Senior Systems Engineer (Defence/Naval/Military/Marine) SC Lvl

* Must hold valid SC Level.*

Capital International is currently recruiting a contract Senior Systems Engineer for a defence electronic systems specialist. This is an exciting opportunity to support existing and future projects within a major engineering business group.

The successful candidate will need to have experience of electronic system design/development in the defence/military industry, preferably the Naval/Marine domain.

Overview of role:

You will be responsible for managing and conducting System Engineering activities throughout the complete life cycle of a project, sometimes acting as a project System Design Authority (SDA).

Some of the knowledge and skills required for the role:

* Familiarity with the whole system/product life cycle.

* Experience of capture and analysis of functional and non-functional requirements.

* Experienced in synthesising high-level requirements through to design requirements.

* Experience of system design development and planning

* Experienced in developing verification/validation/acceptance plans and procedures.

* Experience of assessing designs against requirements.

* Experience of system commissioning, integration and acceptance.

* Broad knowledge of Systems Engineering methodologies, processes and tools

* Working knowledge/appreciation of software electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering.

Responsibilities include:

* Being the technical point of contact with the customer and subcontractors

* Writing the project System Requirements Specifications

* Developing and documenting the System Design through System Design Specifications and Interface Specifications

* Ensuring compliance of the design to the technical requirements and project constraints (eg cost)

* Defining the system's sub-systems and their requirements including hardware and software

* Developing and continually refining the system acceptance strategy, and verification method for each system requirement. This includes writing the Acceptance Management Plan and Test Specifications.

* Ensuring the specification, design and acceptance are fully traceable

Capital International Staffing Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.