ISTAR Systems Engineer

ISTAR Systems Engineer required by one of the largest UK Defence companies.

They are looking to recruit an ISTAR Systems Engineer and will place significant demands on your engineering knowledge and experience. The role will require close liaison and co-operation with the system engineering and integration subject matter experts and the platform & domain expertise residing in the wider businesses.

Responsibilities

* Responsible for delivering the ISTAR aspects of the EA system against defined requirements.
* Analysis of ISTAR requirements
* Writing LRU and component specifications
* Write supplier SOW's
* Write installation design and certification requirements for turret ISTAR subsystems
* Dealing with subcontractors during subsystem development and integration
* Integration and test of ISTAR and emulations of subsystems on SIL rig
* Functional analysis
* Develop, collate and review progressive assurance evidence from internal and subcontract sources
* Implementation of design solution
* Support ISTAR integration and test activity on rigs and the platform prototypes

Education/Experience

Essential

* Significant experience in the defence industry in a domain relevant to ISTAR and/or AFV's.
* Experience leading activities on engineering development programmes for large defence systems.
* Proven requirements development expertise and experience using DOORS.
* Proven system design and analysis expertise and experience using a SysML tool.
* Proven sub-contractor management experience.
* Proven experience in working with sub-contractors through the integration, test and acceptance phases.
* Proven experience of full systems engineering lifecycle.
* Proven experience managing direct reports.
* Hold or be capable of holding security clearance up to the level of SECRET.
* Familiarity with current British Army tracked and wheeled vehicles.
* Familiar with relevant Defence Standards, Military Standards and EC Directives.