Senior Systems Engineer

Job Overview:An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Systems Engineer to join a highly skilled Systems Team supporting the development of complex software-enabled systems. You will play a key role in requirements management, system design, verification, validation and acceptance activities, whilst contributing to safety, security, human factors, performance, availability and reliability considerations across the full engineering lifecycle.

Location: New Malden, UK
Work Mode: Hybrid, 3-4 days per week onsite
Pay Rate: £67.47 per hour (Inside IR35)

Contract Length: 12 Months
Start Date: ASAP
Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain the requirements database, including associated contractual requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Lead testing, verification and acceptance activities for both hardware and software releases.
• Elicit, analyse and agree system requirements, assessing changes in capability against established design baselines.
• Develop design specifications and undertake system design activities in accordance with technical and quality standards.
• Develop, maintain and improve engineering processes and procedures in response to technical developments and operational requirements.
• Coordinate and conduct technical analyses, investigations and evaluations, assessing technical options and producing reports and recommendations.
• Review and agree external interface documentation and manage interface baselines.
• Lead wider systems engineering activities including performance testing, human factors analysis, safety analysis, information assurance and security considerations.
• Support the delivery of improvements to system capability through effective systems engineering practices.
• Provide technical leadership to engineers involved in system design activities.
• Mentor team members and support their technical development where required.

Key Requirements:

• Experience working with software systems and software-enabled products.
• Experience developing and enhancing software products based on business requirements.
• Exposure to regulatory and statutory requirements relating to software products and an understanding of associated liabilities.
• Proven experience across multiple systems engineering disciplines including Requirements Analysis, System Design, Human Factors, Performance Analysis, System Acceptance Management, Safety and Security.
• Knowledge of safety engineering techniques such as Functional Failure Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis.
• Experience working within large, complex multi-project engineering environments.
• Experience delivering systems to challenging deadlines within fast-paced environments.
• Strong understanding of requirements management, system design, acceptance management and verification activities.
• Ability to undertake technical investigations, assess technical options and provide engineering recommendations.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and technical reporting skills.

Additional Information:Interview Process: To be confirmed.
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