Systems Engineer Consultant

Systems Engineering Consultant - Defence



Location - Bristol



Salary: £40K-£60K negotiable plus benefits, pension (7% contribution), 25 days holiday & life insurance



As a Systems Engineering Consultant, you will be delivering analytical and systems engineering support to help our clients design systems, optimise solutions, and make better decisions.



The Role – Systems Engineering Consultant



This will include working with clients to analyse their problems; capture requirements; create architectures; identify potential options; assess solutions using systems analysis methods; and make recommendations based on robust evidence. Projects will typically be in support of research and procurement activities in the defence and security sector but may include work in other sectors and government departments.



Responsibilities will include:



* Delivering/ leading technical consulting projects.



* Using systems engineering to tackle real world problems, applying tools and techniques, and developing novel approaches where required.



* Applying and developing systems engineering methods, tools and techniques, including developing and applying novel approaches where required.



* Working organically in customer teams to deliver high quality systems engineering advice & artefacts.



* Building new relationships and maintaining current customer relationships.



* Assisting/ leading in identifying and winning work for a new and growing consultancy.



About You



The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following essential and desirable attributes:



Essential



Educated to degree level, or equivalent relevant experience.



Ability to use and apply both ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ systems engineering techniques to support system design/ development, business decision making, policy development, and/or research.



Development, application, and delivery of systems engineering methods, tools and artefacts.



Knowledge and Understanding of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle.



Building and maintaining client and stakeholder relationships.



Authoring technical reports, developing systems engineering artefacts, and presenting to customers.



Experience in one or more of the following systems engineering technical specialisms:



* Requirements elicitation and derivation



* Enterprise & System Architecting



* Verification & Validation/ Test & Evaluation



* System Integration



* Technology & Capability Roadmapping



* Capability/ Effects-based Engineering



* Option Analysis/ Solution trade-off studies



* Risk management and analysis



* Workshop design and facilitation



Desirable



Experience of using specialist Systems Engineering Software (e.g. Sparx EA) to develop SE Artefacts.



Experience of delivering projects via MBSE.



Experience of working in UK Defence or UK Government Departments utilising Systems Engineering.



Membership of relevant professional institution and a desire for further professional development.



Keywords – Systems Engineer, MOD, Maritime, Air, Land, Joint Systems, CADMID cycle, systems engineering



Systems Engineering Consultant - Defence