Job Description:

Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Bournemouth

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week)

Reports to: Head of Quality Assurance

Our client is seeking a Senior Systems and Requirements Engineer to join their Air Traffic Control Simulation team in Bournemouth. Reporting to the Head of Quality Assurance and Systems, you will provide requirements analysis and systems engineering support across product development (customer projects and R&D), Sales & Marketing, and Customer Support.

The role requires strong versatility and the ability to handle multiple tasks and shifting priorities. It includes customer-facing activities to gather accurate requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Accurately capture customer requirements covering solution architecture, new and updated features, and data interfaces to third-party systems
• Represent the company in customer, integration partner and end-user activities (requirements gathering, critical design reviews and integration) both on-site and online
• Translate customer requirements into clear software requirements that reflect the proposed solution architecture and operational needs, support effective testing, and are accepted first time
• Review solutions to ensure they meet functional requirements and both customer and internal needs
• Provide system-level guidance and technical advice to other departments
• Maintain the requirements baseline for each product
• Comply with the company Quality Management System
• Maintain and develop specialist technical knowledge to support projects
• Support process improvement within the systems team and related functions

Essential Requirements

• Knowledge of systems engineering best practice
• Strong understanding of ATC operational protocols and procedures
• Experience of engineering practices, processes, methods and tools, including requirements engineering and solution architecting
• Proven ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Experience deriving requirements on system components from high-level customer needs
• Experience preparing detailed requirements specifications for software development and testing
• Understanding of requirements management tools
• Strong IT skills and knowledge of the Windows family of operating systems
• Experience or knowledge of the ATC/ATM environment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks

This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, high-impact systems within the air traffic control simulation sector.

If you are interested, please get in touch for further details or to apply.