Principal System Engineer in Gloucester

In order to develop and expand the capabilities of our engineering business, we are looking to recruit a Principal Systems Engineer to work on aircraft landing gear systems. The contract duration is six months, with a standard workweek of 37 hours and located in Gloucester. Military clearance is not required for this role. The anticipated start date is as soon as possible.

As a Systems Engineer, you will:

• Ensure that the development of aircraft landing gear systems (structures, extension/retraction systems, hydraulics, electrical harnesses) is compliant with customer needs and compliant with regulations, following the Safran system development process.
• Focus on the definition of the system development plan, capture and analysis of needs, the generation of system, sub-systems and equipment requirements, requirements validation and product verification.
• Be responsible for management of equipment suppliers, such as actuators, hydraulic hoses and electrical harnessing.

Key aspects of this job include the following:

• In collaboration with Systems Architecture Integration team, supporting the definition of systems development plans, in accordance with Safran processes, which align with ARP4754.
• Ensure adherence to systems development plans.
• Manage requirements definition, from capture and analysis of customer, regulatory and internal needs at system, sub-systems and equipment level.
• Manage the validation of requirements in collaboration with requirement owners from the validation planning phase, through implementation of validation means to documenting validation evidence.
• Manage product verification, from the verification planning phase, through coordination of verification means to documenting verification evidence.
• Set up and maintaining requirements management tools, e.g. IBM DOORS classic & DOORS NG.
• Compile systems engineering related documentation (requirements documentation, description documents, validation and verification matrices and Declaration of Design Performance (DDP) dossiers).
• Specification writing for Aircraft Landing Gear equipment such as, hydraulic actuators, hydraulic hoses and electrical harnesses.
• Technical liaison with equipment suppliers.
• Leadership of senior and junior systems engineers.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of aircraft landing gear systems (ATA32).
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles.
• Experience of mechanical engineering and hydraulics (Actuators & Hoses).
• Hydromechanical / hydropneumatics experience is mandatory.
• Knowledge of airworthiness requirements and certification.
• Experience of systems engineering theory together with a familiarity with ARP4754 and ARP 4761.
• Experience of requirements management, validation, verification and preferably DOORS.
• Knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering is an advance.
• Ability to review engineering documents such as (Reports, Analysis, Specifications and Requirements docs etc.). Previous engineering signatory held.
• Ability to write technical reports clearly and accurately.
• Ability and willingness to communicate and work with all disciplines of engineering.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and general computer literacy.
• Communication skills at all levels / Team working / Attention to detail / Decision making / Problem solving / Leadership.