Systems Architect
On-siteCrawley, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Define and recommend candidate architectures for systems and subsystems to satisfy stakeholder expectations while balancing technical requirements, cost, risk, and programme schedule. Establish solution architectures by producing key artefacts including Architecture Justification Files, Product Breakdown Structures, and System Design Documents. Review lower-level specifications, manage requirement allocation, and define system interfaces. Lead performance evaluations, support systems integration and verification activities, and facilitate technical negotiations between internal teams, suppliers, and the customer. Operate within a multidisciplinary engineering environment using iterative and Agile approaches to deliver robust solutions for Uncrewed Autonomous Air Systems.
Required Qualifications
- Degree qualified in an Engineering or Scientific discipline
- Significant professional experience in Systems Engineering and/or Systems Architecture
- Proven experience developing and defining architectures for complex systems and/or subsystems
- Experience working in a customer-facing engineering environment
- Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Familiarity with Uncrewed Autonomous Air Systems and associated domain concepts
- Strong understanding of requirements management, system performance and interfaces
- Operational concepts and operational analysis
- Systems technical strategy
- Co-engineering and collaborative engineering approaches
- Lean Thinking and Obeya methodologies
- Systems thinking and stakeholder analysis
- Concept, design, experimentation and simulation tools
- Systems modelling tools and frameworks
- Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification (IVVQ)
- Iterative and Agile engineering methodologies
- Systems engineering lifecycle processes
- Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills
- Ability to operate confidently with customers and senior technical stakeholders
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with Uncrewed Autonomous Air Systems and associated domain concepts
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