Senior Systems Engineer

The Hiring House; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in South Africa is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer with extensive experience in systems engineering and integration. The role involves managing requirements, leading design efforts, and providing operational support. Candidates should have significant hands-on experience and relevant degrees. This position requires the ability to influence change in complex systems and mentor junior staff. ECSA registration as PrEng/PrEng Tech is a prerequisite.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience for B.Tech, 9+ years for B.Eng/B.Sc, 7+ years for M.Eng, 5+ years for PhD.
• Must meet ECSA requirements for registration as PrEng/PrEng Tech.
• Hands-on integration and testing of electronic and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Execute requirements engineering to meet stakeholder needs.
• Lead system design efforts and manage modifications.
• Provide operational support and perform root cause analysis.

Skills

Systems engineering

Integration and testing

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

B.Tech (Eng)

B.Eng/B.Sc (Eng)

M.Eng

PhD/D.Eng

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Executing requirements engineering to ensure the delivered systems will meet the stakeholder’s needs through defining, analysing & managing requirements, establishing and maintaining traceability and developing system and sub-system design-to specifications
• To deliver systems with verified performance and quality by executing system integration and verification which entails implementing
• ICDs, physically assembling items, preparing & executing Verification Plans, Test instructions, ATPs & QTPs, compiling ATRs & QTRs and establishing baselines
• Executing and leading system design efforts by executing functional & physical architecting, analysis and synthesis, identifying and creating ICDs, performance analysis, FMECA, implementing safety in design and generating build-to and maintain-to specifications.
• Providing operational support (field engineering) to ensure the delivered systems continue to operate and deliver the expected performance, through performing root cause analysis and problem solving, identifying, designing and implementing modifications to eliminate failure modes while managing the baseline changes to the PBS in ALIM.
• Lead the technical work on projects through compiling SEMPs, technical schedules, WBS & SOWs and defining baselines & conducting design reviews
• Contribute to continuous improvement of organisational & engineering enabling processes, ensuring that engineering is consistently executed with integrity while managing risk.

Key Requirements

• B.Tech (Eng) with 13+ years of relevant experience OR
• B.Eng/B.Sc (Eng) with 9+ years of relevant experience OR
• M.Eng with 7+ years of relevant experience OR
• PhD/D.Eng with 5+ years of relevant experience
• AND must meet the requirements for registration with ECSA as PrEng/PrEng Tech.

Experience

• Physical, hands‑on integration, testing and evaluation of electronic and mechanical systems.
• Undertaking engineering activities throughout all lifecycle phases of the system under development, with particular focus on the concurrent engineering aspects and the design for supportability aspects.
• Leading engineering tasks and analysis without supervision, employing academic and practical knowledge gained on the job.
• Functioning simultaneously across multiple domains, teams and on multiple systems.
• Leading the development and implementation of engineering processes.
• Using advanced interpersonal skills in order to influence change in complex systems behaviour and operational environments.
• Coaching and mentoring in engineering, particularly systems engineering