Lead Systems Engineer

QuEST Global Engineering Limited ,
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Salary: £72000 to 77000 DOE + Pension matched upto 8% + Life Assurance

Overview

Post Covid Permanent positions with QuEST Global within the UK Defence sector. QuEST are actively recruiting Engineers to join our business for when we reopen our co-located office in Edinburgh. We have a Permanent vacancy for a Lead Systems Engineer to provide services to one of our major UK clients. Ideally we are looking for RF/EO systems experience, particularly in the development of Radar and EW systems (Including IRCM) but candidates with experience of other aerospace/ defence applications, space, nuclear, automotive or transportation sectors will be considered. Job Responsibilities: Responsibilities may include: · Understanding systems requirements, breakdown of requirements to sub-systems. · Production of engineering management plans, SOWs and design review documentation · Lead/support generation of test strategy, test plans & test documentation · Planning/preparation of integration/test environment, including facilities, test equipment (custom/ COTS), tools & test/simulation software · Lead/support system integration and test activities, working closely with hardware, software & firmware teams to achieve project milestones/deliverables · Help to identify, investigate & resolve system integration issues · Lead/support verification of system & sub-system requirements · Define verification methods/ tests & show traceability to systems/sub-system requirements · Support system/sub-system Qualification testing, including generation of test reports · Lead/support system acceptance test activities · Participation in design reviews · Gather test evidence and prepare documentation for Certification/Qualification · Provide lab-based system demonstrations to customers / partner companies · Integrate systems on flight trials aircraft and support flight trials · Support platform integration with customer systems/aircraft, including in-field system software upgrades Skills, Qualifications and Experience required: Mandatory · Previous experience of RF or ECM/EW systems. · Experience of requirements management · Systems integration and/or test experience of complex, high-reliability systems · Experience of verification and validation (V&V) activities to achieve certification and acceptance · Experience of working in multi-disciplined Engineering teams · Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written · Able to generate high-quality documentation (test specifications, procedures & reports) Desirable · Experience of defining verification methods and generating tests requirements/procedures · Experience of showing traceability of V&V tests to systems requirements & generating/updating Verification Matrices (VCRMs) · An understanding of MATLAB/Simulink · Experience in MBSE · Previous experience of working in a Trials or field role Qualifications HND/HNC, degree (BSc/BEng/MSc/MEng) in a relevant STEM-based subject or equivalent experience. Due to the nature of this work, Candidates must have a current UK passport and able to achieve UK Security Clearance – SC level. Some travel to other customers and/or QuEST sites in the UK depending on requirements. Excellent benefits package for Permanent engineers include: Pension, Life assurance and re-location package where applicable. In this current climate, we are holding Telephone and Video interviews in preparation for hire. To apply please follow the link or visit our website https://www.quest-global.com/careers/ QuEST Global are an engineering solutions company with a proven track record of serving the product lifecycle needs of high technology companies. A pioneer in offshore product development engineering, QuEST Global is one of the largest engineering service providers catering to diversified industries such as Aerospace, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Space and Oil and Gas, with electronics, software and mechanical engineering solutions. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89937533

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