Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer (Part Time or Full Time)
Location: Great Baddow, Chelmsford or Isle of Wight – Cowes, or Portsmouth – Broad Oak
Salary: Up to £75,900 commensurate with skills and experience. Part time & accruing hours available’ Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.
Put yourself into a dynamic Principal Systems Engineering role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. You will be developing current and next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and gain an advantage in the strategic Future Air Dominance domain. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of Systems Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us.
What you’ll be doing:
* Develop novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex Multi-Function Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communities are facing
* Apply a breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of Systems Engineering principles, techniques and governance to steer and develop technical solutions and resolve engineering issues
* Conduct system design analysis to manage trade-offs of system parameters to characterise and specify robust product design
* Lead the decomposition of requirements to system and sub-system level and manage these in an approved toolset such as IBM DOORS Next
* Be a technical focus point with a holistic understanding of a whole system solution leading analysis activities and system design decisions and providing guidance to own team
* Collaborate with specialists across different engineering disciplines including electronics, electrical, mechanical and software to direct and realise overarching system design solutions
* Direct and undertake system integration, test planning and execution
* Define and articulate system acceptance strategies and acceptance evidence demonstrating system performance across a wide range of operational scenarios to internal and external stakeholders
* Through these activities you will build your personal profile with senior stakeholders and grow a diverse knowledge base in engineering
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
* A good understanding in some of the following subject areas; signal processing, target track extraction, object classification algorithms, system and sensor resource optimisation
* A good understanding of factors that can affect the real-world performance of sensing systems and how these can impact the accuracy and timeliness of measurements in order to meet challenging design objectives and requirements
* Demonstrates understanding and experience of Systems Engineering which could include knowledge of Systems Engineering standards (e.g., ISO 15288)
* Experience of presenting both technical and non-technical information in a formal setting
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance p