Principal Systems Engineer

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Leading in systems engineering with niche aviation engineering innovator in Uxbridge, West London where you will be literally saving lives!  This family-owned firm, design and manufacture specific safety systems for aerospace clients and they are renowned for first-class products & services. You will be part of a top-gun team and work with the brightest and best of British engineers.

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The Princiapal Systems Engineer job itself where you will be a key member of the Systems Engineering Group, comprising of Systems Engineering, Software Engineering and Electronic Engineering.

The Principal Systems Engineer is responsible for mentoring, managing, and motivating teams of engineers to deliver against both active programmes and strategic business objectives in support of the company’s mission, core values and focus areas.

The Principal Systems Engineer promotes the Systems Engineering approach throughout the product lifecycle and uses it to actively handle multiple projects and the integration of numerous technologies across the business’s products and processes.

The Principal Systems Engineer will have experience of full lifecycle systems engineering, including architecture design, requirements elicitation, definition, decomposition, and verification. The role inherently requires a strong aptitude for problem solving and an ability to understand complex inter dependencies, as well as managing potentially conflicting inputs from multiple stakeholder groups.

The Principal Systems Engineer will actively seek continuous improvement of the engineering process to improve product quality, safety, and business efficiency. The role works with department and Engineering leadership to enact changes and provide leadership in their use

A detailed job description can be made available upon application.

​You will have

To be successful as Systems Engineer you will have a good mix of the following:

Appropriate Technical, Engineering or Science Degree at 2:1 or above

Chatered Engineer status with recognised professional body

Experience with SysML and the use of MBSE tools

High proficiency in requirements elicitation, definition, decomposition, verification, and traceability maintenance

Experience of the core engineering technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR).

Knowledge of the order and relevance of all the engineering technical reviews and how/why tailoring is done.

Highly IT literate      

Strong verbal & written communication skills

Good problem solving investigative skills and data analysis skills

Experience using software and associated tools to support analysis and testing

7+ years experience in aerospace similar systems engineering environment

Team Management

You will get

As a Systems Engineer, you will enjoy a salary of £70K-£75K + Package.

Non-contributory pension scheme at minimum 9%

Life assurance

Private Healthcare cash plan including optical & dental cover

The equivalent of 25 days annual leave and 8 statutory holidays

Lunchtime finish on a Friday

Childcare vouchers (via salary sacrifice)

On-site occupational health team

Annual appraisal and development process for all employees

Great working environment including heavily subsidised canteen

You can apply

To Systems Engineer by pushing the button on this job posting (recommended), or by sending CV in confidence to (url removed)

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