Description
Senior Systems Engineer for an initial 6 month contract, start ASAP.
This is an exciting opportunity to support existing and future projects within a major engineering business group. The successful candidate will need to have experience of electronic system design/development in the defence/military industry, preferably the Naval/Marine domain.
You will be responsible for managing and conducting System Engineering activities throughout the complete life cycle of a project, sometimes acting as a project System Design Authority (SDA).
Some of the knowledge and skills required for the role:
* Familiarity with the whole system/product life cycle.
* Experience of capture and analysis of functional and non-functional requirements.
* Experienced in synthesising high-level requirements through to design requirements.
* Experience of system design development and planning
* Experienced in developing verification/validation/acceptance plans and procedures.
* Experience of assessing designs against requirements.
* Experience of system commissioning, integration and acceptance.
* Broad knowledge of Systems Engineering methodologies, processes and tools
* Working knowledge/appreciation of software electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering.
Responsibilities include:
* Being the technical point of contact with the customer and subcontractors
* Writing the project System Requirements Specifications
* Developing and documenting the System Design through System Design Specifications and Interface Specifications
* Ensuring compliance of the design to the technical requirements and project constraints (eg cost)
* Defining the system's sub-systems and their requirements including hardware and software
* Developing and continually refining the system acceptance strategy, and verification method for each system requirement. This includes writing the Acceptance Management Plan and Test Specifications.
* Ensuring the specification, design and acceptance are fully traceable
Important information:
Please note that due to the nature of the project, the successful candidate must be capable of attaining SC clearance as a minimum.
Capital International Staffing Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.