Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer
My client is a defence and security manufacturer that designs, makes and integrates precision electro-optical and support equipment such as surveillance, target acquisition systems and rugged mounts for military and aerospace customers worldwide. They are looking to grow the team with a Systems Engineer.

Responsibilities

- Take the engineering lead for multidisciplinary projects requiring optical, Electro-Optical or Laser (LRF, Target Designation) capabilities.

- Capture stakeholder requirements

- Full product life cycle in the product design phase, including manufacturing, safety, reliability, availability, maintainability and disposal

- Identify and manage interfaces

- Develop system and sub-system requirements in order to define functions that must be performed

- Evaluate and down-select system solutions.

- Identify and manage technical risks and opportunities.

- Technical content of bid and proposal preparation.

- Participating in customer meetings.

- Report generation.

- Verification and validation planning and testing

- Experience in similar systems engineering roles

- Ideally have experience across full product life cycle

- Optronics background/experience 

- Hybrid role based in Kent

- Salary £60,000 - £75,000

- Company profit share

- 9 day fortnight (every second Friday off)