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Senior System Design Engineer

Employer
General Dynamics UK
Location
Oakdale, Blackwood - Hybrid Working
Salary
£43,200 to £54,000 depending on experience and an excellent benefits package.
Closing date
6 Feb 2025
Reference
REF524J

Job Details

As Senior Systems Design Engineer you will make a significant contribution to the System Design of C4I Systems on our programmes through application of world class Systems Engineering expertise

Typical day to day activities include:

  • Requirements analysis
  • Interface definition
  • Use Case development
  • Functional and feature specification,
  • Elaboration of designs
  • Trade-off analysis and liaison with cross functional teams to develop and regularly deliver working software/solutions.

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To be successful in the role you will ideally bring your expertise in the following:

  • Broad competence in systems engineering
  • Experience in resolving design challenges
  • Experience with structured design methods
  • Ability to create well-structured technical documents in accordance with a published schedule
  • Ability to present formally at progress reviews and contribute productively in meetings with all stakeholders.
  • Development of bespoke interfaces and use of open standards interfaces

If you're looking to make a positive impact and create change, possessing an inclusive and committed approach, you'll be rewarded with a salary of £43,200 to £54,000 and an excellent benefits package.

We offer hybrid working - for this role ideally we are looking for an average of 2 days per week per month on site.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits: 

  • A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off. 
  • A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company. 
  • A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits 

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme. For more information on the Disability confident scheme in General Dynamics click here.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.

 

 

Company

We are one of the UK’s leading defence companies and an important supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence. What sets us apart is not only our 60+ years of experience, but our commitment to providing an innovation-driven workplace for some of the best and brightest minds in the UK defence industry.

GD 1

We have established a worldwide reputation for excellence in delivering multi-domain C4ISR solutions, Armoured Fighting Vehicle capability, and next-generation avionics systems.

Our colleagues innovate on a daily basis to meet our customers’ unique mission and land systems requirements.  While each individual brings their unique and valued expertise, personality, interests and perspectives to the organisation, one thing unites us all – our ongoing commitment to excellence, community, and teamwork.

GD 2

General Dynamics UK is part of General Dynamics Corporation, one of the top five defence companies in the world. General Dynamics, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, employs approximately 100,000 people worldwide. The Company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems; armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies.

GD 3

In the UK we are structured around two main businesses:

Land Systems and Mission Systems. 

Our solutions include:

  • Avionic systems
  • Bowman
  • C4I systems - Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information
  • Digitised training solutions and services
  • ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reconnaissance) systems
  • Modelling, simulation and experimentation systems
  • Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV)
Company info
Website
Telephone
(0) 1495 787 200
Location
Unit 1 and 3
Oakdale Court
Oakdale Business Park
Blackwood
South Wales
NP12 4AD
GB

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