At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical projects, resolve issues, and ensure system integrity.
- Company: Dynamic engineering firm in Basildon with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, full-time hours, and opportunities for travel.
- Other info: Exciting career growth and the chance to work on complex systems.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in cutting-edge engineering projects and collaborate with top professionals.
- Qualifications: Degree in STEM and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 71.74 - 71.74 £ per hour.
- Principal Systems Engineer (Ref: 1705)
- Initial contract until March 2027
- £71.74ph LTD (Outside IR35)
- Basildon - full time onsite
- SC required, can start on BPSS
The Role
- Work closely with the Project Chief Engineer to identify and resolve technical issues across the whole system and subsystems and to ensure the integrity of the solution.
- Deputise for the Project Chief Engineer within the project.
- Lead the architecture team to develop and document the architecture thought the project lifecycle.
- Lead the integration activity of sub-systems.
- Lead the engagement with technical suppliers.
- Influence all levels of requirements to enable design and development decisions and trade‑offs to be made.
- Provide direction, control, evaluation and recommendations relating to technical risks and opportunities.
- Support test planning and requirements verification to achieve certification and delivery for the overall system.
- Working with and influencing key project stakeholders including customer and end users.
- Actively support knowledge sharing and exploitation of best practice.
- Contribute to the successful achievement of engineering milestones as an integrated part of the Prime team.
- Support and advise sub‑system design teams through their design reviews.
- Travel within the UK and abroad to meet with our customers and industry partners.
Essential Skills / Experience
- A degree (or equivalent experience) in a STEM subject and strong numerical, analytical and design skills, with the ability to apply these to real world problems.
- Strong understanding of system and project lifecycles as applicable to delivery of sub‑systems, technical and commercial baselines, and change control.
- Strong understanding of Systems Architecture activities as part of the Systems Lifecycle.
- Strong understanding of integrating supplier sub‑systems for demonstration.
- Self‑motivated with a strong aptitude for problem‑solving and decision‑making within projects involving design complexity and uncertainty.
- Strong experience of influencing system design and integration of a major system.
- Strong experience in stakeholder management within organisations and with customers (internal or external) in a high‑pressure environment, pulling in technical expertise when and where appropriate.
- Experience of successfully passing Design Reviews and implementing potentially complex remedial actions with sub‑contract equipment suppliers and Prime integration teams.
Desirable Skills / Experience
- Knowledge of military EW/radar passive and active RF.
- Strong understanding of systems integration and progressive assurance.
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Principal Systems Engineer in Basildon, Essex employer: Energy Jobline CVL
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We think you need these skills to ace Principal Systems Engineer in Basildon, Essex
Systems Engineering
Technical Issue Resolution
Architecture Development
Integration of Sub-systems
Stakeholder Management
Risk Evaluation
Test Planning
