System of Systems Engineer

Cirrus Selection; Bristol; On-site; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading scientific engineering firm seeks a Systems Engineer to enhance their team. This role promises opportunities in integrating complex systems and collaborating across various engineering disciplines. Candidates should have a strong background in systems engineering, particularly in defense, and will enjoy a supportive work environment with excellent benefits.

Benefits

State of the art technology & innovation

External learning and development encouraged

On-site Medical Centre

Friendly environment

Restaurant and Coffee Shops

Qualifications

• Experience in the defence industry is preferred.
• Ability to agree on requirements collaboratively with stakeholders.
• Willingness to gain UK security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support functional integration of the product into a wider system context.
• Work internally with multidisciplinary teams to develop solutions.
• Collaborate with customers on system requirements and architecture.

Skills

Developing and integrating complex systems

Systems thinking

Communication skills

Developing requirement sets

Project engineering knowledge

Familiarity with DOORS and Rhapsody

Job description

Location: Bristol or Stevenage

Salary: Circa £55,000 P/A d.o.e. + benefits (including Overtime, Flexi and Bonus)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Do you want to join a business, who value inclusivity, a three-time gold investor in people award winner, an advocate of supporting women in engineering and developing their people to be the best they can be?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Systems Engineer to join an ambitious, highly regarded, scientific engineering / manufacturing business that are in a position of sustained growth.

The opportunity:

The System of Systems team is growing fast in order to support delivery of export contracts and evolution of the product to enhance the capabilities for the customers. As a System of Systems engineer your primary objective is to support the functional integration of the product into a wider System context.

You will have experience in functional design and/or integration to demonstrate your understanding of the challenges of integrating complex systems into a larger / wider system context. This role will involve working with our customer to support system requirements and architecture definition whilst working internally within a multidisciplinary team to develop a product that meets this need.

We are looking for flexible and motivated candidates to work collaboratively with our customers, industry partners and internal project teams to develop solutions for existing and future programmes. The work is varied, providing you with a unique opportunity to develop a wider awareness of multiple engineering disciplines alongside contributing to critical programme delivery in the form of System architectural design and requirements definition.

Benefits of working here:

• State of the art technology & innovation
• External learning and development encouraged
• Light and airy university type campus
• Friendly environment!
  • Restaurant, On site Medical Centre, Parking / Easy Access to train station, Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop, Sports & Social Club and More

Skills Required:

• Experience in developing and integrating complex systems, preferably in the defence industry
• Strong systems thinking skills with the ability to initiate and drive trade studies
• Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical information to a variety of stakeholders
• Experience developing requirement sets, and the ability to agreeing these collaboratively with different stakeholder groups including System Design Authorities and Government organisations
• Project engineering knowledge with the ability to design and deliver work packages
• Familiarity with system architecture tools, including DOORS and Rhapsody

Due to security requirement classification, this role is only open to British Citizen’s or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. You should be able and willing to gain (UK) security clearance, potentially to DV level in the future.

Cirrus Selection offers the services of an Employment Agency for permanent recruitment and the services of an Employment Business for contract recruitment.