Systems Engineer

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Harris UK

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Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3

Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

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Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title – Systems Engineer

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

Job  – 32224

Job Description:

We are looking for mid-level to senior Systems Engineer's to join our Engineering team working on a variety of Cyber Security or Electronic Warfare projects. Reporting to a Systems Engineering Manager, you will take a leading role in the Engineering activities for systems or sub-systems on engineering development programmes.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
• Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

Key Responsibilities:

• Taking a leading role in the development of complex Cyber Encryption or Electronic Warfare Systems.
• Interfacing with key stakeholders both internally and externally including customers, regulatory bodies and senior management
• Leading key systems engineering activities such as requirements, design, integration or verification
• Contributing to the generation of technical proposals, bids and presentations.
• Driving the test and qualification strategy for solutions and sub-systems.
• Helping to develop other engineers through mentoring, coaching and training
• Opportunities to participate in trials, customer demonstrations and onsite acceptance testing at L3
  
  Harris sites or customer sites.

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• Experience of engineering development projects through most parts of the systems engineering lifecycle from concept definition through to handover to the customer.
• Experience of requirements capture, decomposition and management, ideally through the use of a requirements management tool such as IBM Rationale DOORS.
• Experience in establishing verification strategies for embedded systems and designing and writing tests.
• Good understanding of Project Management and Engineering Management.
• Experience of working closely with low level design teams in electronic design, mechanical design and software.
• Relevant industry experience in either the Defence, Aerospace or other complex embedded environments

Additional

Skills and Experience:

• Experience of model based systems engineering using tools such as Enterprise Architect.
• Awareness of software design and development, FPGA and Electronic design (digital and RF).
• Understanding of design for reliability, human factors, safety and security.
• Demonstrable organisation and leadership skills
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and public speaking skills
• Strong, effective leadership, mentoring and conflict resolution skills
• Domain experience in at least one of either encryption or RF (such as EW, Communications or Radar) is preferred.

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