System Engineer

Atlas Recruitment Group Ltd
Chelmsford
1 day ago
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Senior & Principal Systems Engineer

The role puts you at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. You will be developing current and next generation products to counter emerging threats and gain an advantage in future endeavours.

Responsibilities

  • Develop solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging threats.
  • Apply knowledge, skills and experience of Systems Engineering principles, techniques and governance to develop technical solutions and resolve engineering issues.
  • Conduct system design analysis to manage trade-offs of system parameters.
  • Lead the decomposition of requirements to system and sub-system level.
  • Be a technical focus point for System related problems.
  • Direct and undertake system integration, test planning and execution.
  • Define and articulate system acceptance strategies and acceptance evidence.

Your skills and experiences – Systems Engineer

  • Understanding in some of the following areas: signal processing, target track extraction, object classification algorithms, system and sensor resource optimisation.
  • A good understanding of factors that can affect the real-world performance of sensing systems.
  • Demonstrates understanding and experience of Systems Engineering.
  • Degree, Chartered or Higher education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM discipline.

All successful Systems Engineers will be contacted within 2 days of application.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Manufacturing

Industries

Defense and Space Manufacturing, Manufacturing, and Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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