Inzpire - Systems Engineer (Requirements & Test)
QinetiQAbout the role
THE COMPANY
We are a highly innovative and rapidly growing defence and technology company that design, develop, and deliver some of the world’s most advanced defence related training, products, and services.
We were recently crowned Employer of the Year at the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards 2023. We have been listed as one of the ‘100 Best Large Companies to Work For’ in the UK and Midlands by Best Companies several times as well as achieving ‘Best Companies 3 Star Accreditation’ and a rating of ‘world-class’ for our employee engagement on a number of occasions. We are also proud to have been honoured with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Innovation, for our next-generation GECO military mission planning system.
As part of a unique and specialist defence company, our friendly team consists of experienced and highly capable individuals, working together with a mature ‘can do’ work ethic. Our central business functions are located in an easily accessible, bright and modern head office to the west of Lincoln, alongside our mission systems team, while the majority of our operational specialists are embedded alongside our Defence customers.
THE ROLE
Our award-winning Mission Systems Division deliver some of the world’s most advanced aviation IT systems from our office in Lincoln. As a result of our continued success and business expansion, we are delighted to offer a Systems Engineering opportunity to support the development and delivery of our bespoke IT products.
The Mission Systems Team has recently transitioned to an Agile working methodology to develop our electronic mapping and mission support products and requires additional experienced Systems Engineers.
As a Systems Engineer (Requirements and Test), you will be directly supporting the product development cycle as part of a multi-disciplined Scrum team, ensuring Systems Engineering aspects of development, including requirements derivation and test authoring, are performed to the highest standards
The main duties of the role will include:
Working in the Product Development Team:
- Derivation of software and system requirements.
- Development of software and system test procedures to satisfy the derived requirements.
- Assisting in the design and implementation of product features.
- Maintaining solid Systems Engineering principles within a sprint.
Supporting the overall development of our products:
- Contributing to systems engineering aspects of product development.
- Conducting software and system tests.
- Reviewing the work of others to ensure it is of suitable quality.
- Continuous improvement of process and procedures.
- Undertaking related project activities.
- Supporting Mission Systems’ goals and activities.
THE PERSON
We are looking for a proactive, articulate, flexible and confident individual with excellent attention to detail and the discipline to produce consistently high-quality output, whilst committing to the principles of developing high quality systems to specific standards. As a member of a small highly skilled team, the responsibilities of the role will necessarily be broad and varied and you should be prepared to assume a comprehensive range of tasks, be capable of working with minimum supervision, be confident enough to contribute your own suggestions and ideas and have a ‘can do’ attitude as you will be required to take a flexible, constructive and timely approach to meeting the diverse needs of the Company’s business.
You will also have an inquisitive/analytical mind, be able to research issues independently and suggest pragmatic, business-focused solutions. We are also looking for candidates to demonstrate a desire to develop professionally within our growing business.
We require a proactive individual with relevant and recent knowledge and experience of providing output aligned to the role requirements defined above.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
Evidence of the following would be considered essential:
- A methodical approach to work.
- Expert user of modern office applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.).
- An understanding of Requirements, Architecture and Verification concepts for Software and Systems.
- Experience in using Requirements, Verification, and Configuration Management tools (e.g. IBM Rational DOORS, Azure DevOps, etc).
- Proven experience of developing traceable requirement
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