Engineer (Systems Engineering)

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking an Engineer (Systems Engineering) to strengthen their Systems Engineering and Assurance capability. The role focuses on supporting infrastructure design and ensuring quality in systems engineering outputs.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Requirements Management, particularly in the UK rail industry, coupled with a desire for continuous learning within a leading design consultancy.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Requirements Management and document control.
• Experience working on large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with systems engineering concepts and processes.

Responsibilities

• Capture, manage, and validate systems engineering outputs.
• Work with stakeholders to define clear requirements.
• Ensure robust validation and verification of requirements.

Skills

Requirements Management

Expertise in DOORS

Commercial Acumen

Experience in UK rail industry

Tools

DOORS

Visio

Enterprise Architect

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1,000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

Our Systems Engineering and Assurance discipline includes leading experts in Systems Engineering, System Safety, Cybersecurity, Software Assurance, Human Factors/Ergonomics and PRAM. We wish to further expand this capability by augmenting our current core Systems Engineering capability.

The role of Engineer (Systems Engineering) within the Systems Engineering & Assurance discipline will be key to enabling this capability growth. Individuals interested in such a role require a strong foundation in Systems Engineering, integration and assurance techniques, ideally within the transportation industry.

Missions / Main Duties

Responsibilities

• Implementing processes to capture, manage, validate and measure the quality of systems engineering outputs and deliverables e.g. requirements.
• Working closely with Stakeholders to elicit requirements, ensuring the resulting requirements are clear, concise, demonstratable, unambiguous and achievable.
• Work with projects to ensure robust evidence for the validation and verification of Requirements.
• Implementing systems, processes and using industry standard tools (e.g. DOORS, Visio, Enterprise Architect) and process (e.g. Architecting) to support integration, requirements and V&V.
• Maintaining and developing competence in line with our systems engineering competence framework
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with external parties (e.g. INCOSE/IfSE, SaRS) and clients (e.g. Network Rail, HS2, Heathrow Airport Ltd) to enhance the company reputation.

Profile / Skills

Essential Requirements For The Role Include

The suitable candidate will have proven and broad-ranging experience coupled with commercial acumen and a desire to learn and develop in their Systems Engineering understanding within an established design consultancy. Thus, we are looking for someone with the following knowledge and experience:

• Experience working in Requirements Management, DOORS, and document control on projects
• Experience with large‑scale infrastructure projects
• Previous experience in the UK rail industry with respect to Systems Engineering application to turnkey mainline or mass transit railway projects
• Knowledge of systems engineering concepts and processes, including project lifecycle delivery and applicable standard.

Desirable Requirements For The Role Include

• Experience of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 and ISO/IEC42010
• Experience of DOORS Requirements Management Databases
• Experience of configuration management methods/tools
• Experience of undertaking verification, validation and system assurance activities on major infrastructure programmes