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The External Communications Principal Engineer will be able to apply their subject matter expertise and domain experience to good Systems Engineering practices, to support the Engineering Manager (EM) and Delegated Technical Authority (DTA) in delivering external communications systems and products to the submarine build and through-life support programmes. They will provide subject matter expertise and advice to other functional and capability areas to support overall project delivery and performance.
Job Responsibility:
Understand and interpret the User Needs, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Concept of Use (CONUSE) and be able to derive the technical and functional requirements for specific external communications systems
Provide specialist knowledge and subject matter expertise to develop the functional design of external communications systems
Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority
Understand the contractual and performance requirements for external communications systems, and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities
Understand and support the flow-down of requirements to suppliers and acceptance of their specific deliverables
Support the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver it in order to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities
Provide specialist technical support to shipbuilder installation, integration activities and commissioning activities
Provide technical support to integrated performance and acceptance activities
Support the documentation of domain knowledge and be to pass on information and expertise
Provide technical guidance to other combat system engineers and support the engineering management team
Requirements:
Knowledge of external communications systems in the maritime defence domain and have a comprehensive understanding of how such systems and associated activities interact with the overall platform
Platform and ideally sea experience in an operational, build, trials or in-service support environment in order to have gained an understanding of the operational needs and requirements of a Combat System, and to help be credible with the Customer and User
Knowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle with background operating in a number of phases
Strong awareness of Product Safety and SHE
Hold a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level prior to starting