Title: Systems Engineer
Tewkesbury, GLS, GB, GL20 8GB
Job Title – Systems Engineer
Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK
Job ID – 28004
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.
L3Harris in Tewkesbury is our HQ for our Intelligence & Cyber International division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
- Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week
- Half day finish on a Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Taking a leading role in the development of complex Cyber Encryption or Electronic Warfare Systems.
- Interfacing with key stakeholders both internally and externally including customers, regulatory bodies and senior management
- Providing technical leadership to engineering teams and the opportunity to influence the wider business to improve the way engineering development is executed.
- Supporting Project Management through providing realistic estimates, managing risk and monitoring progress to meet tight timescales
- Contributing to the generation of technical proposals, bids and presentations.
- Driving the test and qualification strategy for solutions and sub-systems.
- Helping to develop other engineers through mentoring, coaching and training
- Opportunities to participate in trials, customer demonstrations and onsite acceptance testing at L3Harris sites or customer sites.
What you’ll bring
Essential Requirements for the Role:
- Experience of taking a leading role in engineering development projects through most parts of the systems engineering lifecycle from concept definition through to handover to the customer.
- Experience of requirements capture, decomposition and management, ideally through the use of a requirements management tool such as IBM Rationale DOORS.
- Experience in establishing verification strategies for embedded systems and designing and writing tests.
- Good understanding of Project Management and Engineering Management.
- Experience of working closely with low level design teams in electronic design, mechanical design and software.
- Relevant industry experience in either the Defence, Aerospace or other complex embedded environments
Additional Skills and Experience:
- Experience of model based systems engineering using tools such as Enterprise Architect.
- Awareness of software design and development, FPGA and Electronic design (digital and RF).
- Understanding of design for reliability, human factors, safety and security.
- Demonstrable organisation and leadership skills
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and public speaking skills
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
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