Senior Engineer

4 days ago

Chertsey, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will use your knowledge of Communication or Sensor Systems to lead a major project team in the role of System Design Authority and work across the whole systems lifecycle for various defence projects.
  
You will have the opportunity to work for a thriving independent UK defence contractor based in Chertsey and specialising in the design, development, integration and through-life support of Communications, Sonar and Electronic Systems. As a systems engineering house, they have a proven track record for the rapid realisation of demanding defence industry design tasks combined with high quality manufacturing. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.
   
About the job:
 
The client currently requires a Senior Engineer (Systems Design Authority) to be one of the most senior engineers on the project. You will lead the team to successfully complete system design and development, system and sub-system implementation as well as integration and testing, and will gain customer acceptance ensuring all design requirements are met.
You should also be able to identify potentials for system enhancements and upgrades where appropriate and support the development of roadmaps to achieve these changes as well as provide strong technical governance and mentoring of the design team and assist the project manager in reporting to a variety of internal and external customers and stakeholders.
The work is predominantly related to sensor and communications networked systems but also includes sensor processing and soldier-worn combat systems. Currently, the work covers Land systems but has the potential to evolve into other associated domains in the future. The job will involve;
System Design Authority, supporting the Project Managers on all technical issues and acting as the technical authority for the project.
Undertake and oversee design activities at the equipment, system and software levels ensuring rigorous test procedures are in place to verify these.
Meet technical requirements through all phases of design, integration and leading to customer acceptance.
Develop technical documentation to support the project development and deliverables, including test plans, specifications and procedures
Co-ordinate and oversee testing and qualification activities throughout the project
Management of project technical risks and opportunities.
Guide and govern the hardware, software and firmware engineering development teams to ensure that system designs achieve the operational performance requirements.
Review and approval of technical documents.
Preparation of and attendance (including chairing) of project design reviews with customers.
Involvement with acceptance events at factory and external sites.
Involvement in the safety, reliability and through-life support of products.
About you:
 
As a Senior Engineer (Systems Design Authority) your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
Track record of delivering complex system design, implementation, test and integration in the defence (or similar, highly regulated) domain.
Experience of full system lifecycle, design, development, testing, integration and acceptance.
The ability to analyse and specify system acceptance requirements.
Appreciation of modern software design techniques in C++, Java & C#.
Understanding of network technologies.
Appreciation of complex electronics and firmware design principles
Strong technical knowledge of military-grade COTS communication and sensor systems.
Have a high level of both verbal and written communication skills providing regular communication to internal and external stakeholders, customers, and suppliers.
Be able to manage, motivate and develop engineering employees to ensure they fulfil their roles and meet targets within agreed timelines and standards of quality.
Ability to attain DV UK security clearance.
Full driving license.
Ability to ad-hoc travel within the UK.

Senior Engineer (Systems Design Authority)
Chertsey
Permanent
Salary negotiable
 
Keywords: Communication Systems, Sonar, Underwater Acoustic, C4ISR, Systems Engineer, Systems Integration, Requirements, Integration, Maritime, Design, Defence, DOORS, Integration, Testing, Trials, Acceptance.
 
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time. 
 
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum DV level.
 
This is a permanent position

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