Job Title – Systems Engineer (Marine Control Applications)

Job Location – Bristol, UK

Job ID – 14432

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Bristol/Burgess Hill/Barrow provides enduring, robust and cutting-edge Platform Management Systems (PMS) for both the UK Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates - this skill set also extends into cruise liners and super-yachts in the commercial marine market.

As an Applications Engineer you will be working in a mainly Systems Engineering based role. This surrounds interpreting and analysing customer fed system requirements, and developing them into our own derived functional requirements for Software and Test teams to develop from.  During this development process you will also be required to meet scheduled stakeholder review milestones, and present the current development progress of your subsystem. 

In tandem with requirement development you will also be designing Human Computer Interfaces, based on Microsoft Visio. This will require you to visually embody your system’s design in the most efficient way in order to, provide the best ergonomic system control and monitoring solution to the end user.

As an Applications Engineer you are also encouraged to highlight areas in our processes where we can improve on efficiency and overall development.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Working on all aspects of the Platform Management System (PMS): a system to monitor, control and automate major subsystems for marine platforms.
• Ensuring Configurable Software Components (CSC), are developed to a high standard using the companies Engineering Management Plan, processes and procedures.
• Produce and maintain high quality documentation throughout the CSC development lifecycle, ensuring full traceability of the customer requirements through Functional Design Specification to Software Design.
• Engage with the customer through the requirements definition, reviews and technical queries throughout the CSC development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across different engineering functions to develop functional requirements and conceptualise Human Computer Interface (HCI) Pages.
• Participate in reviews of Functional Design Specifications, HCI Page Reviews, Software Design and Test Documents.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Minimum of 2 to 3 years’ experience in a similar role 
• Relevant Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electronics, Controls). We will also consider alternative equivalent experience/qualifications (e.g. an Apprenticeship background).
• An understanding of Systems Engineering development lifecycles, with a basic understanding of key aspects, such as Requirements capture, Integration and Verification methods
• Knowledge of Marine Engineering or in Plant Processes, Control Systems – desirable
• Understanding of requirement management tools – desirable

Important to know

Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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