Permanent Sandwich, Kent – Optronics Systems Engineer
Department: Engineering
Reporting to: Systems Team Leader
The Optronics Systems Engineer’s primary focus is to drive design and integration of optical, electro‑optical and laser‑based sensors into system design, ensuring best practice and the highest safety standards are maintained.
The role spans the entire project life cycle: project definition, design implementation, requirements capture and management, technical risk management, system architecture development, functional analysis, concept generation and evaluation, interface management, subsystem procurement, system verification and validation.
Security
* All candidates must be eligible to obtain security clearance to SC level.
Company Benefits
* 9 day fortnight (every other Friday is a non‑working day)
* Competitive salary, company profit sharing scheme, stakeholder pension and death in service scheme, private healthcare with Benenden
* Rewards and recognition scheme and employee engagement initiatives
Main Duties & Responsibilities
* Take the engineering lead for multidisciplinary projects requiring optical, electro‑optical or laser (LRF, Target Designation) capabilities.
* Capture stakeholder requirements.
* Champion awareness of full product lifecycle in the product design phase, including manufacturing, safety, reliability, availability, maintainability and disposal.
* Identify and manage interfaces.
* Develop system and sub‑system requirements to define functions that must be performed.
* Evaluate and down‑select system solutions.
* Identify and manage technical risks and opportunities.
* Contribute to technical content of bid and proposal preparation.
* Participate in customer meetings.
* Generate reports.
* Plan and conduct verification and validation testing.
* Visit customers and service sites by car when necessary; a full current driving licence is required.
* Lead the integration of products in development.
Qualifications & Experience
Relevant engineering experience in optical, electro‑optical or laser technologies, project management, and an understanding of safety‑critical systems.
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