Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Rochester
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please discuss options during the recruitment process.
Salary: 50,000 - 60,000 (dependent on experience)

• Understanding complex customer needs and collaborating to develop, validate, and manage requirements at multiple levels
• Developing complex system architectures and sub-systems using a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach
• Integrating, analysing, and testing real-time systems that incorporate multiple technical disciplines such as electronics, mechanics, optics, and software
• Taking accountability for collaborative technical work package execution and associated outcomes
• Providing guidance, coaching, and mentoring to other engineers
• Ensuring customer requirements are met through rigorous verification processes
• Driving new and improved systems development through implementation, applying best practice systems lifecycle processes, including techniques such as Learn First and Agile

Essential:

• Proven experience developing systems in relevant product markets and/or domains, such as control systems, real-time displays, or other safety-critical systems, incorporating multiple technical disciplines (e.g., electronics, mechanics, optics, software)
• Experience in requirements management, design analysis, modelling, and simulation, using tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, MATLAB, and/or Simulink, with familiarity in methodologies like SysML
• A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant scientific or engineering subject (e.g., Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics)

Desirable:

• Experience in integration, testing, and verification of real-time and/or safety-critical systems, with an understanding of safety assessment processes and their impact on design
• Customer and/or supplier liaison experience in technical aspects, ensuring customer requirements are satisfied
• Awareness of information assurance, cyber security, and environmental impact considerations related to real-time embedded engineering products

• Competitive pension scheme
• Enhanced annual leave allowance
• Company-contributed share incentive plan
• Flexible working options
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Employee discounts
• Potential eligibility for an annual incentive

The Systems Engineering team is involved in the development and supply of products across a diverse range of commercial and military platforms, including display systems, pilot control systems, and flight control systems. Team members are encouraged to gain a broad knowledge base across multiple domains, with opportunities to specialise in specific product areas or systems engineering disciplines.