Holt Executive are partnered with a leading Design and Manufacturing business that specialises in electro-optics and supply into a variety of markets across the globe.
They have an immediate requirement for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer who will play a key part in leading the full design and development life cycle of electronic systems, hardware and embedded software.
Key Responsibilities for the Senior Systems Engineer:
- Champion the systems engineering discipline within the engineering team, providing continuous improvement to processes, mentoring/training of staff and providing recommendations to the Engineering Director aligned with the Strategic Plan.
- Support project managers in the formation of project plans, estimates, identification and management of risk/issues, project reporting and adherence to schedule and cost.
- Identify cost and schedule reduction opportunities during project planning and through project lifecycle.
- Solicit from stakeholders and derive system level functional and performance requirements at the outset of projects and manage compliance through-life.
- Support the team in the analysis, breakdown and derivation of requirements for lower level subsystems and engineering disciplines.
- Provide system architectural designs and trade off analyses.
- Take technical leadership of multi-discipline engineering design projects and provide guidance to other engineers during development project phases.
Key Skills & Experience for Senior Systems Engineer:
- Strong degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Demonstrable passion for the systems engineering discipline.
- Demonstrable understanding and experience in requirements capture and through-life management.
- At least 5 years’ experience of systems engineering on multidisciplinary projects.
- At least 5 years’ experience of cradle to grave product development, including verification and validation and beyond.
- Proven experience of leading and successfully delivering multi-disciplinary projects.
- Design experience in products requiring combined mechanical, electronic and software components.
- Evidence of drive and initiative for continuous improvement.
Company Benefits:
- Group Pension Plan – up to 4% matched employer contributions.
- Income Protection Scheme and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Employee Help@Hand Service gives you and your family access to 4 key services including; remote GP service, second opinion, mental health pathway service, physiotherapy consultations.
- Life Assurance Policy, including Bereavement Counselling and Probate Helpline.
- Company Share Incentive Plan and Save as you Earn Scheme.
- Group Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
- Wellbeing initiatives, including access to Aviva Wellbeing App and the addition of mental health support for all employees plus regular activities across our sites to support and promote wellbeing.
- Regular Sports and social activities.
- Employee discounts scheme (inc access to an additional wellbeing hub).
- Recruitment recommendation bonus.
- Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.
- Great working environment with free, onsite car parking across all our locations.
