Description
The Senior Systems Engineer will co‑ordinate and support development and management of products throughout their lifecycle, including analysis, verification and validation of product compliance.
Department & Location
Systems Engineering – Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and manage structured requirements.
* Develop and manage methodology and strategy for verification/testing.
* Produce technical descriptions of system processes and operation to support new business activities and bids.
* Hold and support reviews at appropriate stages to ensure compliance and adherence to agreed requirements.
* Co‑ordinate identification of issues and collaborate with team to develop solutions for automated process equipment.
* Directly communicate with project management team and other stakeholders to support project governance and align technical expectations.
* Coordinate and lead activities in support of risk reduction and product improvement including but not limited to:
o New processes and technology testing (testing, monitoring and evaluating new mechanical, electrical and chemical equipment).
o Mathematical design and modelling.
o Concept design through use of models and diagrams.
o Root‑cause analysis.
o Development of preventive measures to improve continuous performance.
o Discussion and evaluation of systems failures with key stakeholders including staff, suppliers and customers.
o Identification of potential issues and integration of proposed solutions.
o Continuous improvement of business processes verified through use of analytical data.
o Contribution to product risk management process.
o Identification of new technology and process plant opportunities.
* Communicate and coordinate with other engineers to provide detail of work packages, breakdown of tasks and estimates of the scale of the work required to complete product lifecycle stages.
* Be a technical focal point to facilitate clear and comprehensive communication between the technical team and any other stakeholders both internal and external to the company.
* Support governance of the design and development activities ensuring adequate review processes are undertaken.
* Support analysis of customer specifications for development into actionable requirements.
* Support and contribution to the output of compliance matrices for support of new business activities.
* Support and creation of test cases and engineering test specifications for verification of requirements.
* Review and approve drawings, specifications, standards and other company documents.
* Ensure company processes and procedures are followed, including initiating and undertaking risk assessments, root cause and failure mode analysis, design reviews, design calculations, reliability calculations, test planning.
* Identify technical risk to the project teams and work on appropriate strategies for risk management & mitigation.
* Work with the Project Team to ensure activities align with customer requirements and project deliverables, creating elements of and feeding into project plans for agreed scopes of work.
* Carry out any other ad‑hoc duties as required to support the needs of the business.
* Provide a professional backup service for colleagues during peak times or during absence.
* Follow company procedures, standards and regulatory requirements.
* Maintain continuous professional development to ensure knowledge is up to date.
* Act as an ambassador for the company in all interactions with customers and the public.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Degree, HND or significant proven experience in an Engineering discipline.
* Professional Engineering recognition i.e. Chartered Engineering Status/working towards it or significant demonstrable Engineering industry experience.
* Expertise in creating, analysing, and working on engineered systems.
* Experience in complex engineering equipment design and integration.
* Flexibility, enthusiasm, self‑motivation and ability to work well under own initiative.
* Able to build long‑term successful stakeholder partnerships, both internally and externally with customers and suppliers.
* Confident user of Microsoft suite, able to manipulate and analyse data within Excel to intermediate standard.
* Demonstrable engineering leadership, negotiation and influencing skills.
* Decision‑making / problem solving skills.
* Strong presentation skills: confident speaker and professional presentation.
* 4 years’ experience as systems engineer or equivalent technical role.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Masters Degree in an Engineering discipline.
* Chartered Engineering Status.
* Experience of designing to meet military requirements.
* Experience of model‑based systems engineering (MBSE).
* Experience of requirements management software.
* Knowledge of ISO 9000 or a similar QA systems.
* Experience within a lean manufacturing environment.
Other Requirements
* Candidates must have an existing right to live and work in the UK.
* Candidates must have passed UK security clearance to Security Check level or be able to obtain this level. To gain SC clearance you will normally have had to have been a resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.
* Candidates must be able to obtain a basic security check which will normally require you to have been resident in the UK for at least 3 years.
* Some travel to MoD sites in the UK and customer sites overseas may occasionally be required.
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