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Senior/Principal Systems Engineer

Employer
Datasource Recruitment
Location
Bristol
Salary
£40000 - £55000 per annum
Closing date
6 Mar 2019

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Clearance Level
DV
Sector
Defence
Job Type
Permanent

Job Role: Senior/Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Bristol
Type: Permanent
Salary/Rate: Excellent
Start Date: ASAP
Clearance: DV or willing to undergo

Senior/Principal Systems Engineer - Permanent - Bristol - Excellent

The Systems Discipline team provides engineering support to a large portfolio of programmes and projects across energy, transport, aerospace and security sectors so you can expect to be involved in a diverse range of roles throughout your career with us. We want to offer a supportive, flexible and engaging work environment alongside significant opportunity for our people to develop. Our top corporate value is 'Outstanding People' and we want to encourage, develop and support our people in all that they do.

You may work on a small consultancy project or as part of a large multi-disciplinary delivery team. You may need to balance your time across a number of projects at the same time or work, with focus, on a single programme for an extended period.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Delivering identified engineering outputs within time, cost and quality constraints as part of an engineering service to a client
  • Draft and implement strategies to achieve successful client decision milestones
  • Provide consultancy to client project and engineering managers
  • Fulfil a senior role within a client's own delivery team
  • Managing multi-party and multidisciplinary teams to execute an engineering plan
  • Development of engineering documentation e.g. System Requirements Document, Acceptance Plan, Verification & Validation requirements Matrix
  • Engage Subject Matter Experts to capture requirements, risks or solution options
  • Conduct technical analysis and make recommendations
  • Engage with wider industry to understand and shape potential solutions
  • Deliver an analysis report to identify key risks and shortfalls
  • Participate in or lead Design Reviews
  • Implement quality assurance to satisfy both corporate and client
  • Achieve client acceptance across a range of engineering deliverables


Skills / Experience:

  • Degree qualified in a relevant discipline such as Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Software or equivalent depth of experience in an engineering field
  • Professionally recognised with an appropriate institution e.g. CEng, CSEP
  • A minimum of 5 years' experience in any of these areas:
  • Working in complex systems from digital, communications, sensors, platforms to software and advanced technology integration
  • Applying Systems Engineering processes (e.g. ISO15288:2015) across the lifecycle
  • Using modelling languages e.g. UML, SysML, Archimate
  • Managing projects and teams
  • Understanding of different tools and techniques applied to engineering to capture requirements and develop solution designs e.g. Model Based Systems Engineering
  • Understanding of engineering within the MOD's procurement framework, Acquisition System Guidance (ASG)
  • Strong interpersonal skills and able to build trusted relationships
  • Ability to understand, simplify and explain subject matter to non-engineers and senior stakeholders


RECOMMEND A FRIEND: If you have professional friends/colleagues who would be interested in one of our roles and our excellent levels of service too, we'd like to recognise your recommendations with a 'thank you' of our own. For every colleague you refer who then starts a role through Datasource either Contract or Permanent, we will send you £300!

You will be required to hold a minimum of DV or willing to undergo. If you do not hold an active DV or willing to undergo please familiarise yourself with the vetting process before applying.

Hit the 'Apply now' button to apply and to discuss this role further. We will be delighted to hear from you!

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