Role: Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Bristol/Hawthorne/Corsham(Hybrid)
Duration: 12 months
Rate: 95/hour
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About our client

Our client is a leading global aerospace, defence, and security company specializing in delivering complex, mission-critical solutions. With a strong heritage in engineering and innovation, they provide essential services across aviation, marine, land, and nuclear sectors, supporting governments, armed forces, and commercial clients worldwide. Renowned for their commitment to safety, sustainability, and technological advancement, our client plays a vital role in ensuring operational excellence for their customers. Join them and be part of a team that drives innovation and delivers cutting-edge solutions in some of the world's most demanding environments.

The Role:

Provision of Holistic Life Cycle Systems Engineering support to Replenish Work Packages, including an understanding of the CADMID/T life cycle and its alignment with systems/product life cycles;
Delivery of systems engineering activities in accordance with the Top Level Engineering Management Plan (EMP) and ITEA Strategy, from requirements capture to delivery. Champion best practice processes and tailoring on behalf of our client.
Own all SE artifacts for your assigned work packages, including development of engineering plans in conjunction with the technical lead for your work packages.
Applying best placed SE practice and systems thinking to develop solutions tailored to meet requirements. Managing interfaces and trade-offs between systems, sub systems, functions, and requirements. Creating and presenting technical engineering documents and supporting reviews.
Identifying and communicating Technical Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities (RAIDO) for assigned work packages linked to the Programme Level RAIDO. Developing estimates of engineering activity, duration and resource requirement.

Who we're looking for:

We're looking for candidates who will bring an attention to detail, combined with a thorough, methodical approach to Holistic Life Cycle Engineering. If you can navigate change easily, are curious about what the future holds and always seek to learn new skills, you will thrive in this role.

Experience in a technical discipline who has the confidence to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team with drive to think with a systems perspective. Be a good communicator, both written and oral, and able to liaise at all levels with customers/stakeholders.
Ability to identify and manage interfaces, specifications, and certificates, producing boundary views. Experience with relevant tools IBM DOORS and EA SPARX and any other architecture tools.
Proven ability to undertake technical management of internal and external sub-contractors with levels of delegated authority.
SE expertise across the engineering life cycle V-Model or equivalent from initial concepts, requirements, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, maintenance, and supportability.
Experienced in management of technical and project risks.

Must have:

Proven experience in Holistic Life Cycle Management with balanced competencies across the SE Discipline. A good understanding of cross domain and cross boundary requirements and interface.
Working knowledge of MoD procurement processes, project delivery practices and technical standards compliance.
Knowledge of UK MoD KiD practices and ways of working
Practitioner in Determining and Managing Stakeholder Requirements, Life Cycle Tailoring, Verification, Validation and Transition to Operation.
Conversant with accreditation standards for bringing into service telecommunications systems including bespoke and COTS software applications.

Would ideally have but not essential:

Experience in both hardware and software engineering life cycles.
Knowledge or experience of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

Education and qualifications:

Degree or equivalent in Engineering. HNC/HND with equivalent, relevant experience is valued and welcomed.

Skills and attributes:

Must hold or be able to obtain DV Clearance

If you're ready to take the next step in your systems engineering career and want to be part of a high-impact defence project, we'd love to hear from you!