Job summary

Our client have an exciting opportunity for a systems engineer to join them working on a truly unique technology programme within their naval arena.

Key skills required for this role

Systems engineering, project engineering, electronics, defence,

Important

Systems Engineer ideally experience with electronics and software based technologies

Job description

The Maritime Training, Tactics, Test & Evaluation Transformation Integrated Delivery Team (MTET IDT) has a requirement for a System Engineer to work as a part of a small team to assist in the delivery phase of the Z-Coil programme.

The Z-coil project aims to design and implement a single coil system designed to offset Earth's field for the determination of a platform's induced vertical magnetic signature (IVMS). The Z-coil be installed into an existing maritime range facility.

The system engineers will work with the Technical Lead (Engineering Delivery Manager) to deliver a complex and high profile project within the MTET IDT portfolio.

Responsibilities & Output

Team members need to be versatile as outputs are varied during the delivery lifecycle. The Systems Engineer will be a key part of the development, test and acceptance processes.

Technical Planning and Delivery, including:

• Ensuring that the technical lead and project manager are fully informed of technical progress and issues
• Ensuring that appropriate engineering plans (SEMP, Configuration Control, ITEA Plans, etc) are created, fully populated and maintained to an appropriate standard
• Liaising with suppliers and the wider team members to ensure that the team are fully informed of progress and issues
• Creating technical progress reports, in the form most appropriate for the activity
• Ensuring that the technical tasks are conducted according to the plan
• Assisting in planning and conduct of acceptance trials
• Ensuring the end deliverables meet specification and quality expectations
• Ensuring that safety and security is properly maintained and legislation is complied with
• Assisting the Technical Lead in ensuring that the necessary artefacts and documentation are created, controlled and delivered to schedule
• Ensuring that issues are identified and recorded immediately.

Essential Skills

• Experience with system engineering planning activities and tools
• Experience of capturing system level or stakeholder requirements
• Experience of working with non-functional subject matter experts such as Safety, Security and ARM
• Understanding of capturing use cases and illustrating technical systems or activities
• Good communication and organisation skills are essential. Team members need to be able to plan, undertake and provide status of technical tasks
• Proven record of generating high quality documentation
• Experience of working and liaising with external subcontractors or specialists
• Someone who is hands on and enjoys interacting on a wide variety of multiple tasks and activities simultaneously.

Desirable Skills

• Experience of systems test and acceptance processes and methods.
• Experience with, or understanding of magnetics or integration & test of trials equipment.
• Experience of working on teams using Agile tools and practices