Principal Integration and Systems Validation Engineer in Bristol

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join a growing Integration and Systems Validation team, supporting the Land Ceptor project with Ground Based Trials activities for a large export programme. This role performs a mix of functional testing, equipment qualification and acceptance, plus problem identification and resolution, working with real equipment and supporting testing and demonstrations of capability to the customer across sites in the UK, Poland and the USA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with stakeholders across the project, from within partner companies and the customer community, to plan trials that demonstrate integration and gather evidence to qualify Weapon Systems into a wider System of Systems environment.
• Liaising with the systems engineering team and design teams to ensure adequate trials data is acquired, and to investigate and resolve design issues.
• Analysing and reporting on in-depth system behaviour across its internal and external interfaces.
• Delivering trials across a number of environments, including lab-based integration and functional rigs, System of Systems integration trials, acceptance trials and firing trials.
• Conducting and supporting failure investigations.
• Supporting safe and reliable trials, including developing and maintaining risk assessments, management of hardware and software assets, and control of hardware and software configuration.

This is a UK-based role, with opportunities to travel abroad, offering a great opportunity to work in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment with guaranteed diverse work, and to become a member of an expanding team delivering key aspects of the latest generation of GBAD system programmes.

The ideal candidate would have:

• Experience with Wireshark network monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of network systems and protocols, including switch and router configuration and management.
• Familiarity with DOORS & Engineering Test Management (ETM) requirements tools.
• Basic understanding of network / cable assembly drawings.
• Fault finding and root cause analysis experience at subsystem integration level.
• Experience in customer-facing roles.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience communicating at an appropriate level with a wide and varied range of both engineering and management stakeholders.
• Experience working within a large team, across multiple sites and with multiple departments.
• Experience with V&V lifecycle, requirement and configuration management and defect reporting.

This position offers a lucrative benefits package, which includes but is not limited to:

• Company bonus of up to £2,500 (based on company performance).
• Strong employer pension contribution, up to a maximum total (employer and employee) of 14%.
• Opportunity for paid overtime.
• Generous flexi leave allowance, with up to 15 additional days.
• Flexible working arrangements welcomed.
• Enhanced parental leave, covering maternity, adoption, shared parental and paternity leave, plus neonatal leave and fertility testing/treatment support.
• Excellent on-site facilities, including subsidised meals and free car parking.

If this role looks like your next challenge, please contact Jack ASAP or apply via this advert!

Please note that due to the nature of the client's business, only candidates who currently hold full British Citizenship (without limitations) will be considered.

We endeavour to reply to every candidate, but if you haven't heard back within 10 days, please understand that you have unfortunately been unsuccessful for this position, or the position has been filled. Please call the office or send an email to discuss other potential positions.