Avionics Systems Engineer

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Preston
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Avionics Systems Engineer Permanent £70k - £75k Preston (4 days p/week on site We are working with a Defence consultancy in the recruitment of a Avionics Systems engineer. You will be assisting with the qualification & certification activities for key avionics system updates. This is an important role in supporting the qualification of design changes across a number of avionics sub-systems, and the engineer will work closely with test, integration and support teams to release new capability in line with programme demands. Required Skills (Technical Competency): Recent Military or civil aircraft Qualification & Certification experienceGeneration of Airworthiness and Flight Clearance documentationWorking with other Avionics teams to plan and gather required qualification & certification inputs from SIL rig testing, flight trials, etcAssessment of Qualification & Certification evidence, identifying any shortfalls and their impactAbility to identify potential safety issues and liaise with appropriate teams to resolveIdentifying and tracking dependenciesWorking closely with external assessor stakeholders (i.e. Qual & Cert / Airworthiness), to secure independent assessment and approval of ClearancesAssessing the traceability of Clearance evidencePresentation of Certification evidence for formal sign offTracking and managing Clearance baselines across complex product variantsSupporting programme reviews, as requiredDesired Skills: Qualifications: Bachelor s or Master s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related field is preferredKnowledge of the Typhoon (or similar military aircraft) platform and the Qualification & Certification processes required (e.g. Eurofighter QAPs (Quality Assurance Policies), UK MAA certification processes (MACP / RA), EASA civil certification processes (CS-25)).Experience with JIRA agile project management toolsE xperience using Product Safety analysis processes and toolsets (e.g. Fault Tree Analysis, ISOgraph toolsets (i.e. Reliability Workbench)TPBN1_UKTJ

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