Future Product Systems Engineer

A Future Products Systems Engineer is required for a long term contract assignment based in Stevenage or Bristol

Responsibilities:
This is a highly dynamic role with lots of joint working across our business including the other key functions (Aerodynamics, Guidance, Control & Navigation, Mechanical Design) as well as key business elements, such as Sales & Business Development and Strategy.
* Work with new technology to develop brand new capabilities and designs.
* The role will develop, including functionally within Systems Engineering, with a broad skill base, across technology and systems engineering processes;
* The outcomes you deliver will directly influence future solutions to our Customers;
* Support the development of the systems engineering concepting skills within Future Products.
Typical activities include:
* Core Systems Engineering activities including:
* Exploring Customer needs to develop and elicit requirements;
* Support and influence the design of new concepts, to the refine them with a mutli–discipline team;
* Concept capability analysis and competitor product technical performance analysis;
* Trade Studies and assessment.
* Develop and deploy systems engineering methods and technical authorisation;
* Technical bid generation and support to contract award;
* Supporting customer focused Experiments, using a wide range of techniques and tools including war–games and synthetic environments;
* Supporting future weapon system planning and product roadmaps;
* Exploiting and influencing Research and Technology activities.

Skillset/experience required:
* The confidence to embrace the uncertain nature of early concept development and technologies to progress towards defining solutions and system concepts;
* Good Systems Engineering knowledge, alongside the ability and desire to test new techniques and use new methods to develop concepts and complete system trade studies;
* Experience of weapons systems and missile design, including systems trade studies is beneficial;
* A solid understanding of weapon systems, platforms and missile sub–systems;
* To be able to negotiate and influence a broad range of internal and external partners to secure the right outcome;
* Experience of planning and task management important;
* Knowledge of DOORS, Rhapsody and systems design analysis tools e.g. Pugh Matrix / QFD / etc, beneficial.

Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.

Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.

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