Ground Control Systems Engineer

Description

Ground Control Systems Engineer - £45 per hour INSIDE IR35 - 12 month (extensions likely) - Farnborough - BPSS clearance required - Aerospace sector

Yolk Recruitment are recruiting for a Ground Control Systems Engineer within one of the world's prominent aerospace companies working on next generations flight systems.
This position is focused on the development of Ground Control Systems and secure network architecture to maximise the strategic capabilities of our product, taking advantage of highly automated flight operations in the stratosphere
Our client emphasize experience over qualifications, we are looking for talented systems engineers who are passionate about what they do and can apply their knowledge and experience to new challenges.
The successful candidate will need to be eligible to gain UK SC Security Clearance to undertake the role.

Responsibilities:

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering Ground System solutions
• Manage and effectively communicate the Ground System roadmap and communicate with wider Engineering community
• Define appropriate implementation and proportionate application of the project product assurance plan to the project.
• Active participation in flight trials

Skills:

Essential:

• Understanding of TCP/IP and Network Security
• Able to rapidly perform system level trade-offs and access sub-system options in terms of system performance, capability, reliability and implementation within the project schedule and to the necessary quality level;
• Ability to review acceptance test data and results in the context of assessing compliance with requirements, airworthiness criteria or more succinctly, fundamental assessment of whether a system or sub-system is fit for purpose;
• Knowledge of suitable test methods, qualification and acceptance criteria across a variety of subsystems and technologies;
• Knowledge of electronic/software/Embedded system design, delivery process and acceptance test and qualification criteria;

Desirable:

• Familiar with RF and satellite datalinks (hardware and communications architecture)
• Knowledge and understanding of technologies relevant to the design and operation of UAVs including secure communications and network architectures;