Job Summary
World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Verification and Validation Systems Engineering Specialist subcontractor on an initial 12‑month contract.
Rate: £85.00 per hour. Overtime Rate: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at 'time and a quarter'. Location: Stevenage or Bristol (depending on your preference). Hybrid/Remote working: The role will be a hybrid role of on average 2 days per week onsite. Contract: 37 Hours per week. Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long‑term thereafter). IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella).
V & V Systems Engineering Specialist Job Description
The Test & Evaluation team is looking for a V & V Systems Engineering Specialist to operate with a high-level of technical responsibility for the entire lifecycle of our product, ranging from design and development to qualification and deployment. A specialist will bridge the gap between design and production, ensuring that complex, high-reliability systems meet our requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Defining test requirements, creating test plans, scoping front‑end activities with the customer ensuring that requirements are met and understood with the best efficiency maintained for deliveries.
* Overseeing or supporting the qualification and acceptance of test equipment, ensuring it is robust, compliant, and accurate.
* Analyzing test data, identifying performance bottlenecks, and troubleshooting validation issues.
* Producing technical documentation (test procedures, reports) and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
* Supporting departmental strategy and the department head with recruitment of the right people into the team.
* Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders within the business relating to technical direction.
* Providing technical leadership to all test related issues across design projects with proven experience in test equipment requirements capture and specification.
* Supporting new product bid activities.
* Identifying, documenting and deploying best practice across the department and within projects.
Essential Skills & Qualifications
* Strong understanding of electronics or mechanical systems, a degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar discipline.
* Expertise in operating general‑purpose test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators).
* Knowledge of safety‑critical standards, particularly within aerospace, defence (e.g., MOD), or rail sectors.
* Ability to work within multi‑disciplinary teams and liaise with customers for system acceptance.
* Hands‑on experience of DOORS & DOORS NG, SysML & Rhapsody desirable, training provided where needed.
* Experience in DfT and testability.
* RF / Microwave systems knowledge desirable.
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