm finish on a Friday
  • Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing, and more
  • Monthly Security Clearance Allowance - Subject to you holding the required security clearance


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