Systems Engineer
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Warton

You will be part of the Mission Systems Delivery Team (MSDT) delivering the Assessment Phase of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. The team uses an agile work planning process to develop mission system concept options, architectures and designs for the various components of a future combat air system.

Vacancies are available for systems architects and systems engineers in the following areas:
Survivability
Cockpit/HMI
Stores Management
Communications
Navigation
Sensors and Non-Kinetic Effects
Electronic Warfare
EM Interop
Safety
Health Management
Mission Management
On-board Computing
Cyber Security

Your main responsibilities will involve:
You will get the opportunity to develop the next generation of mission systems across the engineering life cycle, from requirements through to design, development and implementation.

The successful candidate could be expected to support the following activities for mission systems as part of a multi-functional engineering team:
Concepting
Architecting
Requirements management
Design
Testing
Safety
Cyber Security
Qualification and certification

You will be positioned as and where needed on any of these activities.

The role will also require you to:
Support team meetings/DSUMs/Agile reviews
Support the creation of Engineering documents that form part of the Systems Engineering process

Responsibilities
Knowledge of systems engineering methods and tools (eg UML/SysML, MoDAF, MOOD, Matlab)

What we're looking for in you:
Ability to work in a changing and evolving environment
Innovative approach to problem solving
Ability to work in a multi-partner/multi-national environment
Some experience of working in an agile environment