Location: Stevenage or Bolton (with hybrid working)

Salary: Up to £75,000 P/A + Excellent Bonus (up to 27%), £3,600 p/a Car Allowance and benefits

Hours: 37 hours per week

Working with a world leading, technical engineering organisation, we have an exciting opportunity for an Equipment Chief Systems Engineer with responsibility for all the systems engineering design activities within the Actuation Systems team, delivering Actuation Systems on UK and International projects. You will be rewarded with an excellent remuneration package and the opportunity to develop your career as a key leader within the Actuation department and wider business systems leadership.

The Equipment Chief Systems Engineer will provide Actuation systems engineering leadership across multiple contracts. This is a unique challenge with a variety of activities and responsibilities spanning the full systems engineering life cycle where high integrity solutions are increasingly demanded by our customers.

The role will involve regular liaison with a broad range of engineering disciplines and internal project customers in the UK and Europe. influencing systems design decisions and delivering value outcomes.

Benefits of working here:

• State of the art technology & innovation
• External learning and development encouraged
• Light and airy university type campus.
• Friendly environment!
  • Restaurant, On site Medical Centre, Parking / Easy Access to train station, Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop, Sports & Social Club and More

Skills and Qualifications

You will be well versed in systems thinking and engineering, and able to thrive in an environment where uncertainty and change is the norm, and where the following will be required:

• Practical application of systems engineering processes, methods and tools to develop complex products, ideally in the defence/aerospace industry or working on high integrity systems.
• Experience of managing engineering tasks and work packages to deliver value outcomes, including co-ordination of other engineering disciplines and subject matter experts.
• Managing stakeholders, including project customers (UK & European), engineering domain specialists and experts.
• Managing both the technical complexity and influencing where required for successful and realistic technical input over a wide range of projects.
• Experience of managing a systems engineering team to both develop the individuals skills and capabilities for the System Design Function as well as drive the outcomes for the Actuation Systems department.

This role is open to UK Citizens or dual nationals with UK Citizenship. Please only apply if you qualify and are willing to gain UK security clearance, potentially to DV level in the future. Some restrictions may apply.

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