Systems Engineer

About This Role

Developing, integrating, and validating complex embedded systems is the core of this Systems Engineer role. Working across hardware, software, and mechanical domains, you will contribute to projects from concept through to delivery, helping ensure systems perform flawlessly in demanding environments.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers and key stakeholders to understand and capture the system level use cases, concept of operations and requirements
• Develop the system architecture
• Interface with stakeholders across Systems, Software, Electrical, and Mechanical engineering and develop requirement specifications for each component of the system
• Support system integration for real-time embedded systems, including hardware/software interfaces
• Ensure requirement-to-requirement and requirements-to-test traceability throughout the design
• Develop test cases and procedures against the requirements and execute tests
• Apply logical and innovative problem-solving across software, hardware, and system levels
• Provide inputs to project planning, estimations and progress reporting

Requirements

• Degree qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, Aerospace Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to technical and non-technical stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated experience as a Systems Engineer, covering the full development lifecycle
• Strong requirements analysis and management skills
• Experience of architectural design and decomposition
• Experience of creating test plans, test cases and procedures and executing test programmes
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS (or Jama or similar)
• Familiarity with version control systems (SVN, Git, Teamwork Cloud)

Nice to have:

• Experience with SysML tools such as EA (or Cameo)
• Data analysis experience
• Experience of Control Systems Engineering
• Experience of Digital Signal Processing
• Experience with platforms that utilise inertial sensors and associated requirements
• Experience using COTS test equipment in a lab environment (oscilloscopes, bus analysers, etc.)
• Experience with hardware in the loop test MATLAB

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible working arrangements
• Excellent 2:1 matched pension contribution (up to 10%)
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Early finish Fridays and a culture that values work life balance
• Ongoing career development, mentorship, and world class training

Important Details

• Work format: hybrid (regularly both onsite and offsite, ratio determined in partnership with leader)

About the Company

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a world leader in advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence industries. With a comprehensive inertial sensing and integrated navigation technology portfolio and deep domain expertise, the company delivers cutting-edge systems that solve customers’ toughest stabilisation, flight control and navigation challenges and help shape the future of aviation and defence. The Plymouth site designs and manufactures control, navigation, and guidance systems for both air and surface applications, including MEMS-based Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and the TERPROM® Digital Terrain Reference Navigation System.