Senior Systems Integration Engineer

As a Systems Integration Engineer you will work within our Applications and Interoperability team. The role involves the development, release and support of complex Tactical C4I systems using engineering disciplines to deliver customer and end user focused design services. You will use your experience and the ability to conduct integration and technical problem solving alongside the end user.

The role will involve working with an integrated project team delivering projects and tasks through life, from System and Sub-system design through to test and acceptance and then support and experimentation in the field.

Typical day to day activities could include:

• Support Experimentation, Research and Development of the system at customer facilities in the UK and abroad.
• Conduct Technical Systems Integration and Support to projects in house or alongside the end user.
• Understand and Interpret System and Product design, system capabilities and user guidance in customer delivered technical documents.
• Liaise with cross functional teams and specialist engineering areas including. Safety, Security and ILS, to develop and deliver quality working solutions.
• Conduct Formal Systems Integration and Test activities as part of a wider programme of work. Conduct test activities on the system baseline, creating and maintaining test scripts, troubleshooting and reporting on results.
• Support Defect Management Lifecycle activities at both the Product and System Level; includes raising informative defects with valid steps to reproduce, conducting in depth defect investigations and contributing to the defect sentencing.
• Lab management and re configuration - Fill radios, encrypt, image, building etc.

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To be successful in this role you will bring to the role:

• Good understanding and experience of supporting and developing Tactical C4I Systems:
  • Experience of operating/developing the in service BCIP system or experience working with NATO Federate Mission Network (FMN) compliant systems
  • Familiarity with Network Security Gateways.
  • Experience in BCIP System Management or interpreting System plans
  • Radio Networks & Bearers
• Excellent analytical, fault finding with the ability to pin-point the root cause of an issue as well as problem solving skills.

Salary for this position is £43,200 to £54,000, depending on experience plus our excellent flexible 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!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company - learn more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity here

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.