Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance and must hold dual British Nationality as a minimum.
Working: The role offers flexible & hybrid working. It would be beneficial to be on-site 3-4 days a week, depending on the project needs and working remotely other days. Part time working also available
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The Lead Systems Engineer will be working on the heart and brains of the system: This product has to understand the threats to the protected assets, and plan and then manage engagements of those threats, in a complex and changing situation. The systems are central to the user experience and are fundamental to delivering weapon system capability to the customer.
As the Lead Systems Engineer, following a product line approach you will take ownership of and lead the development of the hardware and software design across domestic and export programmes for the products. Recent successes in the export market has yielded a number of new customers bringing significant functional development and integration challenges for the product.
Working as the Lead Systems Engineer provides the opportunity to interact with all areas of the company, to see the full product development life-cycle and deliver real capability into the Royal Navy,
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Role Responsibilities:
- Leading a small team delivering new equipment software designs
- Supporting development of new hardware build standards
- Engaging with wider project stakeholders within the Weapon System design process
- Meeting project schedules by reporting accurate progress and predicting completion dates
- Management of change management processes and point of embodiment of new designs
Skill and Experience;
- Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) preferably in a STEM field
- An appreciation of the software development lifecycle
- Experience in developing software design definition baselines from requirements to products ready for testing
- Ability to lead small teams to achieve planned outcomes
- Ability to work effectively within cross functional teams
- Ability to analyse requirements and functional interface definitions, to generate detailed functional design documentation to articulate design need
- Excellent technical problem-solving skills in order to lead investigation and resolution of design issues
- Passion for understanding a variety of challenging customer needs and the ability to generate designs for product solutions
- Proficiency in DOORS, Rhapsody or similar engineering or configuration management tools
Desirable Experience;
- Experience in the Defence or safety regulated environment would be advantageous
- Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous.
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Even If you feel like you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to reach out an apply.
Company Benefits;
- Bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on performance).
- Pension: Up to 14% total contribution.
- Parental Leave: Enhanced parental, maternity, and shared parental leave.
- Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days.
- Facilities: On-site perks like subsidised meals and free parking.
- Training and Development: Excellent opportunities for career progression and skill development
Company Details;
- The company are a multi-national group, being No 1 in Europe for what they do! With a number of awards and recognitions, with great career progression and opportunities across the business!
- It's no wonder, they have been among the winners of the annual Glassdoor Employees' Choice Awards, 2022, and most recently receiving three accreditation gold standard awards with Investors in People!
- "Interesting work. Good work-life balance. Employees made to feel valued." Software Engineer, 5 Dec 2022. *Glassdoor review.
- "Promotes and believes in a good work/life balance interesting work on most programmes Encourages internal mobility. Offers good development/training opportunities" Principal Systems Engineer, 19 Dec 2022. *Glassdoor review.
- True advocates of ED&I as an Equal Opportunity Employer! With over 10 Networking groups and communities across the business advocating Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Enhanced parental leave: Offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
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