Posted in: Engineering in Fife | Posted: |
Location: Glenrothes (3 days per week onsite, average)
Duration: 12 month contract
Rate: Inside IR35
About the role:
Our client is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to support within their Weapons & Sensors team. This team uses cutting edge technology, adopting a digital engineering approach, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to learn and develop their skills and knowledge. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will play a key role in the development and delivery of projects within the Defence & Security industry.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements Management: Capture, analyze, and manage system requirements, ensuring that they are well defined, verifiable, and traceable throughout the product lifecycle.
System Design: Design and optimize system architectures and components to meet requirements while considering constraints such as performance.
Interface Management: Oversee and manage the technical interfaces between subsystems and external systems, ensuring interoperability.
Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V): Develop and implement IV&V plans and procedures, ensure system compliance with requirements.
Product Qualification: Lead efforts to ensure systems meet necessary certifications and standards for the defence/aerospace industry.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions.
Support root cause analyses and problem resolution for system issues.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers.
Essential Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Relevant experience in the defence or aerospace sector.
Proven track record in requirements management, system design, interface management, IV&V, and product qualification.
Familiarity with defence and/or aerospace standards and regulations.
Proficiency with engineering tools for modelling, simulation, and analysis.
Desirable Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication abilities, both verbal and written.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Experience with DOORS, MBSE, MATLAB.
Leadership/Management of engineering personnel