Senior Systems Engineer

at  BAE Systems

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes (Full time onsite)
Salary: Up to £62,000 dependent on experience
Put yourself into a dynamic Senior Systems Engineering role at the forefront of real world demands in the defence industry. You will be a key team member developing current and next generation radar products to counter emerging threats and gain an advantage in the strategic Future Air Dominance domain. Your new day-to-day will be exciting and diverse by applying the principles of Systems Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle as you join in developing radar systems used by those who serve and protect us.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

• Understanding of at least one of the following subject areas; signal processing, target track extraction, object classification algorithms, system and sensor resource optimisation.
• An appreciation of factors that can affect the real-world performance of sensing systems and how these can impact the accuracy and timeliness of measurements to meet challenging design objectives and requirements
• Demonstrates understanding and experience of Systems Engineering which could include knowledge of Systems Engineering standards (e.g., ISO 15288)
• Higher education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant STEM discipline

• Create innovative solutions to evolving technological and operational challenges for complex Multi-Function Radar systems that our clients and end-user communities are experiencing
• Using a wide range of expertise in systems engineering concepts and methods to provide technical solutions and address engineering problems
• Undertake system design analysis to manage trade-offs of system parameters to characterise and specify robust design
• Discern and decompose requirements to system and sub-system level and manage these in an approved toolset such as IBM DOORS Next
• Be a key technical contributor conducting system development and implementation activities, with internal & customer stakeholder engagement, and mentoring of junior engineering peers
• Working together with specialists in diverse engineering fields, such as software, mechanical, electrical, and electronics, to realize comprehensive system design solutions
• Planning and undertaking system integration and testing
• Contribute to definition and articulation of system acceptance strategies demonstrating system performance across a wide range of operational scenarios underpinned through production of customer acceptance evidence
• You will develop a broad knowledge base in radar engineering and enhance your personal profile with senior stakeholders through these efforts