Principal Systems Engineer

Electus Recruitment; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior or Principal Systems Engineering Consultant to lead teams in mitigating safety and cyber threats across diverse sectors including Aerospace and Defence. This role involves applying Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles to deliver innovative solutions for clients while managing complex projects and fostering team development. You will have the chance to work on a variety of high-profile projects, ensuring your skills are continuously challenged in a dynamic environment. The company offers a tailored 'Total Reward' package and transparent career development opportunities, making it an exciting place to grow your career.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline such as engineering or mathematics.
• Professionally recognised with an appropriate institution (e.g., CEng, CSEP).

Responsibilities

• Provide consultancy to client project and engineering managers.
• Lead the use of best practice techniques and tools on client and internal projects.
• Develop and implement strategies to achieve successful client decision milestones.

Skills

Systems engineering

Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

Requirements engineering

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Understanding of engineering lifecycles

Education

Degree in engineering, mathematics, or science

Professional recognition (e.g., CEng, CSEP)

Tools

Sparx EA

Cameo

DOORS

Job description

Your in depth understanding of systems engineering across the systems engineering lifecycle and background in consultancy will help you to support my client’s as a Senior or Principal Systems Engineering consultant. You will lead teams that use Systems thinking to analyse, assess and develop ways to mitigate safety, environmental and cyber threats across Aerospace, Defence, Security and Technology markets.

You will have the opportunity to work for leading global consultancy who work across a wide variety of projects with a top reputation for their design and engineering expertise. A "Total Reward", package that can be tailored to your lifestyle, career and personal needs and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.

About the job:

Our client currently requires Senior and Principal Systems Engineering Consultants to lead teams that use Systems thinking to analyse, assess and develop ways to mitigate safety, environmental and cyber threats. Underpinned by a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) ethos, you will help clients unlock their full potential to innovate. They have a huge variety of projects on all the time, ranging from niche consultancy projects to large, high profile programmes. So, you'll always be able to keep yourself challenged.

Responsibilities include:

1. Provide consultancy to client project and engineering managers.
2. Lead the use of best practice techniques and tools on client and internal projects.
3. Champion a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach to solving client issues.
4. Develop and implement strategies to achieve successful client decision milestones.
5. Deliver identified engineering outputs within time, cost, and quality constraints as part of an engineering service to a client.
6. Proactively identify opportunities and contribute to growth.
7. Contribute to the development of our people through mentoring and coaching.

About you:

As a Senior or Principal Systems Engineering Consultant your skills and qualifications will include:

1. Degree qualified in a relevant discipline such as engineering, mathematics, science, software or equivalent depth of experience in an engineering field.
2. Professionally recognised with an appropriate institution e.g. CEng, CSEP.
3. A commensurate level of senior experience in any of these areas:
4. The use of MBSE approaches and tools (e.g. Sparx EA, Cameo).
5. Knowledge of modelling languages and architecture frameworks, e.g., UML/SysML, ArchiMate, TOGAF, MODAF.
6. Requirements engineering and its link to verification and validation.
7. Knowledge of engineering lifecycles, their selection, tailoring and implementation.
8. Working on the integration of complex systems, including military civilian platforms (submarines, aircraft, ships, and vehicles), civilian aircraft systems and advanced power and energy systems.
9. Applying systems engineering processes (e.g., ISO 15288:2023) across the lifecycle.
10. Managing projects and teams within different development methods.
11. Understanding of engineering within the MOD’s acquisition framework, Knowledge in Defence (KiD).
12. Strong interpersonal skills and able to build trusted relationships.
13. Ability to understand, simplify and explain subject matter to non-engineers and senior stakeholders.

Job Details:

Senior / Principal Systems Engineering Consultant
Bristol, Aldershot, Manchester, Reading or Silchester
Flexible working
Competitive Salary
Permanent

Keywords:

Systems engineer, Hardware, Software, Defence, Requirements management, Design, Integration, Acceptance, Analysis, V&V, Test, DOORS, Military, System, Sub-system, UML, SysML, MoDAF, ISO15288, Modelling, MBSE.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, to SC level.

This is a permanent position.