What you'll do
* Undertake design activities at the equipment, system and software levels.
* Meet technical requirements through all phases of design, integration and leading to customer acceptance.
* Develop and review technical documentation to support project development and deliverables, including test plans, specifications and procedures.
* Undertake testing and qualification activities throughout the project.
* Identify project technical risks and opportunities.
* Attendance and input to project design reviews with customers.
* Involvement with acceptance events at factory and external sites.
* Involvement in the safety, reliability and through-life support of products.
* Support the business development by assisting preparation of technical proposals & solutions.
* Foster good working relationships with suppliers and customers.
* Supporting the research and development of products within the Company, improving engineering quality, efficiency and cost.
What you'll need
* Track record of delivering complex system design, implementation, test and integration in the Defence (or similar, highly regulated) domain.
* Experience of full system lifecycle, design, development, testing, integration and acceptance.
* The ability to analyse and specify system acceptance requirements.
* Understanding of network technologies.
* Appreciation of complex electronics and firmware design principles.
* Strong technical knowledge of military-grade COTS communication and sensor systems.
* Have a high level of both verbal and written communication skills providing regular communications to internal and external stakeholders, customers and suppliers.
* Experience of Model Based System Engineering (desirable)
* Experience of Windows and Linux Operating Systems (desirable).
* Appreciation of modern software design techniques and languages (e.g. C++, Java, C#) (desirable).
* Signal &image processing knowledge (desirable).
* Member of a Professional Engineering or Science Institute (desirable).
* Experience of agile or spiral development lifecycles (desirable).
* At least a BSc Degree in Engineering, Maths or Science subject or equivalent experience.
* Sole UK National.
* Ability to attain DV or SC UK Security Clearance.
* Full driving license.
* Ability to ad-hoc travel within the UK