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