Principal Systems Engineer - 6 months contract Inside IR35

In order to develop and expand the capabilities of SAFRAN Engineering Services in the UK, we are looking to recruit a Principal Systems Engineer to work on aircraft landing gear systems. The contract duration is six months, with a standard workweek of 37 hours and located in Gloucester. Military clearance is not required for this role. The anticipated start date is as soon as possible.

As a Systems Engineer, you will:

• Ensure that the development of aircraft landing gear systems (structures, extension/retraction systems, hydraulics, electrical harnesses) is compliant with customer needs and compliant with regulations, following the Safran system development process
• Focus on the definition of the system development plan, capture and analysis of needs, the generation of system, sub-systems and equipment requirements, requirements validation and product verification
• Be responsible for management of equipment suppliers, such as actuators, hydraulic hoses and electrical harnessing

Key aspects of this job include the following:

• In collaboration with Systems Architecture Integration team, supporting the definition of systems development plans, in accordance with Safran processes, which align with ARP4754.
• Ensure adherence to systems development plans
• Manage requirements definition, from capture and analysis of customer, regulatory and internal needs at system, sub-systems and equipment level
• Manage the validation of requirements in collaboration with requirement owners from the validation planning phase, through implementation of validation means to documenting validation evidence
• Manage product verification, from the verification planning phase, through coordination of verification means to documenting verification evidence
• Set up and maintaining requirements management tools, e.g. IBM DOORS classic & DOORS NG
• Compile systems engineering related documentation (requirements documentation, description documents, validation and verification matrices and Declaration of Design Performance (DDP) dossiers
• Specification writing for Aircraft Landing Gear equipment such as, hydraulic actuators, hydraulic hoses and electrical harnesses
• Technical liaison with equipment suppliers
• Leadership of senior and junior systems engineers

Knowledge of aircraft landing gear systems (ATA32)

Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles

Experience of mechanical engineering and hydraulics (Actuators & Hoses)

Experience of electrical engineering

Knowledge of airworthiness requirements and certification

Experience of systems engineering theory together with a familiarity with ARP4754 and ARP 4761

Experience of requirements management, validation, verification and preferably DOORS

Knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering is an advance

Ability to review engineering documents such as (Reports, Analysis, Specifications and Requirements docs etc..). Previous engineering signatory held.

Ability to write technical reports clearly and accurately

Ability and willingness to communicate and work with all disciplines of engineering

Good verbal and written communication skills and general computer literacy

Communication skills at all levels / Team working / Attention to detail / Decision making / Problem solving / Leadership

• Early finish on a Friday (1pm)
• Onsite canteen