Systems Engineer

Omega Plc; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Omega Plc seeks a System Engineer to translate customer requirements into clear system-level specifications. You will bridge hardware, software, mechanical, and production teams, operating across workshops, design reviews, laboratory integration, and commissioning in a defence/aerospace context.

You will lead requirements workshops, define architectures and interfaces, and develop verification strategies to demonstrate design maturity through lifecycle stages in a challenging, technical

Qualifications

• Experience developing electrical or electronic equipment through the engineering lifecycle.
• Background in electronic/electrical/aerospace engineering or related discipline.
• Comfort moving between requirements workshops, system design, reviews, lab integration and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand operational, technical and business needs.
• Plan and lead requirements-capture meetings and technical workshops.
• Define functional and physical system architectures and interfaces.
• Break down system requirements into hardware, software, mechanical and operational elements.
• Ensure progression through technical gates and design reviews.
• Prepare for and contribute to design and test-readiness reviews.
• Develop system verification and validation strategies and methods.

Skills

Requirements gathering

System design

Verification planning

Stakeholder management

Technical reviews

Interface definition

Lifecycle engineering

Customer liaison

Education

Degree or HNC/HND in electronic/electrical/aerospace engineering or related discipline

Job description

The System Engineer shall will work with customers to understand test requirements and how the resulting system will be operated, maintained and accepted. Translate those requirements into clear system requirements, architectures, interfaces and verification strategies that can be implemented by our hardware, software, mechanical and production teams. This is a broad, practical and customer-facing role. It requires someone who can move comfortably between requirements workshops, system design, technical reviews, laboratory integration, acceptance testing and commissioning Duties - Systems Engineer

• Work directly with customers and other stakeholders to understand their operational, technical and business needs.
• Plan and lead requirements-capture meetings and technical workshops.
• Understand the customer's product, test objectives, operating environment, constraints and acceptance expectations
• Develop system concepts and evaluate the feasibility of proposed solutions.
• Define functional and physical system architectures.
• Break down system requirements into appropriate hardware, software, mechanical and operational elements.
• Define and document internal and external interfaces.
• Ensure that the project progresses through the appropriate technical gates and design reviews.
• Prepare for and contribute to system requirements reviews, preliminary design reviews, critical design reviews and test-readiness reviews.
• Define the evidence required to demonstrate design maturity at each lifecycle stage.
• Develop the system verification and validation strategy.
• Define appropriate verification methods, including analysis, inspection, demonstration and test.
  A degree, HNC/HND or equivalent practical experience in electronic engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience of developing electrical or electronic equipment through the engineering lifecycle
• Candidates who are currently an Electrical Engineer, Electronic Engineer, Electronic Design Engineer, System Engineer, Development Engineer, Engineering Manager, Design Engineer, Electrical Development Engineer, Senior Engineer and Mechanical Engineer could be suitable for this role.
  Our client is an established specialist in the design and provision of bespoke technical solutions for the defence and aerospace sector. The company has secured record contract wins and is expanding within the UK and abroad, offering employees the opportunity to work in a varied and highly technical environment.