Systems Engineer

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Job Title – Systems Engineer

Job Location – Brighton, UK

Job ID – 21168

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. As part of the RC-135 based Airseeker/Rivet Joint programme, we deliver strategic and tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. We provide comprehensive carriage, release and interfacing solutions to integrate weapons and stores onto crewed and uncrewed air platforms.

Reporting to the Systems Functional Manager the System Engineer will join the other system engineers to lead the delivery of systems related activities, engaging, coordinating and delivering against both the needs of the business projects and ensure that strategic and legislative requirements are fulfilled. Additional skills which would help to secure the position would be IPS / ILS (Integrated Product Support / Integrated Logistics Support) capabilities.

A few of our employee benefits are:

  • Half day finish on a Friday

  • 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days

  • Private medical insurance with optional family cover

  • Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution

  • Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)

  • Group income protection

  • Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme

  • Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

    What the role will involve

    The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

  • Performing technical planning, integration, verification and validation, cost, risk and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

  • Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.

  • Day-to-day task management and may manage projects or processes as required.

  • Engage with stakeholders across the organisation to explain and interpret operational requirements, processes, practices, and procedures.

  • Ensure that the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements are developed into total system solutions that acknowledge the technical, schedule and cost/risk implications.

  • Detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

    What you’ll bring

    The role requires the following experience and skills:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

  • Proficient knowledge of requirements management and systems engineering practice with practical knowledge of aerospace systems, system development.

  • Proficient knowledge of Systems Engineering development lifecycle process.

  • Strong communication skills with the focus on inside and outside function communications, some customer interfacing skills.

  • Some practical use in requirements management tools such as Innoslate/DOORS would be a distinct advantage.

  • Some practical use in CAD CFD and FEA tools would be a distinct advantage.

    Important to know

    Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks

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