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Systems Engineer

Bristol, United Kingdom (UK), AKKA [BS34]

Field(s) of expertise
Space Systems Engineering
Job type
Contract
Education
Master
Deadline
Closed

About this job

Are you a qualified System Engineer, keen to develop a career in exciting and innovative projects within aerospace, space & defence domains? At AKKA UK we have incredible growth plans for the next 3 years in the UK are to grow from 200 to 1000 System and Software engineers by 2022. You could be part of the huge growth!Through the help of the rest of the AKKA Group and exploring new industry avenues we continue to grow our in-house engineering capability and are looking for systems engineers of all levels, interested in the opportunity to work for a consultancy across multiple sectors.AKKA UK are seeking System Engineers of a variety of levels to work within out project teams. Building strong relationships with our customers and proving a high level of System Engineering to support requirements. With successful support and delivery of ongoing projects and customers throughout the UK, further business development is creating the demand for a range of skillsets. With our head office in Bristol, current requirements exist in the South West. If you are interested in working on a range of cutting-edge projects, with a variety of customers, please get in touch.

Responsibilities

  • Requirements capture & management: Capture Customer & End user needs and distil into Functional and non-functional requirements. Manage the derivation & flow-down of lower-level (Subsystem / component) Requirements.
  • System Architecture definition: from the agreed System requirements, assist in the definition of candidate System architectures. Undertake candidate trade-off studies / Decision Analysis to arrive at agreed Functional & Physical Solution Architecture
  • System Design: create detailed system / subsystem designs, including buy / team / make decisions, specification of internal / external interface definitions & information flows.
  • Ensure Specialty Engineering (Safety, Security, ILS) is fully integrated within the Systems Design lifecycle with emphasis on reducing whole-lifecycle costs and ensuring that a supportability solution is “engineered in”
  • Writing interface control documentation.

 

Profile

  • We have a variety of levels ranging from Entry to Principal, role seniority will be based on knowledge or experience of the below;
  • Full V-lifecycle development
  • Development of SE plans (e.g. requirements management, validation, verification).
  • Requirements development (creation, cascading, validation, management / configuration), including tools such as DOORS.
  • Functional architecture development, including tools such as Rhapsody.
  • Verification (functional testing), using a range of customised, automated tools where appropriate.
  • Experience with customer support dealing with people face to face
  • Good time management skills and ability to work well under pressure
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to show your own initiative

Benefits

  • 28 Days holiday + Bank Holidays
  • Relocation Allowance
  • Private Healthcare for yourself and Family
  • Flexi-time (Dependent on Customer and Project)
  • On-going Training courses
  • PerkBox

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