At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead systems engineering for complex maritime and naval systems, ensuring successful project delivery.
- Company: Dynamic defence and maritime engineering firm with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hybrid working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team with excellent career advancement potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in defence technology while working with cutting-edge systems.
- Qualifications: Experience in systems engineering within regulated industries and strong problem-solving skills.
The predicted salary is between 65 - 65 £ per hour.
Location: UK Wide (Hybrid/On-site as required)
Outside IR35 - Rate £50-£80 p/h
Security Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC)
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, lead and deliver systems engineering activities across the full engineering lifecycle for complex maritime, naval and sonar systems.
- Develop and maintain systems engineering strategies, plans, processes and artefacts in line with programme objectives and customer requirements.
- Lead and support system integration activities, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Define verification methods, test cases, acceptance criteria and compliance strategies to demonstrate system performance and requirement fulfilment.
- Capture, analyse and report engineering evidence from design, integration, verification, validation and qualification activities.
- Maintain robust requirements traceability throughout development, verification, validation and qualification phases.
- Support design reviews, customer acceptance events and engineering assurance activities.
- Identify, manage and communicate technical risks, issues and non-conformances.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing systems engineering processes, tools and best practices.
- Work closely with systems, software, hardware and project teams to support successful programme delivery.
Required Experience & Skills
- Proven experience delivering systems engineering activities within defence, maritime, aerospace or other highly regulated and safety-critical industries.
- Strong understanding of systems engineering principles across the full lifecycle, including requirements management, architecture, integration, verification, validation and acceptance.
- Experience supporting IVVQ (Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification) activities for complex systems.
- Experience developing and applying engineering plans, verification strategies, test procedures and evidence-based assurance approaches.
- Familiarity with engineering lifecycle and requirements management tools such as DOORS, JIRA or equivalent platforms.
- Ability to analyse technical data and present engineering evidence, risks, issues and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Experience working effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within sonar, underwater acoustic or naval systems programmes.
- Knowledge of defence systems integration and acceptance processes.
- Understanding of systems architecture modelling approaches.
- Experience supporting customer audits, design reviews and qualification activities.
- Familiarity with configuration management and change control processes.
- INCOSE knowledge or related systems engineering qualifications.
We are open to Permanent applications to the role. We are considering a salary range of £50k - £80k with more flexibility around Hybrid working.
Systems Engineer employer: RC Fornax
RC Fornax is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, ideal for Senior Test Engineers looking to make a significant impact in the field of electro-optical verification. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, we offer continuous training opportunities and hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology in a supportive environment. Located in a vibrant area, our team enjoys a dynamic workplace that values creativity and teamwork, making it a rewarding place to advance your career.
