SIADS Systems Engineer — Delivery, Trials & C2 Systems

Draken; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution up to 12%

Bonus incentives

Discounted PMI

Electric car scheme

Tech vouchers

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

Draken seeks a SIADS Systems Engineer to join the CTO team, applying systems engineering to internal and customer projects within an IPT. Reporting to the Chief Engineer, you will help ensure projects are delivered to specification on time and within budget.

You will drive requirements for the S-IADS programme, anticipate complexity, and negotiate customer requirements to minimise risk while delivering technical content for trials and demonstrations across the UK and overseas.

Qualifications

• Degree required: MEng or MSc in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status preferred.
• Experience in systems engineering and aerospace/defence sectors.
• Experience across the full lifecycle of complex systems including requirements, design, integration, verification and support.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system and subsystem requirements, configuration documentation, technical manuals and training materials.
• Review systems, hardware, software, test and integration documentation to confirm design and architecture compliance.
• Anticipate design, integration and test complexity early to minimise technical risk.
• Deliver engineering tasks on time, budget and quality, contributing to IPT performance and customer acceptance.
• Support the Technical Lead with S-IADS product and capability development and the delivery of trials and demonstrations.
• Refine concepts of operation and improve equipment deployability for daily training and detachments.
• Research technologies to support equipment development, manage stock and troubleshoot issues.
• Work with customers and stakeholders to understand, negotiate and agree requirements.
• Develop technical proposals for new bids, presenting capability and responding to customer needs.
• Provide input to bids and estimates, supporting the Bid Manager and stakeholders.
• Contribute to customer meetings and travel within the UK and overseas as required.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Project delivery

Technical writing

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MEng or MSc

Chartered Engineer (CEng) status

Job description

Draken seeks a SIADS Systems Engineer to join the CTO team, applying systems engineering to internal and customer projects within an IPT. Reporting to the Chief Engineer, you will help ensure projects are delivered to specification on time and within budget.

You will drive requirements for the S-IADS programme, anticipate complexity, and negotiate customer requirements to minimise risk while delivering technical content for trials and demonstrations across the UK and overseas.