Job Title:

SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Reporting to:

The post holder is accountable to the Systems Engineering Manager

Responsible for:

Primary Purpose

To determine and manage customer requirements for safety critical aerospace actuation systems and ensure that those requirements are met and verified.

Secondary Purpose

To assist in the development of systems engineering processes and thinking throughout the company .

Qualifications/Experience:

Essential -

Engineering degree or equivalent, preferably with a mechanical bias.

Good understanding of Electro-mechanical and/or Hydro-mechanical actuation systems.

Experience of working in a systems engineering environment, including structured requirements analysis and decomposition in a multi-disciplined environment.

Experience in specification, design, verification and/or manufacture of control and actuation equipment in a defence or aerospace environment.

High level of competence with Microsoft Office Tools.

Good communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with customers and other stakeholders.

Desirable -

Good understanding of :-

•  Performance modelling and analysis.

•  Software development, its life cycle and the associated problems and opportunities it presents.

•  Electrical and/or electronic hardware, including digital signal processing and associated digital and analogue hardware.

•  Aerospace or Defence standards and working practices, specifically those associated with aircraft certification.

Experience within a multi-disciplinary team developing complex, safety-critical systems.

Experience in using DOORS requirements management package.

Outline of Job Requirements:

Principal Tasks

•  To undertake system engineering tasks in projects involving mechanical, electronic and software engineering to produce systems designs of high integrity.

•  To capture stakeholder requirements through direct communication and interpretation of technical documentation.

•  To assist in the development of candidate architectures and cost/capability trade studies to determine the optimum solution to meet stakeholder requirements.

•  To create sub-system design and interface requirements which decompose the customer's requirements from the system level specification.

•  Where appropriate, to create requirements for sub-contracts which reflect customer and internal company requirements.

•  To ensure effective Change Management of requirements and verification documentation.

•  Undertake design and requirement validation activities to ensure structured, efficient and effective risk management and mitigation.

•  Undertake design verification activities to ensure they are conducted in a structured, efficient and effective manner to prove compliance to all stakeholder requirements.

•  To identify the potential for improvement and contribute to the development of the Systems Engineering Procedures and Working Practices.

•  To promote systems engineering techniques throughout the company and help develop the level of competency in other engineers and designers.

•  Work closely with the project managers to ensure business needs are satisfied.

•  To carry out the above tasks working within the relevant Company Procedures.

•  To always produce quality work to agreed timescale.

•  To ensure the safety of both the design and working environment.

•  All employees shall comply with EH&S Policy, report unsafe practices or conditions to supervision for prompt resolution, attend scheduled EH&S training programs, actively support the meeting of EH&S targets and plans, and recommend improved EH&S practices wherever possible.