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Senior Systems Engineer

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  • Location: Portsmouth
  • Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted about 7 hours ago

  • Sector: Defence & Aerospace
  • Contact: Jonathan Maironis
  • Contact Email: j.maironis@jamrecruitment.co.uk
  • Client: BAE Systems
  • Expiry Date: 20 June 2025
  • Job Ref: 090525_1746797362

I have an opening for a Senior Systems Engineer to join a FTSE 100 Defence company based in Broad Oak, Portsmouth.

You will be part of the Maritime Autonomy Team, developing autonomous maritime products to counter emerging threats and gain an advantage in the future maritime battle-space. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying your knowledge of Systems Engineering and Software Architecture definition in the increasingly significant field of autonomous defence systems, working with global experts and cutting-edge technology.

What you'll be doing:

  • Apply Systems Engineering experience with a good understanding of software system embodiment for the development of maritime autonomous systems
  • Discern and decompose requirements at system, sub-system and software specification level and manage these in an appropriate requirements management tool-set
  • Undertake system design decomposition and architectural modelling, managing architectural models from system architecture into software architecture
  • Undertake system test planning, execution and reporting
  • Contribute to definition of acceptance strategies verifying compliance at various levels of system design, supporting production of customer acceptance evidence

Your skills and experiences:

  • Understanding and experience of Systems Engineering with integrated software systems, which could include knowledge of Systems and Software Engineering standards (e.g. ISO 15288 and ISO 12207)
  • Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and software architectural modelling in appropriate frameworks and languages (e.g. NAF/UAF/TOGAF/SysML/UML) using a dedicated tool-set such as CATIA Magic (Cameo), Sparx EA, or equivalent
  • Requirements definition and management using an appropriate tool-set such as IBM DOORS Next and configuration management with tools like Teamcenter, SAP
  • Planning, performing, and documenting system testing traced to requirements using a dedicated tool-set (e.g. IBM Engineering Test Manager)
  • Some experience of mathematical simulation tools/languages (e.g. Mathworks MATLAB, Simulink, Pearl, Python) would be an advantage
  • Higher education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM discipline

The salary is £45,000 to £60,000 plus benefits and offers flexible/hybrid-working.

You MUST be eligible for SC Clearance to be considered for this position.