Systems Proving Engineer

Description:

Systems Proving Engineer
Salary: Up to £46,500 depending on experience
Location: Bristol
Working pattern: 4 to 5 days onsite
Clearance: British Citizen or Dual UK national with British citizenship

Are you a Systems Engineer with experience of integration, testing, trials or design verification?
We are supporting an established high-technology defence engineering organisation with the recruitment of several Systems Proving Engineers to join an expanding Integration and Systems Validation team.
This is an opportunity to work across the full proving and validation lifecycle, supporting the development, integration and acceptance of complex systems within a highly regulated engineering environment.

The opportunity
As a Systems Proving Engineer, you will work closely with systems engineering and design teams to plan, prepare and execute trials, ensuring that systems are adequately verified and that meaningful data is captured throughout the process.
Your responsibilities will include:
Planning, generating and executing system trials in collaboration with systems engineering and design teams
Working with engineering teams to ensure appropriate trials data is acquired
Investigating and helping to resolve design and integration issues identified during testing
Producing trials documentation and supporting associated reviews
Preparing for and participating in Trials Readiness Reviews
Conducting post-trial data analysis and producing technical reports
Supporting laboratory-based functional integration and system trials
Supporting ground-based, harbour and sea trials
Supporting live system trials and other formal proving activities
Supporting trials conducted both within the UK and overseas
Assisting with laboratory management activities including risk assessments, asset management, audits and laboratory safety
Supporting hardware and software configuration controlThe role offers opportunities for travel within the UK and internationally, depending on project requirements.

What we’re looking for
We are interested in engineers with experience in one or more of the following areas:
Systems integration
Systems proving, testing or trials
Naval systems integration
Complex equipment or system test
Interface design
Systems assessment and acceptance
Design verification and validation
Electrical or mechanical construction and interfacing
Electronic design and test
Network integrationYou should also be comfortable communicating with a broad range of stakeholders including engineers, suppliers, partners, subcontractors and management.
Experience with systems engineering or MBSE tools such as DOORS, Rhapsody or RTC would be beneficial.
Experience of coding, particularly Python, would also be advantageous.
This role would suit an engineer who enjoys practical systems engineering and wants to see their work progress beyond design and into real-world integration, testing and proving.

Package and benefits
Salary up to £46,500 depending on experience
Company bonus of up to £2,500, dependent on company performance
Pension contributions of up to 14% combined
Paid overtime opportunities
Up to 15 additional days through flexi leave
Flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave
Subsidised onsite facilities
Free onsite parkingSecurity requirements
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).
To qualify for this level of clearance, applicants must be British Citizens or Dual UK Nationals with British citizenship.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time