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About the Role
As an Industrial Placement Systems Engineer, you will contribute to the development of Platform Management Systems for the UK’s fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. Your work will support the effective delivery of systems engineering activities across the engineering lifecycle, helping to ensure these complex systems meet customer requirements. Working within the Integrated Systems team and alongside multidisciplinary project teams, you will support systems engineering activities from requirements through to acceptance, including verification and validation. You will take responsibility for assigned activities and deliverables while learning how technical scope, schedules and budgets are managed across strategically important national defence programmes. This is an opportunity to apply your academic learning, develop practical systems engineering expertise and contribute to mission-critical technology with long-term impact.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to systems engineering activities from requirements through to acceptance, including verification and validation
- Help produce project systems engineering deliverables and support continuous process improvement
- Complete assigned activities in line with approved plans, processes and procedures
- Help estimate the scope and effort required for systems engineering activities
- Monitor assigned tasks, timescales and expenditure against agreed schedules and budgets
- Support project reviews, including design, risk and change-impact reviews
- Contribute to defect, fault and issue management, including rectification and regression activities
- Apply relevant departmental, industry, regulatory and legislative standards to support safety, security and compliance
Requirements
- Currently working towards a relevant degree, such as Electronics, Mechanical, Systems or Software Engineering (or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills through work experience or other training)
- Knowledge of systems engineering, including verification and validation
- Knowledge of control systems
- Knowledge of DOORS or a similar requirements management tool
- An understanding of verification methods used to demonstrate that requirements have been satisfied
- A proactive approach and the ability to complete a variety of project activities efficiently and professionally
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Visio, PowerPoint and Excel
- The confidence to present at reviews and meetings involving internal and external stakeholders
- Sole UK citizenship required
- Ability to gain and maintain UK Government Security Check clearance
Skills
- Systems engineering lifecycles
- Requirements management
- Verification and validation
- Project and milestone reviews
- Task, schedule and budget management
- Design, risk and change-impact reviews
- Defect, fault and issue management
- Safety, security and regulatory compliance
- Working within multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Microsoft Office (Word, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel)
Location
- New Malden, London
Work Type
- Site-based
- Full-time
- Hybrid working options available
Experience Level
- Industrial Placement
Education Level
- Working towards a relevant degree
Salary/Compensations
- £25,000
Benefits
- Flexible working options, including hybrid arrangements and compressed fortnights with every other Friday off
- Private healthcare, dental, life assurance and pension
- Flexible benefits package, including critical illness cover and a health cash plan
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- Career development programmes
- Annual performance incentive programme
About the Company
- At Northrop Grumman UK, you’ll be part of a team driving innovation where it matters most, solving tomorrow’s challenges and shaping the technology solutions of the future. We call it Defining Possible. This mindset goes beyond our customer solutions; it’s the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community.
Equal Opportunity
- Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, and encourages individuals from all backgrounds and all abilities to apply and consider becoming a part of our diverse and inclusive workforce.