Systems Design Engineer

SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - £60 PER HOUR - SC CLEARED OR WILLING TO UNDERGO - 12 MONTHS - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS - Stevenage

Yolk Recruitment are recruiting for a Systems Design Engineer to join our client in Stevenage on an initial 12 month contract.

Overview of department:

The role is for a Systems Design Engineer to work on a project which is developing, building and testing real hardware for a key missile sub-system. The role is to design the architecture and to develop the technical requirements for a seeker.

Responsibilities (to include):

• Provide support to integration and testing teams in capturing test requirements and plans in DOORS

• Flow-down of system requirements to subsystem requirement specifications
• Define and maintain design justification record providing linkage from system requirements to subsystem requirements
• Defining algorithms in firmware and software
• Development of system-level test sequences
• Liaise with subsystem teams, to ensure design proposals take into account existing design constraints
• Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) - increasingly adopted within MBDA's System Engineering domain
• Supporting safety, security and reliability aspects of projects
• Support customer working groups as required

Due to the sensitive nature of the work it is predominantly done onsite but there is some flexibility depending on project.

Skillset / experience required:

Tools:

• DOORS, or other SysML tools

Skills:

• You will be able to perform requirements analysis and trade off studies to flow down requirements to seeker sub-assemblies, firmware and software
• You will be able to demonstrate your systems engineering experience
• You will be able to demonstrate exposure to system requirements, as well as developing system architecture models and configuration control
• You will be able to discuss hardware, firmware or software design constraints
• Knowledge of RF is desirable
• Have a willingness to learn about the project, tools and methods
• Demonstrate persistence to get the job done
• Ability to work as part of a fast paced team