Role: Lead Systems Engineer

Location: Rochester, Kent – Hybrid

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 depending on experience + benefits

Experienced Lead Systems Engineer needed in Rochester to work on cutting edge systems within the aerospace industry.

What the role of the Lead Systems Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the Lead Systems Engineer will include:

• Providing guidance to less experienced engineers, supporting team members wellbeing and career development
• Collaborating to uncover technical solutions and sharing recommendations
• Contributing to strategic project aspects and facilitating implementation of initiatives
• Understanding scope, size and time phasing of packages of work, how these contribute to project success
• Understanding the team size and skillset required, giving regular status and recommendations on resourcing requirements to the project and functional engineering manager
• Understanding and enabling dependencies or facilities required across the team
• Supporting the business by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for on-going projects

What experience you need to be the successful Lead Systems Engineer:

Essential:

• Experience in the systems engineering domain and product lifecycle
• Familiarity with system engineering tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, CAMEO, MATLAB and/or Simulink
• Experience leading a team and making decisions from either a technical or managerial aspect
• A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering subject (e.g. Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace, Physics or Mathematics)

Desirable:

• Experience leading and managing a system engineering team in relevant product markets
• Experience in integration, test, and/or verification of real time and/or safety related systems
• An understanding of information assurance, cyber security and environmental impact aspects relating to real time embedded engineering products

Benefits: Overtime, 14% pension, 25 days holiday, free shares and more!

Please note: Due to security restrictions we can only consider Sole UK Nationals for this position.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Systems Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!