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.