Senior Systems Engineer - PERM Role in Ampthill

Senior Systems Engineer, (Level 3)

JOB LOCATION:                              Ampthill, Bedfordshire

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL:     BPSS to Start, SC Clearance Eventually, UKEO

DURATION:                                    PERM

WORK PATTERN:                           On-Site expectation likely all the time

HOURS:                                            37.5 P/W (4 days a week – Fridays are not worked)

RATE:                                               £50,000 - £62,000 PA (Negotiable DOE) 

Headcount:                                     3  

Senior Systems Engineer, (Level 3)

Key Skills:

• Systems Engineering. MBSE, Modelling & Simulation, Verification. Demonstrable knowledge and experience required in Systems Engineering, Designing and Integrating Complex Systems with a significant Software component.  Clearance required: BPSS to start, SC clearance eventually. Sole UK nationals only please. No dual nationals.

About The Role:

• We are urgently seeking to recruit a number of Systems Engineers to be based predominantly on-site at our Ampthill, Bedfordshire offices.
• These roles are to supplement the Engineering Team across various Business Areas of the company, including Special Projects and Platform Systems. Roles driven by Uncrewed Turret activity, which is calling on SME support, requiring backfill into BAs.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience required in Systems Engineering, Designing and Integrating Complex Systems with a significant Software component.

Skillset / Experience Required:

• Experience of systems engineering lifecycle through the life of a large scale systems development programme, ideally in the Command & Control domain.
• Experienced of modelling and simulation (Matlab/Simulink).
• Experience in the Verification and Validation lifecycle.
• Development of Verification & Acceptance (V&A) statements.
• Knowledge of Comms & RF Network Architectures.
• Change proposal assessment and embodiment.
• Working understanding of relevant Def-Stan, MIL-STD and industry best practice.
• Understand nuances of system limitations and behaviours at system level.