Overview
As a Systems Engineering Manager, you will play a vital role in ensuring the engineering function delivers expert input across project bids and development life cycles. You'll lead a team of engineers and shape the future of complex electronic and embedded systems that support national defence and maritime safety.
Responsibilities
* Manage and mentor with technical direction to a team of System Engineers, allocating and managing their work.
* Ensure that both project and statutory requirements are met and work to improve the effectiveness of the systems design function within the company.
* Continuously develop systems engineering tools, processes, and capabilities to support current and future programmes.
* Develop technical solutions to large and complex engineering problems, following Systems Engineering processes, to ensure customer requirements are satisfied.
* Develop Systems Engineering artefacts, as required, across the product development lifecycle, to result in a positive project outcome.
* Responsible for the design, development and delivery of Systems Engineering artefacts for one or more projects to ensure high quality deliverables.
* Work closely with the system, hardware and software departments to ensure consistency, design for modularity and re-use, and technical excellence.
* Plan, co-ordinate and present at internal and external design reviews, to senior management and customers, to ensure a successful event.
* Actively contribute to and/or lead defined aspects of the project to achieve optimal balance between requirements, schedule and cost.
* Manage customers and external suppliers to ensure compliance with agreed processes and achievement of project objectives.
* Generate and review technical proposals, and provide accurate estimates for the associated effort, costs and risks, for bids and proposals, leading to contract awards.
* Estimate time and effort required for systems activities and deliver to these time and effort estimates to ensure cost and schedule adherence.
* Review and approve technical documents; chair technical reviews for significant deliverables.
* Explain technically complex concepts clearly to less technical/involved parties.
* Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual to ensure compliance with Government regulations.
Personal attributes and skills
* Solid and proven understanding and deployment of the Systems Engineering discipline into complex engineering programmes, to ensure project successes.
* Experience of developing high quality requirements and establishing a fully compliant systems design.
* Experience in writing high quality technical documentation and the formal technical review of such material.
* Experience of JAMA and hands-on development of either hardware, software or firmware development, particularly in an embedded environment.
The systems area of work will cover:
* Requirements Definition & Management.
* System Design.
* Design for 'x&backquote;.
* Integration.
* Interfaces.
* Verification and Validation.
* Degree in an engineering, mathematical or science-based subject or equivalent experience.
* Previous experience in the defence industry delivering complex platforms/systems is a plus.
Desired Skills and Experience
Systems Engineering Manager, Requirements Definition & Management, Systems Architecture, System Design, Integration, Interfaces, Verification and Validation.
Seniority
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Defense and Space Manufacturing
#J-18808-Ljbffr