Head of Systems Engineering

JR United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Defence consultancy seeks a Head of Systems and Supportability Engineering to manage strategic direction and team leadership. The ideal candidate will have a consultancy background, capable of developing system architecture while delivering integrated logistical support and requirements engineering within complex government programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience in consultancy or Defence sector.
• Ability to work autonomously and lead multi-disciplined teams.

Responsibilities

• Set vision and strategy for the department.
• Lead team meetings and allocate consultants.
• Provide technical guidance and manage project deliverables.

Skills

Requirements Engineering

Integrated Logistical Support

MBSE

Engineering Governance

Requirements management in defence

Knowledge of UK acquisition framework

Technical guidance

Stakeholder management

Tools

DOORS/Dimensions RM

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The right applicant for this role will be someone who has a consultancy or Defence background, with the ability to work autonomously or within engineering and cross-functional teams. The Head of Systems and Supportability Engineering will grow a team around them, and alongside other departments, to set strategy and deliver multi-disciplinary support to some of the most complex Government programmes. This team manage requirements at all stages of the Systems Engineering lifecycle, including elicitation of capability/user requirements, generation/management of system requirements, testing and acceptance.

As the Head of Systems and Supportability Engineering your focus will be developing:

• System and System of Systems Architecture
• MBSE
• Integrated Logistics/Product Support

You will be responsible for:

• Setting the vision and strategy for the department in collaboration with the other department leads.
• Leading team meetings to share knowledge, co-ordinate activities, pursue opportunities and address issues.
• Allocating consultants to projects and accounts in support of the business, working with the Account Leads to successfully meet demand.
• Identifying and setting up training courses for members of the department based on their training needs.
• Coaching people on the use of Systems Engineering and ILS tools and techniques.
• Supporting Account Leads by writing technical approaches within bids and presenting to prospective customers. Collaborating with Account Leads to identify need for new capability across all our customers.
• Working on projects, providing technical guidance and review to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.

Skills:

• Delivering Requirements Engineering, Integrated Logistical Support, MBSE, and Engineering Governance in a consultancy context.
• Experience of requirements management within defence
• Knowledge of the UK acquisition framework (e.g. Business Cases, URD, SRD, CONEMP/CONUSE, ITEAP, etc.)
• Experience of DOORS/Dimensions RM software to support requirements management.
• Understanding of complex system of system projects and programmes, especially with respect to integration activities and SoS performance setting and acceptance.
• Capability Development of new tools and techniques.
• Providing technical guidance and reviews to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.
• Leading multi-disciplined teams in a consultancy setting.
• Managing a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Developing employees and teams through internal and external training.