Principal Systems Engineer IVV

Overview

Ultra Intelligence & Communications Cyber (UK) Business is redefining defense technology. From engineering systems that save lives to leading programs that change the battlefield, we are at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions.

• Assure Systems Engineering (in-process verification and validation) and delivery of conclusive evidence via System Integration, Verification and Validation (IV&V) processes and activities.
• Ensure the correctness and completeness of work products and solutions, executing an evidence creation strategy to progressively gain internal and external acceptance.
• Create and maintain IV&V artefacts such as Strategies, Plans, Procedures, Compliance Matrices and Reports.
• Carry out IV&V responsibilities in accordance with IV&V processes and industry practices, completing qualification and acceptance events to an agreed level of maturity.
• Lead the cross-discipline development of any supporting test equipment/rigs/fixtures, creating requirements and supporting design, development, testing and maintenance.
• Responsible for all safety and security aspects relating to IV&V events and facilities used by the project.
• Actively participate as a key stakeholder at engineering design reviews and project gates/reviews, owning the preparation, delivery and resulting actions of TRR.
• Support Qualification activities, including in-house and external test houses.
• Utilise external IV&V facilities/test houses, organising interoperability testing and collaboratively developing test harnesses/fixtures.
• Actively contribute to improving processes, tools and techniques to increase the adoption, quality and efficiency of SE, IV&V engineering.
• Provide specialist knowledge and support to the wider engineering team.
• Exemplify, mentor and coach IV&V to engineers and non-technical resources, sharing knowledge constructively.
• Manage security of information as defined in the Security Aspects and Government regulations.
• Provide Line Management, Technical Management or Subject Matter Expert responsibilities, including line management of a team of systems engineers (2-6) and technical management of a team of systems discipline engineers (1-5).

• Extant/recent SC security clearance.
• Flexible to travel within the UK to support external stakeholders, test houses and customers.
• Willing and able to obtain and maintain DV security clearance.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or applicable defence industry experience.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering/V&V experience of solutions formed of Hardware, Software and Firmware components.
• Designed and delivered special to-type test equipment to meet diverse requirements across multi-concurrent projects.
• Safety and security management for test environments, building a business case to ensure test environments are suitably available, safe & secure.
• Demonstrable experience of INCOSE/ISO 15288 Systems Engineering of complex solutions and delivered IV&V in accordance with ISO 29119.

• Familiar with environmental facilities and their operation under the guidance of environmental test team.
• Assess tasks to define Basis of Estimate costing for bid and change processes.
• Actively review professional publications; champion Systems Engineering/IV&V industry standards; active member and promotes related professional organisations.
• Experienced in the implementation of test facilities/equipment in relation to ISO 17025.

• INCOSE member – ASEP/CSEP.
• IV&V/Test related certification/recognition.
• Experienced in test automation, frameworks and marriage with manual testing for an overall test campaign.
• Environmental, EMC, EMI, TEMPEST etc design for and/or test experience.
• Modelling to understand test scope, test environment requirements and/or to validate.
• Scripting languages:
  JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash, Rest, MySQL.
• Development approaches: iterative, incremental, TDD, BDD, ATDD, hybrid and similar models.

Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers,…