Principal Systems Engineer The Role: As a Principal Systems Engineer at Synoptix you will be helping guide the scope and direction of the engineering projects you are working on. As an agile business in the true sense the principal engineer will be given the relative freedom to take ownership at the strategic level of the project. This involves talking to the external stakeholders at a high level within the customer organisation and feeding back to the business within engineering management meetings etc. Internally to Synoptix you are seen as a technical authority and mentor to the early career engineers within Synoptix and have the ability to shape their future by passing on knowledge and experience as well as guiding them on customer project delivery. This role would be particularly suited towards someone with skills and experience in Requirements, V&V, Trials and Acceptance. Day to day tasking can include: Delivering technical consultant expertise on a variety of customer projects from air to sub-surface Supporting trials at customer locations alongside Synoptix colleagues Working with multidisciplinary teams across the programmes Development of proposals and statements of work Engaging with customer representatives to identify opportunities, and seeing them through to delivery Attending Synoptix internal management strategy meetings Guiding junior engineers in project delivery, where needed There is also the ability to be part of social activities and helping in other areas of the business if interested which makes the role adaptable and you can influence and tailor the direction Synoptix and your career goes. Key Skills Required: We are interested in any experience of the following skills but they are NOT essential for you to apply: Requirements analysis and management Integration testing Verification & Validation Planning and execution of trials Appropriate trials review processes (Trials performance / Trials readiness) Knowledge of systems engineering tools (e.g. DOORS, MATLAB, Simulink) Benefits: Annual Company Bonus 25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days Continuous professional development including incentives Access to online Udemy training facility Flexible working arrangements Bike to work scheme Electric car scheme Private health care Job well done scheme Employee Assistance Scheme Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept UK National candidates who will need to be eligible for UK Security Clearance. By applying to this position, you are confirming that you consent to the retention of your personal data. Your data is held securely on our own premises and under the terms of the Data Protection Act (2018). It will be treated as confidential, and will not be transferred to any third party, or to any other jurisdiction without your consent. We will not hold any data for any longer than is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations and will remove any data at your written request