Senior Systems Engineer

Rank My WP; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking engineering company as a Senior Systems Engineer, where you will design, develop, and support innovative products that protect what matters. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with a multi-disciplined team to create specifications, manage requirements, and lead verification and validation activities. With ambitious plans for growth in challenging markets, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact. Enjoy a hybrid working environment, competitive benefits, and the chance to be part of a dedicated team focused on protecting our nations and communities.

Benefits

All Employee Bonus

Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements

Half Day Fridays

Private Medical Health Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Wellbeing Centre

Electric Vehicle Charging Points

Free On-site Parking

Onsite Showers and Toiletries Provision

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Verification and Validation processes.
• Strong understanding of requirements capture and management.

Responsibilities

• Develop design specifications and support documentation with engineers.
• Coordinate and lead engineering work packages delivery.
• Prepare documentation to communicate technical subjects effectively.

Skills

Verification and Validation

Requirements Capture

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

UK MOD Maritime Weapons Equipment

Leadership

Communication Skills

Tools

Specialist Software for Requirements Management

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer

Barnstaple (with a mix of office and home-based working)

We are SEA.
Engineered to protect. We protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.

Join us.
As a SEA Senior Systems Engineer, you will take responsibility for the design, development, and support of our products. You will be required to progress the design, development, design proving, test, commissioning, and in-service support of the equipment as part of a multi-disciplined team. This work may involve sensitive information, so the applicant must be able to obtain security clearance.

The role will see the job holder joining a very successful engineering company, who have ambitious plans to develop new and technologically challenging markets across the world. The primary location of work will be Beckington near Frome. The job holder will be required to occasionally work at SEA's other locations and from customer and supplier sites, including overseas.

What we offer

Your work, your contribution, deserves to be recognised and rewarded. Have a look at our top benefits below:

• All Employee Bonus, Hybrid/flexible working arrangements, Half day Fridays.
• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing centre.
• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites, Free on-site parking, Onsite showers and toiletries provision.

What you’ll be doing

• Work with engineers from all disciplines to develop design specifications and supporting documentation.
• Manage the capture, analysis, traceability, configuration, and V&V of product requirements.
• Support business development and bidding activities through technical work package definition and related resource effort estimation.
• Coordinate and lead the delivery of engineering work packages.
• Define system architectures that will drive system design.
• Carry out functional and non-functional system analyses.
• Lead system integration verification and validation activities and manage issue resolution.
• Coordinate directly with internal and external customers.
• Prepare documentation and presentation material to effectively communicate technical subject matter to audiences at working and senior management level.
• Plan and track progress of engineering assignments within agreed schedules, to quality standards and budget in accordance with project and company processes.
• Assist in the evaluation of new technology and methods.
• Provide technical expertise and support to the Business Development function including the generation of technical proposals and bids.

The skills you need

• Extensive knowledge and experience of working within Verification and Validation.
• A good understanding of requirements capture and experience of using specialist software to manage requirements.
• Knowledge and understanding of using MBSE.
• Experience of UK MOD Maritime Weapons Equipment.
• Leadership and team leading.
• Excellent communication skills.

Join us and be part of something smaller - with 400 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you would like to know more, please give our Talent Acquisition Business Partner Kelly-Ann Thomas a call on 0330 414300.

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