Systems Engineering Consultant

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating and driving the design, development and implementation of complex systems in accordance with best practices in Defence acquisition
• Working closely with the PM and cross-functional teams to ensure that all project/product requirements are met
• Preparing material for project design reviews and present the material to both internal and external stakeholders
• Providing engineering support in the management of subcontrators and the review of provided material/products
• Developing, maintaining and controlling engineering documentation including: Requirements documentation, system architectures, design documents, test and acceptance plans and bill of material
• Providing engineering/technical support to projects and the wider busines
• Conducting feasibility studies and writing technical report
• Assisting in the development and ongoing maintenance of internal MVR Engineering Processes

Specialist Knowledge and Essential Skills

Essential Skills:

• An understanding of synthetic training solutions within defence, as well as Naval defence platforms/systems is highly desirable.
• Proven experience in the specification, design, development and implementation of complex systems and the management of the specifications through to completion
• Previous experience in a Systems Engineering role
• In-depth understanding of the system engineering lifecycle and associated principles
• Ability to understand and interpret the operational context of customer requirements
• Understanding of, and ability to develop, system architectures using appropriate tools and modelling language (such as SysML)
• Experience in Integration, Test and Verification and 'selling off' the verification information to stakeholders.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies, tools and techniques
• Experience in technical report and documentation writing, and the subsequent presentation of these to internal and external stakeholders
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering processes, tools and techniques within a Defence framework