Principal Systems Engineer (Naval Comms)

Principal Systems Engineer (Naval Comms) Location: Crawley Duration: 6 Months Rate: Circa £48 - £56 per hour LTD Please note start dates cannot currently be confirmed due to COVID-19 situation. Applications will be reviewed & the client will acommodate Telephone interviews. We are looking to recruit a Systems Engineer to work for our client on a new Naval Communications project. It will involve working on challenging programmes to bring new technology to a major UK customer base. It will include the design, build, test and trials phases of the programme. Key responsibilities: Prepare system and subsystem specifications and interface control documentation, against rigorous analysis and decomposition of the customer requirements and change requests. Provide technical support to the IVVQ team during the system integration and acceptance phase of the programme. Conduct of technical investigations into both equipment level and system level anomalies, liaising with software and hardware engineers as required. Maintain the design and production baselines through to platform acceptance, including specifications, ICDs, cable data sheets, BOMs and certification documentation liaising with production, the DO and safety engineers as required Provide work package estimates that balance quality, compliance and cost - subsequently discharge work packages to time, quality and cost. Requirements: Experience of leading a small team of engineers during the design and integration phase of a programme. Experience in deriving and preparing system and sub-system specifications from customer requirements and to ensure that the requirements meet the needs of the customer. Ability to work as part of a team to generate a coherent set of specifications, interface documentation and estimates liaising with other functions and departments as required. Knowledge and experience of Systems Engineering lifecycle activities including PDR, CDR, PRR and TRR through the design and development phases into production, integration, verification, validation and acceptance. Knowledge and experience of Naval transverse characteristics and qualification activities including the operational environment (temperature, humidity, shock, vibration, EMC, TEMPEST), safety, security, human factors, ILS etc. Experience of working with customers, presenting technical solutions or chairing design reviews as required. A working level experience of Naval communications systems, equipment and infrastructure including management architectures and operational communications. A working level experience of Naval installation, commissioning and trials activities. Willingness to travel to both supplier and customer locations. Additional information: Please note, due to the sensitive nature of the project involved all applicants must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89934490