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Element Materials Technology
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Overview

Element Digital Engineering is a leading provider of specialist engineering simulation, design, and consultancy support to clients across many industries – including Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Built Environment and Chemical Process – in the UK and internationally. As a part of our team, you will play a central role in providing our clients with design support and verification services, operational troubleshooting, and technical safety assessments.

Overview

Element Digital Engineering is a leading provider of specialist engineering simulation, design, and consultancy support to clients across many industries – including Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Built Environment and Chemical Process – in the UK and internationally. As a part of our team, you will play a central role in providing our clients with design support and verification services, operational troubleshooting, and technical safety assessments.

We are looking to recruit a Systems Engineer with experience of aerospace Avionics and Control systems to work on a projects supporting some of our aerospace clients. This position will involve plenty of hands-on work coupled with the coaching and development of more junior team members. This position can be based at either our Derby, Bristol or Wimborne offices.

Responsibilities

  • Coordination and support of Controls and Avionics systems engineering activities on a range of projects,

including:

  • Requirements definition and management at system, sub-system, and equipment levels. Development and

improvement of requirement specifications with cross-functional teams

  • Development of control system architectures, concepts and solutions
  • Development of systems engineering artifacts and activities (e.g., project plans, analysis, reports, etc)
  • Drafting of equipment and software specifications
  • System certification and generation of system verification documentation, including design verification Plans

and requirement verification modules

  • Collaboration with and reporting to Customer representatives; and the tailoring and application of

engineering initiatives, best practices, and quality processes; and contributing to Continuous Improvement

  • Management and resolution of problems/queries that arise from development and qualification activity

Skills / Qualifications

  • A Bachelors or Masters degree, or PhD, or in a relevant engineering, science or applied mathematics

discipline.

  • A good understanding of, and experience in, the application of Systems Engineering principles and practices

(e.g. requirements management, functional analysis, concept generation, system design).

  • Hands-on experience across the system design lifecycle for aerospace controls/avionics systems using

industry standards such as ARP4754, ARP4761, DO254 and DO178C, including the integration of the controls

of multiple systems.

  • Knowledge and experience with ARINC systems, data buses, integrated modular avionics would be an

advantage

  • Knowledge and experience of Aerospace certification standards (e.g. FAA, EASA, Parts 25 and 33) and

processes in relation to controls and avionics systems.

  • Experience in the use of requirements management tools such as Jama Connect, IBM DOORS or similar.
  • Have excellent project management and verbal/written communication skills
  • Ideally be a Chartered Engineer (or equivalent) or actively working towards chartership status
  • Enjoy client and colleague interaction, takes responsibility for delivery, and wants the opportunity to work

within a growing and dynamic engineering team.

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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Employment type

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Job function

  • Job functionInformation Technology
  • IndustriesIndustrial Machinery Manufacturing, Public Safety, and International Trade and Development

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