Prismatic is a technology development company, specialising in the design, manufacture and delivery of innovative, high value aerospace products and systems. Prismatic is a subsidiary of BAE systems, led by a technically and commercially focused team. Our cutting edge systems (such as the high-altitude PHASA-35) have clear commercial value, are developed at pace and address critical customer needs.
Job Title – Systems Engineer
Reports to Lead Systems Engineers
Work as part of the systems engineering team on requirements definition, design, simulation, build and testing of the developmental PHASA-35 UAS.
Tasks and Accountabilities
Outline Job Profile
- Work with Systems Engineering team in balancing, adapting and delivering the technical scope of the projects
- Be responsible for elements of the design of UAV systems working under supervision of technical management.
- Undertake requirements definition, management and conformance verification following the Systems ‘V’ Model approach.
- Undertake modelling and simulation of UAV systems and sub-systems.
- Assist with definition and coordination of qualification and acceptance test campaigns for UAV systems in accordance with Prismatic Airworthiness plan and Engineering policies
- Support analysis and assessment of aircraft functional and post-flight test data
- Provide impact assessments of change to the design from a systems engineering perspective.
Qualifications / Experience / Interests Required
- Degree or equivalent experience in Physics, Engineering or related subject
- 3+ years’ experience in a relevant industry in a Systems Engineering role.
- Experience of working in a dynamic delivery-focussed team, managing tension between specification and delivery
- Comprehension and experience working within the engineering life cycle of a product or system.
- Experience in Modelling and simulation in the Mathworks environment, e.g. Matlab, Simulink etc
- Experience in Requirements and Acceptance Management
Some of the following may be beneficial
- Experience of novel R&D programs, ideally with challenging ‘cutting edge’ technology
- Experience of UAV
- Experience of modelling and simulation in Python or similar high-level languages
- Experience in using a requirements management toolset and management of acceptance evidence
- Experience of working with energy management systems
- Experience of working with avionics hardware systems
- Experience of working with flight control and propulsion systems
- Experience of building vehicles, robots or other complex systems
- Knowledge of Aerospace Safety standards (ARP4754, DO-178, DO-254)
Principal Terms and Conditions
- Post – Permanent.
- Salary – to be agreed depending on experience.
- Pension – 10% contribution from the company included.
- Leave – 25 days plus bank holidays.
- Working time 37.5 hrs per week.
- Location – Alton, Hampshire, UK.
- Start – ASAP.
- Eligible to participate in BAE Systems Share Incentive Scheme
Selection Process
- Clarifications please contact jobs@prismaticltd.co.uk
- CV and covering letters (specifying which post(s) are of interest) to jobs@prismaticltd.co.uk
- Interviews are either virtually or at Alton ASAP.