Systems Engineer

• Requirements and specification

  • Develop and document high-level functional and performance requirements from customer and business needs.
  • Decompose system requirements into detailed, testable sub-system specifications.
  • Maintain requirements traceability from customer need through to verification evidence.
  • Specify the software, fixtures and test equipment required for verification activities.

• Design verification

  • Define the verification strategy and author test plans for prototype evaluation and design-verification builds.
  • Design and conduct experiments to test product performance and the performance of manufacturing fixtures; work with external test houses where required.
  • Use knowledge of potential failure modes to design experiments that verify design assumptions as well as system performance.
  • Analyse experimental data and produce clear summary reports that support design decisions and gate reviews.

• Product quality and root cause analysis

  • Generally and proactively promote product quality.
  • Lead root cause investigation of selected manufacturing and field failures and drive remedial actions to conclusion.
  • Liaise with Manufacturing and Service to understand quality issues; identify and specify manufacturing test and QA fixtures and processes.

• Collaboration and mentoring

  • Work within multifunctional project teams, directing troubleshooting internally and with consultants and suppliers.
  • Actively participate in design reviews across engineering disciplines.
  • Guide and mentor junior engineers in test planning, execution and interpretation of results.

First 90 days
Build a working understanding of the product range, key performance parameters and current development programmes.
Establish relationships across the R&D team, Manufacturing and Service.
Take ownership of requirements definition and verification planning for an assigned programme.
Review current verification practices and identify opportunities to strengthen quality by design.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Degree in Physics or an engineering discipline.
• Substantial experience in the design, verification and troubleshooting of high-precision electro-mechanical or scientific instrumentation.
• Experience working within a structured product-development programme, with a quality-by-design approach.
• Proven ability to assess technical risk, recognise failure modes, and design and conduct experiments to verify performance.
• Strong data analysis and report-writing skills; proficient with software for data collection and analysis.
• Proven ability to plan a programme of work and drive it to completion.

Preferred

• Postgraduate qualification in an engineering or physical science discipline.
• Experience with thermal analysis instrumentation (DSC, TGA), FT-IR or UV-Visible spectroscopy, including infrared detectors and associated pre-amplifier design.
• Knowledge of optics, control system modelling or signal processing.
• Formal training in FMEA and familiarity with structured product design methodologies.
• Experience mentoring or technically leading small teams.

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