Overview:
Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.
We are looking for an energetic and driven principal mission systems engineer, with experience in leading project teams towards solution delivery as part of our rapidly expanding Electronics and Embedded Systems Engineering team for a major international defence marine programme. The role represents a fantastic and rare opportunity to play a leading role in the implementation of systems engineering principles within a new product introduction environment

Responsibilities:

• The Project Design Authority/Technical Authority is responsible for Solution Compliance for the Bid or Project. Their primary objective is to define the Solution to achieve full compliance within the budget and schedule constraints of the project proposing the best trade-off.
• The PDA may be engaged in either or both Bidding and Delivery phases of the Project.
• The primary activities of the Combat Systems Technical Authority are:
• The primary technical leader of the bid or project team. Acts as lead technical interface with the Customer in respect of Solution architecture, design and performance
• Anticipates and/or analyses the customer needs/requirements and defines the initial needs baseline
• MTB/production/services strategies, contractual requirements (including offsets) and applicable legislation & regulations (ie export restrictions, Environmental/HSE, safety, security…).
• Define the best trade-off between the solution and customer requirements that may vary during the project execution, to stay consistent with budget, risk & opportunities, schedule, and critical performance
• Checks that the Engineering Environment (process, practices and tools) for the Solution is consistent with Country/Company requirements, and overall Solution cost, technical risks & schedule. Reviews together with the SEM the technical risks and opportunities and the related mitigation plans throughout the bid or project.
• Approves the main bid/project engineering reviews and deliverables (SOR, SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TQR, FQR)
• Approves the technical specification and source selection of subsystems/products to be outsourced taking into account Make Team Buy policy, export restrictions and offset requirements
• Reviews and approves the completion of the integration, verification, validation and qualification results
• Oversees the acceptance of the Solution by the customer
• Organizes when appropriate technical meetings and peer reviews together with the Architect (ARC) and the SEM and other stakeholders (industry, services, Safety & HSE, specialties…), in order to perform the solution technical assessment and validation.
• Takes into account the remarks from the DA as regards the validity of the Solution and the risk assessment and mitigation. Reports regularly to the DA on technical status and on technical risks

Qualifications:

• Degree or HNC/HND or equivalent in engineering discipliine such as Systems, Electronics or Marine Engineering.
• Applications are also welcomed from individuals with significant demonstrable experience who don’t hold formal qualifications
• Certifications: P.Eng. or CET or eligible to obtain P.Eng or CET.

Essential skills:

• Requirements management, ownership
• Certification experience Defence Systems and standards
• Legislative compliance
• Architectures and MBSE
• Customer interface

Desired Skills:

• Experience: In the defence industry.
• Technical/Specialized Knowledge: Lean/Agile methodology
• Tools: Experience with JIRA, DOORS, EA

Experience:

• Involved in the delivery of more than 1 MS related programme project in some capacity including experience in System Design, System Integration, and System Acceptance. 5 years plus experience.
• Technical/Specialized knowledge: experience with electronic Combat Systems
• English fluency

What do I need before I apply:
This role may require security clearance upto DV level and our offer of employment will be dependent on obtaining the appropriate level of clearance. The details of this requirement will be discussed at interview.
If applying for this role, please do not make reference to or include in your application or CV details of any current or previously held security clearance.

Benefits:

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits

• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

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• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:

• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

• The Project Design Authority/Technical Authority is responsible for Solution Compliance for the Bid or Project. Their primary objective is to define the Solution to achieve full compliance within the budget and schedule constraints of the project proposing the best trade-off.
• The PDA may be engaged in either or both Bidding and Delivery phases of the Project.
• The primary activities of the Combat Systems Technical Authority are:
• The primary technical leader of the bid or project team. Acts as lead technical interface with the Customer in respect of Solution architecture, design and performance
• Anticipates and/or analyses the customer needs/requirements and defines the initial needs baseline
• MTB/production/services strategies, contractual requirements (including offsets) and applicable legislation & regulations (ie export restrictions, Environmental/HSE, safety, security…).
• Define the best trade-off between the solution and customer requirements that may vary during the project execution, to stay consistent with budget, risk & opportunities, schedule, and critical performance
• Checks that the Engineering Environment (process, practices and tools) for the Solution is consistent with Country/Company requirements, and overall Solution cost, technical risks & schedule. Reviews together with the SEM the technical risks and opportunities and the related mitigation plans throughout the bid or project.
• Approves the main bid/project engineering reviews and deliverables (SOR, SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TQR, FQR)
• Approves the technical specification and source selection of subsystems/products to be outsourced taking into account Make Team Buy policy, export restrictions and offset requirements
• Reviews and approves the completion of the integration, verification, validation and qualification results
• Oversees the acceptance of the Solution by the customer
• Organizes when appropriate technical meetings and peer reviews together with the Architect (ARC) and the SEM and other stakeholders (industry, services, Safety & HSE, specialties…), in order to perform the solution technical assessment and validation.
• Takes into account the remarks from the DA as regards the validity of the Solution and the risk assessment and mitigation. Reports regularly to the DA on technical status and on technical risk