At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to develop and enhance systems engineering methodologies for rocket motor production.
- Company: Roxel, a leading Anglo-French company in tactical missile technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a collaborative work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for career growth and hands-on training.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in aerospace engineering and contribute to innovative rocket technologies.
- Qualifications: Degree in engineering and experience in systems engineering required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles.
Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover of about £100M and nearly 700 staff.
The UK operations are entirely based at Summerfield, Kidderminster where we now have a requirement for a permanent Production Engineer within the Operations Team.
To support business growth the production engineering team at Roxel seeks talented and enthusiastic engineers to support current and future manufacturing capabilities
The manufacturing engineer is part of the Operation department structure and is pivotal in solving manufacturing issues, improving processes and methods with manufacturing teams, driving change and continuous improvement to improve shop floor safety, quality, productivity, and new product introduction.
- Core Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the requirements management and systems engineering methodology, using established frameworks (e. g.
NASA SE Handbook, INCOSE, ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 & 29148) as a base and modifying to suit the organisation’s scale and culture.
- Own and configure the ALM/requirements management system including definition, refinement & derivation, architecture, traceability, baselines and change control.
- Build and champion the systems engineering capability of the wider engineering team through worked examples, mapped process diagrams and hands-on training.
- Prototype and prove the process on development programs before scaling it across the business.
- Develop our ALM tool’s (Codebeamer) project architecture, mapping it to the systems engineering processes that you help develop.
- Define links between requirements and physical components, ensuring bidirectional traceability of all system components with their parent requirements/user needs.
- Perform any other duties necessary, as requested to by the business to carry out job function.
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications
- A formal qualification (degree or equivalent) in systems, aerospace, mechanical or related engineering discipline.
- Professional membership / Chartered Engineer (CEng) of a relevant institute e. g., Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Royal Aeronautical Society, Institute of Explosive Engineers etc.
Experience
- Minimum of 3 years in an engineering team environment developing products to meet customer requirements.
- A sound understanding of systems engineering principles (Con Ops, defining/refining requirements, interface definition, trade studies, verification & validation).
- Familiarity with the Systems Engineering V-Model and its application to the design process.
- Experience with an ALM tool (IBM DOORS, PTC Codebeamer, Siemens Polarion, Jama Connect).
- IT literate with experience of working with Microsoft Office tools (Power Point, Excel, Word, etc).
- An interest and aptitude in both the theory and practical aspects of engineering and in particular rocket motor design.
- An ability to assimilate and evaluate technical information from a wide range of disciplines with a high attention to detail.
- An ability to present complex problems clearly and logically to other specialist and non-specialist engineers.
- Experience working with safety-critical products and knowledge of regulatory standards requirements e. g. DEF STAN 07-085.
- Experience using Codebeamer as a requirements management tool.
- Experience writing and refining requirements in a safety critical aerospace environment.
- Full product lifecycle experience - taking single product from concept to production (on the systems side of development).
Person Specification
- Demonstrates behaviours that align with Roxel’s values of ‘Commitment’, ‘Innovation’, ‘Trust’ and ‘Teamwork’.
- Proven ability to manage projects through the entire engineering development lifecycle.
- Motivated and driven to deliver results according to defined timescales and expected standards.
- Strong communicator with the ability to build relationships with the customer and other internal technical specialists.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Positive attitude and work ethic.
- Able to manage own time and prioritise tasks.
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Model Based Systems Engineer employer: Roxel UK
Roxel is an exceptional employer located in Summerfield, Kidderminster, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation and continuous improvement are at the forefront of our operations. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide opportunities for professional development and encourage a culture of collaboration and problem-solving among our talented engineering team. Join us to be part of a company that values safety, quality, and productivity while contributing to cutting-edge technology in the aerospace sector.
