Senior Systems Engineer-Avionics

Curtiss-Wright Corporation; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexitime program

Condensed work week (role dependent)

Health and Wellness Benefits

Retirement with Employer Match

Learning and Development Opportunities

Competitive Pay

Bonus Scheme

Recognition

Job summary

Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solution division is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer- Avionics at our Letchworth site. You will develop requirements, system interfaces and drive verification through the lifecycle, collaborating across hardware and software teams.

You will contribute to qualification plans, support subcontracted work, and mentor junior engineers while maintaining up-to-date knowledge to enhance design solutions. Hybrid work, competitive pay, and development opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience eliciting requirements and writing good requirements.
• Proven systems engineering across the full lifecycle.
• Proven ability to write formal project documentation.
• Knowledge of validation and verification methodologies.
• Degree/HND in a relevant subject; exceptions possible for experience.
• Experience with DOORS.
• Knowledge of ARP4754, DO-254, DO-178, DO-326, DO-160 and ED112a desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide system architecture definition based on required functionality.
• Develop and maintain system requirement specifications and system interface design documents.
• Develop system integration, verification, and acceptance test procedures.
• Participate in system and subsystem integration, verification and acceptance testing and generate appropriate test reports.
• Support development for system, hardware and software requirements and design to assure system requirements are met.
• Support qualification activities and develop qualification plans.
• Provide technical support to subcontracted developments and determine acceptance of subcontracted deliverables.
• Maintain current knowledge within their area of technical specialisation and ensure the benefit of this knowledge is realised within their design solutions.
• Support continuous improvement of system engineering company processes.
• Support certification activities for company products.
• Ensure allocated tasks are completed in accordance with the applicable project plan.
• To accept technical responsibility for allocated design tasks.
• To attend and actively contribute to the effective operation of lifecycle design reviews.
• Work with the chief engineer to co-ordinate the entry and exit criteria of design reviews.
• Provide mentoring and help develop system engineers.
• Provide definition of work packages to support project planning and bidding.
• Generate work package reports for allocated work package

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Systems engineering

Documentation

Validation & verification

DOORS experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or HND in a relevant field

Tools

DOORS

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer- Avionics at our Letchworth site!

As the Senior Systems Engineer, you will develop and maintain system requirement specifications and system interface design documents.

Location: Letchworth UK

We Take Care of Our People

Work-life balance through our Hybrid working, flexitime program and condensed work week (role dependent) I Paid Time Off I Retirement with Employer Match I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Competitive Pay I Bonus Scheme I Recognition I I *

Your Challenge:

• Provide system architecture definition based on required functionality.


• Develop and maintain system requirement specifications and system interface design documents.


• Develop system integration, verification, and acceptance test procedures.


• Participate in system and subsystem integration, verification and acceptance testing and generate appropriate test reports.


• Support development for system, hardware and software requirements and design to assure system requirements are met.


• Support qualification activities and develop qualification plans.


• Provide technical support to subcontracted developments and determine acceptance of subcontracted deliverables.


• Maintain current knowledge within their area of technical specialisation and ensure the benefit of this knowledge is realised within their design solutions


• Support continuous improvement of system engineering company processes


• Support certification activities for company products.


• Ensure allocated tasks are completed in accordance with the applicable project plan.


• To accept technical responsibility for allocated design tasks.


• To attend and actively contribute to the effective operation of lifecycle design reviews


• Work with the chief engineer to co-ordinate the entry and exit criteria of design reviews.


• Provide mentoring and help develop system engineers.


• Provide definition of work packages to support project planning and bidding.


• Generate work package reports for allocated work package

Your Expertise:

• Experience of requirements elicitation and knowledge of what makes a good requirement.


• Proven track record in systems engineering through the whole system development lifecycle.


• Proven ability to write formal project documentation.


• Knowledge of validation and verification methodologies.


• Educated to Degree/HND level in an appropriate subject. In exceptional cases, relevant experience may be substituted for formal qualifications/training.


• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS.


• Knowledge of some of the following standards is desirable ARP4754, DO-254, DO-178, DO-326, DO-160 and ED112a

About Us:

Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solution division is a trusted, proven leader, delivering superior products and services that meet the defence and aerospace industries' toughest challenges with best‑class value.

The state‑of‑the‑art facility has extensive design and manufacturing capabilities as well as in‑house environmental stress screening. The facility is committed to quality and excellence in manufacturing for our flight recorder, air data computer, video management systems, computing systems, mission displays and video recorder products. As the design center of excellence for flight recorders and air data computers, the units had to be lightweight and small -- crash survivability requirements exceeding the existing standards for commercial aircraft.

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