Head of Command & Control Subsystems - Bristol

Technical Engineering
Ref: 7662 Date Posted: Tuesday 24 Sep 2024

Location:              Bristol

Salary:                   Up to £65,000 P/A + excellent bonus and benefits

Hours:                   37 hours per week

Do you want to join a business, who value inclusivity, a three-time gold investor in people award winner, an advocate of supporting women in engineering and developing their people to be the best they can be?

We are looking for an experienced systems engineering leader, with a strong systems engineering background, ideally within a similar highly technical environment, developing complex products with a requirement for safety and security.

The Head of C2 subsystem is responsible for the development of a C2 product and its integration onto customer platforms. You will lead a team of systems engineers responsible for requirements analysis, co-design of the C2 system with software, hardware, human factors and algorithms engineering disciplines, the proving plan and generation of compliance evidence leading to certification of the product.

Benefits of working here:

  • State of the art technology & innovation
  • External learning and development encouraged.
  • Light and airy university type campus.
  • Friendly environment!
    • Restaurant, On site Medical Centre, Parking / Easy Access to train station, Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop, Sports & Social Club and More

What you will be doing

  • Work on a flagship programme backed by significant investment from our customers, and technology built on huge research investment by the company
  • Interact with all areas of the company, to see the full product development lifecycle
  • Excellent opportunity to develop and diversify your skills and access a range of career paths
  • Manage large work packages and teams
  • Working in the C2 domain provides real capability to the customers to protect their home nation for the future.

Skills Required 

  • Ideally degree qualified in a STEM subject, such as electronics, mathematics, physics, systems engineering or aerospace engineering
  • Proactive with a mind-set for product line development and systems thinking
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement
  • Systems design / systems engineering experience in complex systems development
  • Experience across the product development lifecycle
  • Applied experience of work package management and people management

You should be able and willing to gain (UK Eyes only) security clearance. Applications are open to UK nationals or UK dual citizens. Some restrictions may apply.

Cirrus Selection offers the services of an Employment Agency for permanent recruitment and the services of an Employment Business for contract recruitment

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