Senior Applications Engineer

Indra Park Air work with customers all over the globe to make air travel safer. For over 50 years we’ve been one of the leading producers of VHF and UHF radios, providing the vital link between the ground and the air for passenger, freight and military aircraft.

The reasons behind our success are simple and won’t change. First, we work harder for the customer than the rest. We take time to truly know their needs and create the right product for them. We train them how to use it, we won’t let our equipment be deployed until every detail is right, and then we provide the best care and service for all our products.

At Indra Park Air we stay the best by looking to the future – to new requirements and new possibilities. A radio remains a radio, but we never stop thinking about how we can improve it, and how it can offer more to our customers. It’s no wonder that we are one of only 2% of companies worldwide to hold PLATINUM Level in Investors in People Accreditation.

At Indra Park Air, our values guide everything we do, from developing industry-leading technology to supporting our customers around the world.

Innovation - Our capacity for innovation, cutting-edge solutions, and specialised team of professionals enable us to drive a safer, more connected future through technology.

Trust - We work with strength, commitment, and reliability, delivering quality solutions to build trust with customers, employees, partners, investors, and society.

Connection - We harness the power of collaboration, connect ideas and solutions, and adapt to our customers' needs, supporting them on the path to a better future.

Foresight - We anticipate future needs to make the world safer and more connected, transforming our experience and knowledge into solutions for a better tomorrow.

As an Applications Engineer, you will:

·     Design and develop ground to air communications systems, providing technical leadership to a bid or programme team. To understand and communicate what the customer system does, how and why the system was designed, the implication of changes, the boundary conditions and the risks inherent in the system both internally and externally. You will take overall technical accountability for a system, when assigned as Project Engineer.

·     Carry out, under supervision, system design and document (where required) as follows. It is expected that an engineer at this level may specialise in one or two of these areas.

When assigned as Project Engineer for a proposal:

• Technical description
• Third party equipment definitions
• A statement of compliance
• Diagrams and drawings
• Calculations (range predictions, co-location etc.)
• Non Standards, options and equipment configuration

When assigned as Project Engineer for a particular contract:

• Carry out the technical contract review documentation
• Provide clarification of technical requirements, if necessary, with functional specifications
• Review system drawings and diagrams
• Provide the defining specifications
• Provide third party equipment definitions
• Carry out any required calculations
• Provide requirement specifications for new products
• Generate the interface control documents
• Detail any non-standard items, options and equipment configuration

·      Review and authorise system assembly documentation

·      Review System Test Reports and initiate corrective action as necessary.

·      Review technical feedback and incident reports and initiate corrective action as appropriate.

·      Configuration control of all assigned project system documentation ensuring that it is placed on Sharepoint and is approved.

·      Be accountable for the estimation of costs associated with engineering activities and material for the generation of quotations.

·      Give interested parties timely notice of and access to published documents.

·      Develop and maintain close regular supplier, customer relationships acting as the technical prime contact point when required.

·      Provide detailed technical advice to customer and to a range of staff from internal departments

·      Support the research of technology developments, tools, techniques, equipment and suppliers to improve the productivity of the team and/or the quality of the team’s outputs.

Accountabilities:

·      Work independently with minimal guidance and direction

·      Act as the Technical Authority on projects with small teams

·      Guide others in resolving issues

·      Use best practices and knowledge of internal or external technical issues to improve products/services or processes

·      Identify, research and develop ways of improving company technical performance

·      Train and mentor junior staff in own and adjacent disciplines

·      Regularly monitor progress against goals and adapt to change

·      Conduct other tasks as directed by department manager

Commercial Awareness:

·      Understand how individual or team work impacts non-engineering internal and external customers

Quality and Ethics

·      Demonstrate flexibility and a positive attitude to changing priorities or direction

·      Demonstrate excellent team working skills working collaboratively in own department, across the company and with external customers, suppliers and agencies

·      Comply with company and departmental procedures

·      Adopt a quality approach and foster a quality culture

·      Contribute to process improvements

·      Show the highest level of commitment to delivering exceptional customer service

·      Understand and conform to the standards contained in the Northrop Grumman Standards of Business Ethics

What are we looking for:

• 1st or 2:1 class degree (or equivalent) in a relevant technical subject
• Good A Level (or equivalent) grade results in science subjects with proven Maths competence 
• Design of VHF/UHF communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems
• Commercial acumen
• Extensive knowledge of own discipline plus knowledge of adjacent disciplines, with experience
• Proven experience in an engineering design position, including system design and turnkey system design with commercial and budget responsibilities 
• Highly self-motivated, positive and flexible
• Hands on, can-do approach
• Customer orientated
• Excellent interpersonal and good negotiating skills
• Effectively communicate to a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Plan ahead and anticipate potential problems to achieve long term project objectives
• Solve complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions
• Organise work to achieve tactical objectives
• Analytical, organized and methodical in approach to working with good attention to detail
• Good IT skills including at least one Computer Aided Design or drawing package

Note - In special circumstances individual requirements can be relaxed, e.g. additional experience can be taken in lieu of qualifications.            

Security Clearance:

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

• Flexitime and core hours – 37.5 hrs a week, core hrs between 0930-1500
• Enhanced Holiday – 25 days plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Pension Scheme – up to 8% company contribution
• Life Assurance
• Liberty Days - you can request up to 3 days of your annual leave ‘on the day’
• Buying and Selling Holidays
• Long service and retirement awards
• Private healthcare
• Flu vaccinations
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Training
• Continuous Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing Services
  

Indra Park Air is an equal employment opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.