Senior Systems Engineer

SUMMARY:
We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team in Cape Town for a permanent position.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

• Executing requirements engineering to ensure the delivered systems will meet the stakeholder's needs through defining, analysing & managing requirements, establishing and maintaining traceability and developing system and sub-system design-to specifications
• To deliver systems with verified performance and quality by executing system integration and verification which entails implementing
• ICDs, physically assembling items, preparing & executing Verification Plans, Test instructions, ATPs & QTPs, compiling ATRs & QTRs and establishing baselines
• Executing and leading system design efforts by executing functional & physical architecting, analysis and synthesis, identifying and creating ICDs, performance analysis, FMECA, implementing safety in design and generating build-to and maintain-to specifications.
• Providing operational support (field engineering) to ensure the delivered systems continue to operate and deliver the expected performance, through performing root cause analysis and problem solving, identifying, designing and implementing modifications to eliminate failure modes while managing the baseline changes to the PBS in ALIM.
• Lead the technical work on projects through compiling SEMPs, technical schedules, WBS & SOWs and defining baselines & conducting design reviews
• Contribute to continuous improvement of organisational & engineering enabling processes, ensuring that engineering is consistently executed with integrity while managing risk.

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

• 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