Job Description

Principal Aerospace Systems Engineer 

Location: Wiltshire

• Day-to-day leadership and management of Project and Programme engineering and technical teams to deliver complex integrated engineering outputs that meet the Customer’s requirements
• Ensuring that Systems Engineering gains and retains a ‘world class’ standard through continuous improvement
• Collaboration with Resource Management as required to assign relevant technical work tasks to suitably qualified and experienced personnel
• Act a Technical Leader to deliver high quality technical output to contracted time, cost and quality
• Ensuring consistency of technical processes, methods and tools in accordance with the business operating framework for the delivery stream ensuring a coherent integration of technical activity to meet project requirements
• Assuring the quality of engineering integrated outputs (work of all employees, contractors, and military SMEs) in accordance with authorised Technical Delivery Plans
• Effective capture and analysis of Customer requirements to generate System Requirements
• Co-ordinating technical aspects of bids including delivery planning and estimates; generating innovative technical/solutions with an associated work breakdown structure
• Ensuring the production of appropriate Technical Delivery Plans and adherence throughout the engineering project lifecycle
• Identifying project technical risks and mitigations working with the Project Manager with their management and control
• Compliance with Operating Framework business processes and engineering governance.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Professional Registration at Incorporated or Chartered level with an Engineering Institution
• Recognised aerospace qualification
• Evidence of further learning and relevant training in air systems and engineering
• Significant technical experience of air platforms and the air vehicle life cycle
• Experience of applying system engineering toolsets and paradigms such as IBM DOORS, MBSE, V & V, etc.
• Ability to make sound judgements on integrated engineering solutions
• Sound knowledge of engineering governance including aerospace certification and regulation
• Knowledge of the military and civil aerospace industry