Lead System Engineer

JR United Kingdom; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence organisation seeks a Systems Engineering Lead for a 12-month contract to provide engineering design expertise on a complex legacy project. The role involves managing risks, leading design reviews, and ensuring delivery within project milestones and budgets. Candidates must have experience in large defence programmes and current SC clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience in large defence programmes (RF, Electronic Warfare, Datalinks, Comms).
• Experience in a senior role with man-management.
• Technical understanding of product and systems lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage risks with the Senior Programme Management team.
• Support and lead design reviews with key stakeholders.
• Provide inputs into integration and test planning activities.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Risk Management

Technical Design

System Lifecycle Understanding

Job description

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Copello are recruiting for a Systems Engineering Lead to join a defence organisation on an initial 12 month contract to provide systems & engineering design expertise across a legacy project.

The Systems Engineering Lead will be working within a large project providing technical design decisions across a multidisciplinary ensuring delivery of the programme.

Duties of the Systems Engineering Lead include:

• Working with the Senior Programme Management team to define & manage risks within the delivery of the programme, ensuring that budgets and schedules are adhered to.
• Working with the Project Manager to provide inputs to plans and work package planning.
• Support and or lead design reviews with the end customer, as well as leading parallel internal reviews with the Engineering VP.
• Work with Systems Design Authority to provide direct design, development and supply chain tasks to the Electronic Leads & Project Managers.
• Providing key inputs into integration and test planning activities to validate system design.

The Systems Engineering Lead will require the following skills and experience:

• Experience within large defence programmes across RF, Electronic Warfare, Datalinks or Comms
• Experience of working within a senior role, ideally with some man-management experience
• Strong communicator who is comfortable reporting to senior and executive level stakeholders
• Technical understanding of product and systems full lifecycle
• Understanding of design and integration of complex electronics or RF Systems
• Comfortable working towards agreed project milestones and budgets

Due to the nature of the project candidates will require current SC clearance or eligibility for SC.

This role will require 3/4 days a week onsite. The project is initially around 12 months with the opportunity for it to be extended.

This role will be inside IR35 and is offering a highly competitive rate.