Senior Systems Engineer
Callen-Lenz
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Salisbury • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £50,000 - £65,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Design and development of avionics systems for uncrewed air systems, including, navigation, communication, payloads, aircraft management and command & control (C2) systems.
- Integration of systems, including other air vehicle systems such as power plant, fuel systems and payloads.
- Support wider aircraft systems design, such as cabling and loom/wire harness design.
- Assessment of system and subsystem failures and impacts to other systems
- Support and enable flight test development activities, including field work
- Generation and maintenance of documentation, for products and internal processes
- Develop and maintain test facilities and tools
- Perform other related duties as required
Requirements
- Demonstrable knowledge of systems engineering, preferably in aerospace.
- Knowledge of applied system engineering principles
- Competent in practical integration tasks either using software or hardware-based rigs.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Report writing and information dissemination/presentation
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality
- Ability to hold a Security Clearance
- Design or systems engineering experience in UAS and associated systems
- Systems engineering experience through the whole lifecycle in an aerospace or related environment.
- Familiarity with common engineering tools, for example DOORS, Solidworks, MATLAB or equivalents
- Knowledge of related aerospace and equipment qualification standards, including Mil-Stds, RTCA or equivalent
- Knowledge of safety critical systems
- Must be a British Citizen or have an existing right to work in the UK
- Ability to commit to national and international travel
- Team player who is capable of working autonomously
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- A professional and proactive approach
- Ability to hold MOD clearance
- Interest in aviation
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
- Buy/Sell holiday policy up to 5 days either way
- Company contributed Share Incentive Plan.
- Green Car Scheme via Tusker
- Pension Scheme via Royal London
- Life assurance scheme (6x basic salary)
- Income protection policy (75% of basic salary)
- Private Health Insurance via Vitality
- Private Dental insurance via Bupa
- Enhanced Maternity and paternity
- 1 Professional membership reimbursed per year
- 1 paid volunteering day per year
- Access to an independent financial advisor year round
- Training & development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
systems engineeringintegration tasksdesign experiencesystems engineering lifecyclesafety critical systemsavionics systems designcommunication systemspayload systemscabling designtest facilities development
Soft skills
communication skillspresentation skillsreport writingconfidentialityteam playerautonomous workproactive approachverbal communicationwritten communicationinformation dissemination
Certifications
Security ClearanceMOD clearance