Senior Systems Engineer (Full Time Or Part Time) in Rochester

Salary: £50,000-£60,000 dependent upon experience

Location: Rochester, Kent

We currently have a vacancy to join one of the world's leading, global defence, security and aerospace companies as a Senior Systems Engineer. The role will be based in Rochester, Kent and will require the successful candidate to be on site 4 days per week, Monday‑Thursday with some flexibility to work from home on Fridays. This will be a 37 hour week with a 1pm optional finish on Fridays. Both full‑time and part‑time working can be considered for this role.

The company works at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries. Joining the Systems Engineering team, you will be part of the development and supply of products across a diverse mix of commercial and military platforms, including Head‑Up and Head‑Worn Displays, Safety Critical Pilot Control and Flight Control Systems. Your Systems Engineers are encouraged to gain a breadth of knowledge across these domains to become subject‑matter experts in one or more product domains, or systems engineering specialisms.

Responsibilities

• Understanding our customers' complex needs and collaborating to develop, validate and manage requirements at multiple levels
• Developing complex system architectures and sub‑systems using a Model Based Systems Engineering approach
• Integration, analysis and test of real‑time systems containing multiple technical disciplines such as electronic, mechanical, optical and software sub‑systems
• Taking accountability for collaborative technical work package execution and associated outcomes
• Providing guidance, coaching and nurturing talent in other engineers
• Verifying that customer needs are satisfied
• Steering new and improved systems development through implementation whilst making use of best‑practice systems lifecycle processes alongside techniques such as Learn First and Agile

Benefits

• Relocation package available
• Enhanced Pension scheme – up to 14% combined
• Flexible working pattern including working from home, flexible start and finish times
• 25 holiday days plus bank holidays – 26 days after 5 years' service, 27 days after 10 years' service
• Shared Incentive Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance (you and your spouse/partner) – 6× salary
• Ill Health Income Protection/Private Medical Insurance – 50% of salary

Qualifications

Essential

• Proven experience developing systems in relevant product markets and/or domains, such as control systems, real‑time displays or other safety‑related systems, containing multiple technical disciplines such as electronics, mechanics, optics and/or software
• Proven experience in requirements management, design analyses, modelling and simulation, using tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, MATLAB and/or Simulink and design methodologies such as SysML
• A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering subject (e.g., Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics or Mathematics)

Desirable

• Experience in integration, test and verification of real‑time and/or safety‑related systems, with understanding of safety assessment processes including how these processes influence the design
• Customer and/or supplier liaison experience for technical aspects, verifying and obtaining agreement that customer needs are satisfied
• An understanding of information assurance, cyber security and environmental impact aspects relating to real‑time embedded engineering products

You must be eligible to apply for SC clearance and, therefore, must hold a British passport and have lived and worked in the UK for the past 5 years.