Electrical Systems Research Engineer - Flexible Hours

GKN; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry pension

Life assurance

25 days holiday

Flexible working hours

Income protection

Cycle to work

Employee assistance programme

Virtual GP clinic

Job summary

GKN Aerospace is based at its Global Technology Centre in Bristol. The Electrical Systems Engineer will support the Electrical Network team in developing and delivering electrical systems for Hydrogen Systems, spanning requirement management, architecture development, modelling, simulation, verification, and testing across the product lifecycle.

You will work in a multidisciplinary environment, contributing to safety, reliability and certification objectives, with competitive salary and a strong

Qualifications

• Minimum B.Eng degree or equivalent, with relevant experience in Electrical Engineering and Systems Engineering
• Experience in systems requirements elicitation and analysis
• Strong understanding of safety assurance practices for safety-critical systems and their relationship to systems engineering practices (FTA, FHAs, FMEAs, bow-ties etc.)
• Experienced using a requirements management tool (e.g. Codebeamer, Polarion, DOORs) as part of a systems development lifecycle process. Desirable
• Understanding of electrical architecture - specifically DC microgrid architectures
• Proficiency in modelling and simulation tools such as Matlab and Simulink
• Ability to define and execute verification methods including analysis, inspection, demonstration and test
• Soft Skills: Has a learning mindset who can work with ambiguity
• Desirable: Use safety and reliability methods for novel systems such as FHA, FMEA and Bow-ties

Responsibilities

• Capture, analyse, and manage stakeholder, customer, regulatory, and certification requirements
• Decompose high-level requirements into subsystem and component-level requirements
• System Architecture Development
• Support the development and maintain electrical system architectures and interface definitions
• Modelling & Simulation
• Support the Development of system models to evaluate electrical system behaviour and performance
• Conduct simulations to assess functionality, efficiency, control strategies, and failure responses
• Perform trade studies to support architecture and design decisions
• Validate and maintain engineering models throughout the development lifecycle
• Verification & Validation
• Generate test specifications, procedures, and acceptance criteria
• Support laboratory, rig, subsystem, and system-level testing activities

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Systems Engineering

Requirements management

Safety assurance

DC microgrid

Matlab/Simulink

Verification methods

Adaptability

Education

B.Eng in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Codebeamer

Polarion

DOORs

Matlab

Simulink

Job description

GKN Aerospace is based at its Global Technology Centre in Bristol. The Electrical Systems Engineer will support the Electrical Network team in developing and delivering electrical systems for Hydrogen Systems, spanning requirement management, architecture development, modelling, simulation, verification, and testing across the product lifecycle.

You will work in a multidisciplinary environment, contributing to safety, reliability and certification objectives, with competitive salary and a strong