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World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage and Bristol is currently looking to recruit 3x Systems Design Engineer subcontractors on an initial 12 month contract. Your base site can be either Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference. The role can be worked on a 4 day week basis (Monday to Thursday) but due to the nature of the work, the position will need to be based onsite.

Contract Duration: 12 Months initially and then ongoing thereafter
Hourly Rate: £75ph (Umbrella)

Systems Design Engineer Job Description:
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)
Supporting safety, security and reliability aspects of projects
Support customer working groups as required
Skillset / experience required:

Tools:

DOORS, or other SysML tools
Any experience with UML, Matlab, Simulink would be great

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