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The Junior Systems Engineer will be working on a project in one of the ISR portfolios. This role will perform some of the engineering activities required to develop a solution/product whilst achieving customer satisfaction of the delivered solution/ product, under the supervision of senior engineers in the team. The position requires a motivation to learn and develop knowledge and experience of the full systems engineering life cycle.
Key responsibilities and tasks
- Formalisation and management of requirements through DOORS.
- Formalisation of the specifications used to develop the solution.
- Support and undertake IVVQ activities.
- Trade-off analysis, modelling and simulation.
- SE and IVVQ related documentation.
- Support project safety and airworthiness requirements and understand their implications on implementation activities.
- To work towards developing domain and engineering knowledge and skills through a DAP and ideally targeting a C Eng by developing skills and experience against an appropriate knowledge framework such as IET or INCOSE.
Qualifications and requirements
- 1st/2nd class engineering degree. Masters preferred.
- Good team-working skills (and being able to work without supervision)
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to learn and to be challenged
- Ability to recognise shortfalls and a determination to resolve them
- Attention to detail, with a focused and methodical approach
- A willingness to challenge others.
- An ability to work in accordance with recognised and agreed processes and plans but to challenge those processes and plans if improvements can be identified.
What we can offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Our packages will include bonus, a strong pension contribute plan matched up to 7%, Private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.
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