Principal Systems Engineer
- Recruiter
- Ultra Intelligence and Communications
- Location
-
London
South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 29 Mar 2023
- Closes
- 26 Apr 2023
- Job Title
- IT Director
- Category
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are currently based in Greenford, but will be moving to our new home at Maidenhead Foundation Park in Q4 2023.
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Ultra Cyber
At Ultra Cyber we protect highly sensitive information, working with nations worldwide to help ensure their information is secure as possible. Our engineers work on the most difficult cybersecurity challenges to protect our national security and critical infrastructure; we strive to protect what matters. It's why we come to work. It's what we're good at.
The Systems Engineering function in Ultra provides expertise to all projects through the bid and full development lifecycle. It ensures that both project and statutory requirements are met and works to improve the effectiveness of the systems design function within the company. It is responsible for the system architecture and integration of the solution. It is responsible for design for cost and design for manufacture.
A professional at this grade applies technical / professional knowledge to one or more projects simultaneously, with opportunities for technical leadership and/or line management of a team of system engineers (1–5) within the Cyber UK Operational Business Unit, which delivers multiple concurrent research, development and production programmes ranging from tens of GBPk to several GBPm.
Responsible for / Key responsibilities
- 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.
- Provide technical direction and exert technical influence across one or more projects, such that the optimal approach, architecture, design, and implementation are selected.
- 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 architects 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.
- Work closely with project management and engineering project leads to create proposals that drive down project costs and increase margin.
- Estimate time and effort required for systems activities and deliver to these time and effort estimates to ensure cost and schedule adherence.
- Reviews and signs off significant technical documents; frequently chairs technical reviews for significant deliverables.
- Explains 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.
- The role will either have Line Management, Technical Management or Subject Matter Expert responsibilities:
- Line management of a team of systems engineers (1–5), responsible for their PDPs, training and development and approval of the team s requests (e.g. annual leave etc.).
- Technical management of a team of systems engineers (1–5) on a project, their tasking and being responsible for the quality of their technical delivery and adherence to schedule.
- Subject Matter Expertise, and recognised as the company expert, in a specific subject matter, such as a specific product type or technical area.
Qualifications / skills required
- Essential:
- Degree in an engineering, mathematical or science–based subject or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience and a full understanding of Systems Engineering, the V–Model and associated processes/lifecycles.
- Significant 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 working as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) and developing new areas of expertise as and when required.
- Advanced knowledge of System Engineering practices, methodologies, processes, techniques and technology trends.
- Desirable:
- Experience of DOORS, UML, SEBoK, Enterprise Architect and SysML.
- Experience of hands–on development of either hardware, software or firmware development, particularly in an embedded environment.
- Line management experience of a team of 1–5 engineers.
- Technical management experience of a team of systems engineer
Every employee is critical to our success and as such we offer a range of flexible employee benefits including:
Bonus – performance related
25 days holiday with the option to buy an extra 5
4 x Life Assurance Cover
Flexible working hours
Early Finish on a Friday
Pension Contribution
Our Ultra Select Benefits package including subsidised gym & retail, childcare vouchers, cycle to work schemes, etc.
Our Team
We trust and empower each other; we love to celebrate success and we win as a team. Together, we embrace change and we re never satisfied until we ve done what we said we d do