Principal Systems Engineer

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, we help to solve our customers' toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

Summary of Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and high performing Principal Systems Engineer to work within the Assured Position Navigation and Timing (APNT) Engineering team, part of the wider Systems & Products business unit, to produce Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems and Alternative Navigation Solutions for the military market.

The role will provide Design Authority expertise across a range of APNT products, providing technical direction across the product lifecycle, from requirements capture, Analysis, Design through testing, qualification and certification activities, release to volume production and ongoing product sustainability.

Main Duties:

The role will report directly to the Senior Project Engineering Manager APNT, providing Technical Leadership and Direction for the Engineering team, with Design Authority responsibility for their assigned products and support in generating a development strategy and road maps for the APNT team.

You'll support our Business Development and Capture team regarding customer support and technical / product strategy discussions. Responsible for leading the technical input for Bids and Proposals and Production of Engineering Estimates will assist in the successful capture of new business.

Working closely with our Customers and the System Engineering Team to develop and shape the technical requirements design, generation of technical documentation and then manage these requirements through the design lifecycle in order to meet the requirements set during product development.

Working with our experienced design team, industry experts and interfacing to our suppliers you will be solving complex technical problems on new and existing GPS Anti-Jam Products. As well as providing Engineering representation to production IPT (Integrated Product Team) regards to investigating production queries, obsolescence management and phasing of change management.

Responsible for all technical design reviews and qualification, verification, validation, and certification of our designs ensures that we meet the highest standard the customer expects of our products. We invest heavily in Research & Development for existing and new products within the APNT division.

You will supporting and mentoring our junior engineers through their activities to ensure the teams growth and future success.

Essential

• Product development experience at team lead level
• Good knowledge of high speed digital design (up to GHz), electro-mechanical and / or thermal product design within harsh environments.
• Understanding of RF concepts and techniques for analogue signals to 2GHz.
• Design of circuits in analogue and digital, with exposure to FPGA or DSP control.
• Experience of interfacing designs into established systems
• Proven experience and demonstrable achievement in systems engineering principles with regards product development
• Experience in Product Qualification, for EMC, Environmental requirements.
• Demonstrable problem solving and analytical skills, willing to take ownership as well as positively contributing within cross-disciplined teams.
• Able to prioritise and manage their tasks and the engineering team activities to ensure all are completed to time and schedule whilst ensure the required design process and quality is maintained
• Experience in interpretation of customer specs and end use environments.
• Ability to develop hardware concepts efficiently from limited or vague customer requirements and communicate potential solutions.
• Experience with generation of technical documentation at all levels.
• Good communication skills. and ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders customers, senior management, engineering and supporting functions. Ability to tailor communications to level and audience at all levels
• Excellent stakeholder management and customer interfacing skills.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK, Europe and the US.
• Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics) or similar industry certification.
• Eligible or current holder of SC security clearance.

Desirable

• Design Authority experience for Hardware Product development
• Experience with interfacing to RF circuitry and high speed D/A /A/D conversion
• Experience in schematic, and PCB layout tools, and Electronics simulation environments.( e.g. Mentor, Matlab, LT Spice, Hyperlynx and Systemvision or equivalents)
• Knowledge of Firmware development, design and test using suitable toolsets (i.e. Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim)
• Product Quality Testing and Certification.
• Experience of working with Industry standard toolsets for requirement capture, design and task management (e.g. DOORs, Microsoft Project).
• Knowledge of GNSS systems and receiver characteristics
• Experience with SysMl or UML in a Systems Engineering environment.
• Experience with configuration management system.
• Understands the principles of 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
• Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)

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