Senior Engineer - Systems Engineering

Company description: Fantastic challenges.
Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener!
Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, were inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries.
Were proud to play a part in protecting the worlds democracies.
And were committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet.
With over 16,000 employees globally, across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the worlds aircraft and engine manufacturers.
There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job description: Job Summary GKN Aerospace is an original aerospace innovator.
For decades, GKN Aerospace technologies have inspired and industrialised the aerospace industry, combining engineering and technological excellence.
All major aircraft and engine manufacturers rely on our advanced technologies.
Going forward we will further enhance our capability by building a network of Global Technology Centres (GTC).
GKN Aerospace Engineering Offices in Cowes, Isle of Wight builds upon a 70 years heritage of technology research and development.
Civil and Defence teams work within our manufacturing locations representing a significant part of our history and continue to be an investment for our future business.
We strive to ensure that GKN Aerospace continues to be the greatest place to work, as much as the Isle of Wight is the best place to live.
Join us and be part of Defence - Systems Engineering & Technology at GKN Aerospace.
We are a growing team, with a mission to be the most trusted product and technology development and support partner to our internal and external defence customers, through our use of world-class people, processes and differentiated technologies.
We are looking for a Senior Engineer with a background in Electrical/Mechanical Systems Engineering to help shape the future of flight.
Reporting to the Engineering Team Lead the successful candidate will develop, integrate, implement, and verify technical solutions and compliance documentation; compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed programme, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.
This is a very exciting and potentially career defining opportunity.
You will be a leading member of the team embarking on a significant and challenging technology development project.
This four year project will be a major steppingstone towards achieving the next generation of avionics for customer Tilt-Rotors.
The project will operate from our GKN facilities in Cowes, Isle of Wight and there is the requirement to be flexible with International travel within Europe and to U.S. (approximately every two months).
We offer hybrid working, the opportunity to work from home up to two days per week dependent on the needs of the business.
For this opportunity we will provide a relocation support package (if applicable) to the Isle of Wight, for the successful applicant.
Job Accountabilities Quality assurance reviewer of design deliverables created by the GKN Defence - Systems Engineering team Data analysis and reporting into qualification arguments and submissions for GKN Defence avionic, control systems and sub-systems Release of stakeholder and internal technical communications Technical work breakdown of program planning objectives Assure best practice development within systems engineering excellence Mentor and develop systems engineering team members System engineering inputs to technology incubator process Profile description: What You'll Bring To help us make a difference, youll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes: Specific Technical Experience HNC, degree OR equivalent experience in electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering Demonstrable experience as a Lead Engineer delivering designs for electro-mechanical, sensing OR controller systems within an engineering environment Proven design and delivery of high quality and reliable systems in a complex regulatory environment (e.g.
MIL-STD, TUV cert, etc) Proven track record (minimum 1 project), in compliance planning and verification & validation analysis for product release Advanced experience of the Systems Development Lifecycle process Intermediate experience of requirement decomposition and tools (e.g.
DOORS) Intermediate experience defining system / modular architecture Advanced experience developing system control functions & logic models Ability to design and set-up experiments and fixtures for testing Confident interrogating CAD models and drawings (such CATIA V5) Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications.
Essential General Experience: Technical leadership - Ability to mentor develop functional team members Confident presenting technical information to a wider audience including senior stakeholders and internal customers Live the culture of Plan-Do-Check-Act and continuous improvement Hands-on approach Have a real desire to be up close to the components and people that build our systems.
Desirable: Working experience delivering system designs using MBSE toolbox (e.g.
SysML) Experience in safety assessment software/toolbox FTA and FMEA (e.g.
ANSYS Medini, Isograph) Proficiency in multi-domain modelling/simulation packages (e.g.
MATLAB, Simulink, Simscape, Amesim) We offer: Once youre on board youll get the following perks and benefits: Competitive salary dependent on experience Opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus Industry Leading Pension Scheme = well match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis Life Assurance 8 x salary 185 hours holiday + bank holidays Relocation support (if applicable) Hybrid working giving you the opportunity to balance home and office working Income protection Shopping discounts Cycle To Work Scheme Employee Assistance Programme A collaborative, dynamic working environment Join us and keep the world moving click on the link below to apply A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN.
We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment.
Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles weve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute.
Its a culture that won us The Best Workplace Culture Award last year.
By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
Were also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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