Systems Engineer - Power Systems

Location: Rugeley (mostly onsite)

Duration: 6 month initial contract

Rate: 67ph UMB (Inside IR35)

Role details:

Our client, a leading defence and maritime company, are looking for a Systems Engineer to join their Power Applications team on a contract basis. This position primarily involves onsite work and focuses on systems engineering tasks across various projects. The role requires expertise in Systems V&V, Requirements, and proficient use of DOORS or JAMA.

• Act as a generalist bridging the gap between project members and stakeholders from different disciplines
• Design system operations including power on, operational modes, and self-tests
• Champion systems engineering to drive practical development and deployment of products
• Collect, scrutinise, organise, and challenge customer requirements
• Resolve design choices and ambiguities with internal and external customers
• Define interfaces and handover points on the project
• Promote re-use, similarity, and maximising previously developed products/items
• Lead systems engineering activities such as systems architecture, interface development, and requirements management with a pragmatic approach
• Perform system safety analysis
• Participate in system validation and verification ensuring compliance with requirements
• Tailor, modify, or create processes to drive value-adding repeat activities

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field
• Strong track record of applying engineering processes and governance to product development cycles
• Experience with systems engineering lifecycle deliverables including requirements, validation evidence, interface definition, configuration and change artefacts, safety analysis, validation, and verification items
• Familiarity with power electronics is beneficial, but expertise in systems engineering is essential
• Experience with embedded software operation within systems to appropriately decompose requirements

Skills-

• Awareness of systems engineering activities across the full lifecycle and experience of delivery
• Familiarity with MBSE and traditional requirements development

Preferred Qualifications-

• Systems testing experience
• Experience with power systems
• Experience with JAMA, DOORS, Polarion, or similar requirements management tools
• Experience working with agile approaches such as sprints, scrums and using Jira or similar for self-organisation