Avionics Systems Engineer

Avionics Systems Engineer

Inside IR35 – Preston (4 days p/week on site) – 12 month contract

Active SC required

We are working with a Defence consultancy in the recruitment of a Systems engineer to join a project on an initial 12 month basis. You will be assisting with the qualification & certification activities for key avionics system updates. This is an important role in supporting the qualification of design changes across a number of avionics sub-systems, and the engineer will work closely with test, integration and support teams to release new capability in line with programme demands.

Required Skills (Technical Competency):
• Recent Military or civil aircraft Qualification & Certification experience
• Generation of Airworthiness and Flight Clearance documentation
• Working with other Avionics teams to plan and gather required qualification & certification inputs from SIL rig testing, flight trials, etc
• Assessment of Qualification & Certification evidence, identifying any shortfalls and their impact
• Ability to identify potential safety issues and liaise with appropriate teams to resolve
• Identifying and tracking dependencies
• Working closely with external assessor stakeholders (i.e. Qual & Cert / Airworthiness), to secure independent assessment and approval of Clearances
• Assessing the traceability of Clearance evidence
• Presentation of Certification evidence for formal sign off
• Tracking and managing Clearance baselines across complex product variants
• Supporting programme reviews, as required

Desired Skills:
• Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related field is preferred
• Knowledge of the Typhoon (or similar military aircraft) platform and the Qualification & Certification processes required (e.g. Eurofighter QAPs (Quality Assurance Policies), UK MAA certification processes (MACP / RA), EASA civil certification processes (CS-25)).
• Experience with JIRA agile project management tools
• Experience using Product Safety analysis processes and toolsets (e.g. Fault Tree Analysis, ISOgraph toolsets (i.e. Reliability Workbench)).