Senior Requirements Engineers

Apply locations: Reading area

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 7 Days Ago

Time left to apply: End Date: January 7, 2025 (13 days left to apply)

Job requisition id: R26520

If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £45,000 - £70,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Closing date: 6th January 2025

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the roles AWE is currently recruiting for motivated and experienced individuals to lead and apply Systems Engineering approaches to mechanical, electronic, processing, safety, security or nuclear projects and are interested in developing their career with us. Some Hybrid working available.

Working within the Capital Engineering Team, we provide the capability to design, coordinate, integrate and verify our Infrastructure Projects, ranging from factory refurbishments to new digitally enabled nuclear facilities; enabling systems to meet current, and potential future customer requirements. We are transforming the way we deliver projects, applying systems engineering at scale using the latest technology. This team is leading the way in redefining and modernising how we deliver; working to develop our practices using new tools to bring about a truly integrated approach from initial conception through construction and operation to decommissioning. Building from our basis of systems thinking and engineering knowledge we will bring about efficiency through-life.

We have several roles available within our team, please let us know on your application if you would like to be considered for a specific role.

• Role: Senior Systems Engineers (Infrastructure) - Working within our Functional team we form the core of Systems Engineering in the Infrastructure domain. It is our role to drive increased quality by redefining our processes and upskilling our staff to deliver using modern digital tools and Systems Engineering best practice.
• Role: Senior Requirements Engineers (Projects) - Working within our Infrastructure Projects you will take responsibility for the full project requirement set keeping it up to date and liaising with stakeholders ensuring their needs are appropriately recorded. You will work with the Project engineering team ensuring requirements are properly understood and verified in a timely manner.

These roles are ideally suited to candidates who would like to make a difference in:

• Leading on the delivery of requirements, verification and validation evidence for engineering solutions across multiple lifecycle phases
• Leading and managing stakeholder partnerships
• Supporting the training and development of less experienced engineers through formal and informal mentoring
• Applying the behaviours of a systems thinker to solve complex problems and implement constructive change

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have:

• HNC/HND or degree qualification in a science or engineering discipline or proven experience working in a similar environment
• Proven experience of delivering engineering projects with a consideration for quality, time, and cost
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and soft skills to work with people and teams to both discover and share key information

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) skills, including the use of Enterprise Architect, DOORS, Polarion or similar
• Elicitation and development of requirements for complex projects or systems
• Derivation and allocation of requirements to system elements
• Development, tailoring and documenting of requirements management processes and procedures at project level
• Experience with Teamcenter or similar
• Working within a highly regulated industry

Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:

• AWE has a wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role and be willing and able to travel within the UK and overseas if required.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us. Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.