Expert Services Systems Engineer PII

Overview

Organisation: Defence Equipment & Support

Salary: £46,400 per annum (plus generous benefits)

Grade: Professional II

Working Pattern: Full time, Part time, Job Share, Flexible Working

Contract Type: Permanent

At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe – for today, and tomorrow.

We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%, to help make work work for you.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn.

Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.

Job description

Are you ready to be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking organisation at the forefront of defence innovation? At DE&S, every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make a real difference.

As an Expert Services - Systems Engineer (ES-SE), you will play a pivotal role in delivering the future of Systems and Mission Systems Engineering. Collaborating with colleagues and clients, you will scope and deliver critical activities while responding to emerging challenges across a range of technical and environmental areas, including Land, Maritime, Air, Weapons, and Space.

Working in Expert Services you will provide effective Engineering and Safety support and guidance to Safety critical tasks and activities by identifying issues early in the project life-cycle. Those issues are managed through engineering processes, creating strong controls and mitigations for technical risks. Through this you will be a part of balancing the Cost, Effectiveness and Safety of the equipment the National Armaments Director (NAD) delivers to the Armed Forces.

You will have the opportunity to work across the entire project life-cycle and be instrumental in helping pan-National Armaments Director Group clients solve complex problems in Defence. Some of the activities that you will lead on are the development, tailoring and alignment of systems engineering products, including innovative system and capability architecture, requirements at both User and Function level, integrated test and evaluation plans and Engineering planning, ensuring that these products meet your client’s needs and addresses the unique situation that each project faces.

You will drive some of the most complex and critical programmes forward, making a real difference to lives in the UK and abroad, and advancing state of the art systems engineering.

You will provide support to a wide range of technologies and environments by delivering critical tasks to some of the UKs most high-profile and technologically advanced programmes. These include the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Future Complex Weapons, RFA Proteus, P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Protector Remote Piloted Air Systems, Autonomous Systems, Submarines, Guided Weapons, Challenger 3, Space and Land based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and MOD Prioritisation Strategy Analysis against Strategic Defence Review.

You will be based out of Bristol and will need to attend this site to support business needs (nominally 1 day per week). However, we endeavour to provide flexible and offer smarter working. These roles do have some travel expectations, including overnight stays, depending on the ES-SE Team or Client needs; however, this is typically limited to UK locations and comes with advance notice.

What you’ll be doing

• Scope systems engineering tasks…