Principal Systems Engineer
The main purpose of a Principal Systems Engineer is to ensure the development of aircraft landing gear systems (structures, extension/retraction systems, hydraulics, electrical harnesses) is compliant with customer needs and compliant with regulations, following the company's system development process. The focus of the Principal Systems Engineer is the definition of the system development plan, capture and analysis of needs, the generation of system, sub-systems and equipment requirements, requirements validation and product verification. In addition, the Principal Systems Engineer will be responsible for the management of equipment suppliers, such as actuators, hydraulic hoses and electrical harnessing.
Key responsibilities of this role include
1. In collaboration with the Systems Architecture Integration team, supporting the definition of systems development plans, in accordance with the company's processes, which align with ARP4754.
2. Subsequently, ensure adherence to systems development plans.
3. Managing requirements definition, from capture and analysis of customer, regulatory and internal needs at system, sub-systems and equipment level.
4. Managing the validation of requirements in collaboration with requirement owners from the validation planning phase, through implementation of validation means, to documenting validation evidence.
5. Managing product verification, from the verification planning phase, through coordination of verification means to documenting verification evidence.
6. Setting up and maintaining requirements management tools, e.g. IBM DOORS Classic & DOORS NG
7. Compiling systems engineering related documentation (requirements documentation, description documents, validation and verification matrices and Declaration of Design Performance (DDP) dossiers.
8. Specification writing for Aircraft Landing Gear equipment, such as hydraulic actuators, hydraulic hoses and electrical harnesses.
9. Technical liaison with equipment suppliers.
10 Leadership of senior and junior systems engineers.
Experience, skills, qualifications, and knowledge. Candidate skills and requirements
Key aspects of this job include the following:
• Knowledge of aircraft landing gear systems (ATA32)
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles
• Experience of mechanical engineering and hydraulics (Actuators & Hoses)
• Experience of electrical engineering
• Knowledge of airworthiness requirements and certification
• Experience of systems engineering theory together with a familiarity with ARP4754 and ARP 4761
• Experience of requirements management, validation, verification and preferably DOORS
• Knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering is an advance
• Ability to review engineering documents such as (Reports, Analysis, Specifications and Requirements docs, etc..). Previous engineering signatory held.
• Ability to write technical reports clearly and accurately
• Ability and willingness to communicate and work with all disciplines of engineering
• Good verbal and written communication skills and general computer literacy
Key Behavioural Competencies Required:
• Communication skills at all levels
• Influencing
• Team working
• Attention to detail
• Decision making
• Problem solving
• Presenting skills
• Leadership
About Us
A leading international provider of solutions and expertise, specialising in the fields of digital systems and business performance. The SCALIAN Group provides support to major industrial and service-sector companies to help them define and implement their projects in two fields:
Digital Systems: Embedded and critical systems, IoT, information systems, and digital solutions for businesses. Operations Performance: Management of projects, quality, and industrial performance. We are present in seven countries (France, Spain, Belgium, the UK, Germany, the USA and Canada).