Principal / Senior Systems Engineer

Principal / Senior Systems Engineer

Permanent Position

Flexible/Hybrid working

Competitive and Negotiable Salary

Can be based in Bristol, Aldershot, Manchester, or Reading

You will be a Principal / Senior Systems Engineer operating in the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Technology Sectors. You will have the opportunity to lead teams using Systems Thinking to analyse, assess and develop ways to mitigate engineering risks, including safety, environmental and cyber threats.

The company has various ongoing projects that will ensure you can keep challenging and improving yourself while in the role of Principal / Senior Systems Engineer. Along with this, the company understands that work–life balance is important and has various benefits in place to help you achieve what this looks like for you.

What you will be involved with:

• 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 engineering plans.
• Development of engineering documentation, e.g., Management Plans, Requirement Strategies, Acceptance Plans, Architectural Definitions.
• 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.
• Proactively identify opportunities and contribute to ADS&T growth.
• Deliver analysis reports to identify key risks and shortfalls.
• Participate in or lead design reviews.
• Implement quality assurance to satisfy both corporate and clients.
• Achieve client acceptance across a range of engineering deliverables.

Related experience that you may come from:

• Degree qualified (Level 6 or above) 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 commensurate level of senior experience in any of these areas –
• Working on integration of complex systems, including military civilian platforms (submarines, aircraft and ships), civilian aircraft systems and advanced power and energy systems.
• Applying systems engineering processes (e.g., ISO 15288:2015) across the lifecycle.
• Managing projects and teams within different development methods.
• Understanding of different tools and techniques applied to engineering to capture requirements and develop solution designs, e.g., Model Based Systems Engineering.
• Knowledge of modelling languages and architecture frameworks, e.g., UML/SysML, Archimate, TOGAF, MODAF.
• Understanding of engineering within the MOD's procurement framework, Knowledge in Defence (KiD).
• Strong interpersonal skills and able to build trusted relationships.
• Ability to understand, simplify and explain subject matter to non–engineers and senior stakeholders.

Principal / Senior Systems Engineer

Permanent Position

Flexible/Hybrid working

Competitive and Negotiable Salary

Can be based in Bristol, Aldershot, Manchester, or Reading

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.