Systems Engineer

SYSTRA; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Systems Engineer to join their Systems Engineering team in the UK. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant degree and significant experience in Systems Engineering. Key responsibilities include capturing and validating requirements, working with stakeholders, and ensuring project alignment with safety and technical standards. Candidates should also have knowledge of the DOORS Requirements Management system and demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing environment.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline.
• Experience within Systems Engineering within the Engineering field.
• Knowledge of the DOORS™ Requirements Management system.
• Demonstrable Requirements Engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Implement processes to capture, manage, validate and measure the quality of Requirements.
• Ensure traceability from client needs to detailed engineering requirements.
• Work closely with stakeholders to elicit clear requirements.
• Ensure robust evidence for validation and verification of Requirements.
• Promote good practice in requirements management.
• Maintain and develop competence in systems competence framework.
• Act as technical translator between engineering teams and managers.

Skills

Requirements Engineering

Systems Engineering

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

DOORS™ Requirements Management

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

We currently have an opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join our growing Systems Engineering team. We would like to hear from people with experience across any of our sectors including Rail, Nuclear and Defence; This position will suit a committed and ambitious engineer who can demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to play their part in growing a dynamic high-performance team.

Missions/Main Duties

• Implementing processes to capture, manage, validate and measure the quality of Requirements.
• Ensuring traceability from client needs to detailed engineering requirements through application of a requirements structure.
• Working closely with Stakeholders to elicit requirements, ensuring the resulting requirements are clear, concise, unambiguous and achievable.
• Work with projects to ensure robust evidence for the validation and verification of Requirements.
• Implementing systems, processes and using industry standard tools (e.g. DOORS) to support integration, requirements and V&V.
• Promoting the use of good practice requirements management, interface management, integration and V&V principles throughout project teams.
• Delivery within time and budget.
• maintaining and developing competence in line with systems competence framework
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with external parties to enhance the company reputation.
• Working collaboratively and integrate with Project teams, stakeholders and third parties.

Specifically for this role, the key for the systems integration engineer is to consider whether or not the system they are responsible for delivering can be installed, operated and maintained in such a manner to not impact upon the safety or members of the public, passengers or operators/maintainers so far as is reasonably practicable.

The post holder is responsible for:

• Ensuring that systems processes are applied appropriately on their projects/programmes
• Scaling/tailoring of systems engineering and integration processes, products and tools suitable to the needs and requirements of projects.
• Acting as technical translator between discipline specific engineering teams and engineering managers, project managers and project sponsors/clients.
• Supporting the development of the Systra systems integration team in the UK and overseas
• Ensuring the application of appropriate controls and technical assurance in development, design, production through to entry into service.
• Ensure appropriate technical resources are allocated to the project
• Implementing training plans and general awareness of staff in safety
• Performing hierarchical safety checks and also ensuring that each line manager does the same
• Support the technical director to ensure overseas production centres are briefed on all relevant standards, guidelines and procedures

Profile/Skills

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline
• Experience within Systems Engineering within the Engineering field
• Knowledge of the DOORS™ Requirements Management system
• Demonstrable Requirements Engineering experience