Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer

Bedford

Permanent

£65000-£75000

In this exciting, dynamic role you will support a mixture of R&D and product development activities within a leading autonomy and unmanned systems company. My client continuously innovates within the core area of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS/UAV) such as flight management systems, autopilots, mission systems, ground control stations, and all supporting systems and infrastructure. The unmanned systems architect will be responsible for the definition and management of system-level architectures and behaviours encompassing both air vehicles and their associated ground systems. You will interface closely with the various domains (including electronics, mechanical, software, flight control) to understand their needs and expected impact on their system components of design features. You will generate requirements and architectures at a range of levels and for different domains, and will assess how the requirements may be verified. It is likely that model-based Systems Engineering tools will be used in this role to manage capture and traceability of design, requirements and verification aspects of the system architectures

Skills:

Essential:

• Degree in a relevant engineering discipline.

• Experience in the design of system architectures including the balancing of the needs of the various domains.

• Experience in the capture and specification of requirements.

• Experience in the definition of verification methods.

Desirable:

• Experience with model-based Systems Engineering tools such as Enterprise Architect or Simulink.

• Knowledge and understanding of the needs associated with the various components of an unmanned system, including aerodynamics, electronics, power systems, flight control, communications, command and control systems etc.

Other useful skills for this role:

• Experience with quality standards for software (e.g. DO-178, ED-20x) and hardware (e.g. DO-254, DO-160).

• Existing SC Clearance.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• To undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably required within the grade and level of the post. • To actively participate in Blue Bear’s Performance Management Scheme.

• You will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your evolving role within the company and the overall business objectives of the company.

• Some travel within the UK may be required.

What’s in it for you

• Work in a highly motivated SME at the cutting edge of Engineering.

• See your work rapidly progress to live testing in a matter of months not years.

• Competitive Salary.

• Life Cover 5x your salary.

• Income Protection Cover.

• BUPA Medical and Dental.

• Health Cash Plan.

• Employee Assistance Programme.