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Principal Systems Engineer

Redline Group Ltd
Posted 12 days ago, valid for 9 days
Location

Hereford, Herefordshire HR4 7PU, England

Salary

£70,000 - £84,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Principal Systems Engineer position is available in Herefordshire with a focus on software for a leading company in counter-terrorism applications within the defence industry.
  • The role involves technical analysis, requirements capture, and specification activities for complex embedded systems, requiring strong systems engineering skills and experience in Linux-based software development.
  • Candidates should have a background in defence, avionic, or safety-based embedded applications and must be able to gain SC Clearance.
  • The job requires leadership abilities and interaction with multi-disciplinary teams, emphasizing the importance of making informed trade-offs and decisions.
  • The position offers a competitive salary, and applicants should have a minimum of five years of relevant experience.

Are you looking for a Principal Systems Engineer job with a Software focus, in Herefordshire?

My client is a market leader in counter-terrorism applications for the defence industry, and they are now looking for a Principal Systems Engineer to join their team in Herefordshire.

Job Overview

As the Principal Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical analysis, requirements capture, and top level specification activities, to deliver a complex embedded system that meets customers needs and requirements. You will have the technical oversight, working within a multi-disciplinary engineering team including system, electronics, FPGA, embedded software, and more.

Key Responsibilities for the Principal Systems Engineer job based in Herefordshire:

  • Acting as the technical authority
  • Conducting external design reviews
  • Defining system-level requirements, detailed design documents and works packages
  • Supporting integration, validation, verification and qualifications
  • Reviewing issues in Jira
  • Executing technical roadmaps, requirement reviews and formal validation

Essential Skills for the Principal Systems Engineer job based in Herefordshire:

  • Strong Systems Engineering background
  • Understanding of complex Linux based electronic embedded system software development
  • Experience across a variety of defence, avionic or safety based embedded applications and technologies
  • Leadership and ability to interact with multi-disciplined professionals to understand and make necessary trade-offs and decisions

Due to the nature of the role the individual must be able to gain SC Clearance and be a UK national or have been a resident in the UK for a minimum of five years.

This Herefordshire based Principal Systems Engineer job is unlikely to be available for long so please APPLY NOW! You can do this by sending your CV to Ben Wiles at or call /

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