Senior Systems Engineer

Recruiter:

Six Sense Consulting

Job Ref:

SSC001143/MS

Date posted:

Monday, March 30, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

Annually

SUMMARY:
A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Senior System Engineer.

POSITION INFO:
Qualification:

B.Tech (Eng) with 13+ years of relevant experience
B.Eng/B.Sc (Eng) with 9+ years of relevant experience
M.Eng with 7+ years of relevant experience
PhD/D.Eng with 5+ years of relevant experience
AND must meet the requirements for registration with ECSA as PrEng/PrEng Tech.

Experience:

Physical, hands-on integration, testing and evaluation of electronic and mechanical systems.
Undertaking engineering activities throughout all lifecycle phases of the system under development, with particular focus on the concurrent engineering aspects and the design for supportability aspects.
Leading engineering tasks and analysis without supervision, employing academic and practical knowledge gained on the job.
Functioning simultaneously across multiple domains, teams and on multiple systems.
Leading the development and implementation of engineering processes.
Using advanced interpersonal skills in order to influence change in complex systems behaviour and operational environments.
Coaching and mentoring in engineering, particularly systems engineering.

Knowledge:

Advanced applied Systems Engineering.
Integration, test and verification of complex systems.
Baseline establishment and management.
Engineering Change control.
Hi-tech product development.
Model-based Systems Engineering
Development of systems engineering processes and procedures.
Configuration management

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