Engineering Technical Specialist

Engineering Technical Specialist
Frimley, Weymouth, Bristol, Portsmouth, Barrow-in-Furness dependent on role and your personal circumstances.

You will have the opportunity to work on one of a variety of our programmes and projects, helping us to design, develop, integrate, manage and support complex systems and combat sub-systems for in service and future submarines.

You will understand and have experience of applying good system engineering practices in your work and in addition as a technical specialist in one of the key product areas you will have a good understanding of the user needs, and how the principles of the science and technology will influence and impact design and operational performance. Areas of specialisation include sonar, communications, command & control, radar and optronics.

Your levels of responsibility will depend on your skills and experience but you will be able to understand and report the programme status for engineering activities in your area of responsibility, identify problem areas and implement recovery plans, helping us to support our submarines that play a critical role in our nation's defence.

Benefits:

Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

What the role entails:

Understanding and interpreting the User Needs and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the combat system or products and be able to derive the technical and functional requirements. Applying your specialist domain knowledge to ensure that systems are designed, built, integrated and accepted into service correctly, safely and securely. This may include working with suppliers and the military users of our equipment.

Providing technical guidance and support to other engineering teams during the submarine design, build and system installation and integration activities. You will have or develop an understanding of the customer Operational Defect (OPDEF) and maintenance processes to be able to provide specialist advice as required.

Using your knowledge of current and potential future potential technologies in the marketplace to understand and be able to provide advice on the implications for sub-system design in a submarine.

Some of the main duties of the Engineering Technical Specialist will include:

• Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) in relevant STEM subject (Engineering/ Physics/ Maths/ Science).
• Knowledge of the system engineering lifecycle and be able to apply good systems engineering practices to your work
• Understanding of relevant engineering standards, including safety and environmental regulations

What experience you need to be the successful Engineering Technical Specialist:

• Use of system analysis and design tools such as Enterprise Architect.
• Experience of working in a customer-facing and/or supplier engagement role.
• Member of appropriate professional institution; Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartership.

We welcome people with experience of the military, defence and maritime industries, who can use their knowledge and learning to help us ensure that we provide the best products into submarines. We are also keen to work with people from other industries, technical fields and working environments who can bring in innovative and fresh thinking and work with us to participate and contribute to the important work that we do.

We are looking for motivated people who can take responsibility for their own outputs and be confident working autonomously and in a structured manner. You will be capable of supervising others will have strong written and verbal communication skills.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for an Engineering Technical Specialist to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

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