Command & Control Sub-System Engineering Lead required for long term contract assignment based in Bristol

skill set/experience required:

• Product development/systems thinking mindset.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experience across the systems engineering/product development life cycle, with an emphasis on successful project delivery.
• Experience of functional design and development.
• Proactive and self-managing, with an ability to work under pressure to deliver successful outcomes on demanding timescales.
• Practical knowledge and experience of system engineering processes and tools (eg IBM Rhapsody, IBM DOORS, IBM Engineering Workflow Management).
• Experience designing complex systems in a defence or other highly regulated environment
• Experience working in or leading a cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience developing air defence or LDEW complex weapon systems.

Overview of department:

This role is an excellent opportunity to join an exciting project, maturing the design of a key subsystem on a high-profile project aiming to deliver the Royal Navy's first operational Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) capability in rapid timescales.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day management, direction and technical leadership (including activity tracking and project reporting) of the multi-functional Common Architecture Team (CAT).
• Lead the capture, derivation, and refinement of subsystem requirements for the Command & Control subsystem.
• Work collaboratively with the CAT to deliver the Command & Control sub-system functional architecture.
• Identify and capture functional risks, opportunities, issues and assumptions and their associated mitigation strategies.

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