Senior Systems Architect

3 weeks ago


Teddington, Greater London, United Kingdom NPL Full time
Principal Systems Engineer

We're seeking a highly skilled Principal Systems Engineer to join our Materials and Mechanical Metrology department at NPL. As a key member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work on a range of instrumentation and metrology projects, providing technical expertise that informs our site infrastructure strategy.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the overall systems leadership of large and complex Science/Engineering projects, coordinating and managing all technical inputs to instrument design and development.
  • Develop design specifications and conduct design activities, ensuring compliance with requirements.
  • Complete technical analyses and investigations, evaluating and selecting technical options, and prepare reports/presentations with suggested recommendations.
  • Review and agree on External & Internal Interface documents and manage interface baseline.
  • Apply end-to-end systems analysis and modelling, developing instrument performance models and manufacturing and alignment tolerances.
  • Derive and manage technical budgets/tolerances, developing assembly, integration, and test plans to verify compliance with requirements.
  • Manage the assembly, integration, and testing of systems and sub-systems of instruments and scientific products.
  • Deliver complex hardware and software systems, planning, coordinating, and delivering internal and external reviews.
  • Document System Design, processes/procedures, and test results, liaising with other specialists to ensure performance is maintained and requirements are met.
  • Generate and review technical proposals, providing accurate estimates for effort, costs, and risks, resulting in contract awards.

As our Principal Systems Engineer, you'll have strong experience and a full understanding of Systems Engineering, the V-Model, and associated processes/lifecycles. You'll be responsible for the requirements definition & management, overall system architecture, assembly, integration, validation & verification, installation, commissioning, and delivery of scientific instrumentation.

You'll identify the highest quality technical solutions, applied in a cost-effective way and within schedule. Using your technical knowledge, you'll appraise equipment and make recommendations for further efficiencies and compliance, ensuring all safety procedures are followed and reported.



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