Principal Systems Engineer

3 weeks ago


East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom GKN Aerospace Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Systems Engineer to join our Defence - Systems Engineering team at GKN Aerospace. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise and input to project development teams, ensuring the development and integration of technical solutions compliant with customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements.

This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to work on a significant technology development project, shaping the future of flight. You will be a leading member of the team, working on a four-year project that will be a major stepping stone towards achieving the next generation of avionics for customer Tilt-Rotors.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Provide technical expertise and input to project development teams
  2. Ensure the development and integration of technical solutions compliant with customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements
  3. Lead the development and delivery of high-quality and reliable systems in a complex regulatory environment
  4. Proven track record in compliance planning and governance of verification & validation analysis for product release
  5. Advanced experience of the Systems Development Lifecycle process
  6. Working experience delivering system designs using MBSE toolbox (e.g. SysML)
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

  1. HNC, degree or equivalent experience in electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering
  2. Demonstrable experience delivering designs for electro-mechanical, sensing OR controller systems within an engineering environment
  3. Experience in a leading / approval role for systems design
  4. Proven design and delivery of high quality and reliable systems in a complex regulatory environment (e.g. MIL-STD, TUV cert, etc)
  5. Proven track record (minimum 2 projects), in compliance planning and governance of verification & validation analysis for product release
  6. Advanced experience of the Systems Development Lifecycle process
  7. Advanced experience of requirement decomposition and tools (e.g. safety design), within aviation industry
  8. Working experience delivering system designs using MBSE toolbox (e.g. SysML)
What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary, opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus, industry-leading pension scheme, life assurance, 185 hours holiday + bank holidays, relocation support (if applicable), hybrid working, income protection, shopping discounts, cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme, and a collaborative, dynamic working environment.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and we welcome applications from everyone. We believe that everyone should feel welcome to contribute, and we strive to create a culture where everyone feels valued and respected.



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