Principal Engineer (Systems Engineering)

For this opportunity we will provide a relocation support package (if applicable) to the Isle of Wight, for the successful applicant.

Job Accountabilities

• Quality of design deliverables created by the GKN Defence – Systems Engineering team

• Qualification arguments and submissions for GKN Defence, avionic, control systems / sub-systems

• Maintaining closed loop FRACAS program (Failure Reporting, Analysis, Corrective Action System)

• Release of stakeholder and customer technical communications

• Technical guidance for program planning objectives

• Define best practice guidance for systems engineering excellence

• Mentoring, coaching and development training and initiatives for systems engineering team

• Technology development submissions to GKN defence systems roadmap and technology incubator

• HNC, degree or equivalent experience in electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering

• Demonstrable experience delivering designs for electro-mechanical, sensing OR controller systems within an engineering environment

• Experience in a leading / approval role for systems design

• Proven design and delivery of high quality and reliable systems in a complex regulatory environment (e.g. MIL-STD, TUV cert, etc…)

• Proven track record (minimum 2 projects), in compliance planning and governance of verification & validation analysis for product release

• Advanced experience of the Systems Development Lifecycle process

• Advanced experience of requirement decomposition and tools (e.g. DOORS)

• Intermediate experience defining system / modular architecture

Essential General Experience:

• Technical leadership – Ability to mentor, coach and develop functional & cross functional team members.

• Confident presenting technical information to a wider audience including senior stakeholders and external customers

• Industry innovator – Set the vision for the next generation of products and working methods. You hunt for exponential improvement

• Build the culture of Plan-Do-Check-Act and continuous improvement

• Hands-on approach – Have a real desire to be up close to the components and people that build our systems.

Desirable:

• Previously held signatory responsibility (systems design; safety design), within aviation industry

• Working experience delivering system designs using MBSE toolbox (e.g. SysML)

• Demonstrate commercial awareness; supporting leadership with make/buy decisions and creating technical packages to initiate new supplier bids & contracts

• Experience in safety assessment software/toolbox FTA and FMEA (e.g. ANSYS Medini, Isograph)

• Proficiency in multi-domain modelling/simulation packages (e.g. MATLAB, Simulink, Simscape, Amesim)

• Competitive salary dependent on experience

• Opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus

• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis

• Life Assurance 8 x salary

• 185 hours holiday + bank holidays

• Relocation support (if applicable)

• Hybrid working – giving you the opportunity to balance home and office working

• Income protection

• Shopping discounts

• Cycle To Work Scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• A collaborative, dynamic working environment, We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

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