Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Bournemouth

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week)

Reports to: Head of Quality Assurance

Our client is seeking a Senior Systems and Requirements Engineer to join their Air Traffic Control Simulation team in Bournemouth. Reporting to the Head of Quality Assurance and Systems, you will provide requirements analysis and systems engineering support across product development (customer projects and R&D), Sales & Marketing, and Customer Support.

The role requires strong versatility and the ability to handle multiple tasks and shifting priorities. It includes customer-facing activities to gather accurate requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Accurately capture customer requirements covering solution architecture, new and updated features, and data interfaces to third-party systems

Represent the company in customer, integration partner and end-user activities (requirements gathering, critical design reviews and integration) both on-site and online

Translate customer requirements into clear software requirements that reflect the proposed solution architecture and operational needs, support effective testing, and are accepted first time

Review solutions to ensure they meet functional requirements and both customer and internal needs

Provide system-level guidance and technical advice to other departments

Maintain the requirements baseline for each product

Comply with the company Quality Management System

Maintain and develop specialist technical knowledge to support projects

Support process improvement within the systems team and related functions

Essential Requirements

Knowledge of systems engineering best practice

Strong understanding of ATC operational protocols and procedures

Experience of engineering practices, processes, methods and tools, including requirements engineering and solution architecting

Proven ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders at all levels

Experience deriving requirements on system components from high-level customer needs

Experience preparing detailed requirements specifications for software development and testing

Understanding of requirements management tools

Strong IT skills and knowledge of the Windows family of operating systems

Experience or knowledge of the ATC/ATM environment

Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks

This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, high-impact systems within the air traffic control simulation sector.

If you are interested, please get in touch for further details or to apply

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