Principal Mechanical Systems Engineer

Join a world-renowned aerospace and defence organisation as a Principal Mechanical Systems Engineer in Cowes onsite full time onsite

Would you like to join a global aerospace and defence organisation? Do you want to work as part of an organisation protecting people and maintaining maximum national security?

Due to a drive for greater success, this advanced manufacturing business is currently searching for a Principal Systems Engineer to add to their talented, hardworking team in Cowes on a 6 month contract. Striving for innovation and creativity you can ensure no two days will be the same.

Principal Mechanical Systems Engineer
Cowes
6 months
£60.00 PAYE or £81.05 UMB

The role:

This role entail analysis of performance data collected from both modelled and real world systems, and development of a system or sub-system design to meet functional and performance goals. It provides lead technical support for the evolution of existing products extending their functionality to meet new and evolving requirements, and for development of entirely new Radar products.
Tasks:

* Develop novel solutions to evolving technical challenges and emerging issues for complex phased array Radar Systems that our customers and end-user communities are facing
* Conduct system design analysis to manage trade-offs of principle system parameters in order to characterise and specify robust product design
* Demonstrate, with significant experience, detailed and comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles relating to Mechanical Systems Engineering and supporting governance, and be able to apply knowledge to a wide range of engineering issues within own discipline and other engineering disciplines
* Apply and champion the Mechanical Systems Engineering principles of ISO 15288 to the design and build of complex Radar systems through the entire engineering lifecycle from requirement definition to system integration and customer acceptance into system support and disposal

Essential skills:

* Expert in principles and approaches underpinning design and development activities and demonstrates expert understanding, knowledge and experience of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, with systems thinking and the application of holistic approaches to complex problems
* Be well versed in appropriate Systems Engineering standards (e.g. ISO 15288, ISO 24641)
* Experience of requirements management (e.g. IBM DOORS Next) and configuration management
* Experience of working with and leading large scale complex system designs
* Experience of all aspects of an engineering lifecycle and expert knowledge of lifecycle models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) and associated tools (e.g. JIRA)

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