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I'm looking for a Principal Systems Engineer to join BAE Systems in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
You will be working within a multi-function radar team of inter-disciplinary engineers, evolving their radar portfolio of existing and brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats in the realm of Future Air Dominance.
What you'll be doing:
- Develop novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex Multi-Function Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communities are facing
- Apply a breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of Systems Engineering principles, techniques and governance to steer and develop technical solutions and resolve engineering issues
- Conduct system design analysis to manage trade-offs of system parameters to characterise and specify robust product design
- Lead the decomposition of requirements to system and sub-system level and manage these in an approved tool-set such as IBM DOORS Next
- Be a technical focus point with a holistic understanding of a whole system solution leading analysis activities and system design decisions and providing guidance to own team
- Collaborate with specialists across different engineering disciplines including electronics, electrical, mechanical and software to direct and realise overarching system design solutions
- Direct and undertake system integration, test planning and execution
- Define and articulate system acceptance strategies and acceptance evidence demonstrating system performance across a wide range of operational scenarios to internal and external stakeholders
- Through these activities you will build your personal profile with senior stakeholders and grow a diverse knowledge base in engineering
Essential Skills:
- A good understanding in some of the following subject areas; signal processing, target track extraction, object classification algorithms, system and sensor resource optimisation
- A good understanding of factors that can affect the real-world performance of sensing systems and how these can impact the accuracy and timeliness of measurements in order to meet challenging design objectives and requirements
- Demonstrates understanding and experience of Systems Engineering which could include knowledge of Systems Engineering standards (e.g., ISO 15288)
- Experience of presenting both technical and non-technical information in a formal setting
The salary is 60,000 to 70,000 plus a 10% annual bonus and flexible working hours.
You MUST be a British national to be considered for this role due to security clearance requirements.
