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# Senior Systems Engineer

- **Company:** GKN
- **Location:** Leigh, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim, Systems Engineering, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, MATLAB, Microsoft Office, Systems Development Life Cycle, Simulink, Systems Modeling Language, CATIA V5, Ansys
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/42646539/

## About the Role

HNC, degree or equivalent experience in electrical or systems engineering
Significant experience delivering designs for electro-mechanical, sensing OR controller systems within an engineering environment
Electronics pcb design experience
Proven design and delivery of high quality and reliable systems in a complex regulatory environment (e.g. MIL-STD, TUV cert, etc)
Proven track record (minimum 1 project), in compliance planning and verification & validation analysis for product release
Advanced experience of the Systems Development Lifecycle process
Intermediate experience of requirement decomposition and tools (e.g. DOORS)
Intermediate experience defining system / modular architecture
Advanced experience developing system control functions & logic models
Ability to design and set-up experiments and fixtures for testing
CATIA V5 interrogator (minimum)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications.
Essential General Experience:
Technical leadership - Ability to mentor develop functional team members
Confident presenting technical information to a wider audience including senior stakeholders and internal customers
Live the culture of Plan-Do-Check-Act and continuous improvement
Hands-on approach Have a real desire to be up close to the components and people that build our systems.
Desirable:
Working experience delivering system designs using MBSE toolbox (e.g. SysML)
Experience in safety assessment software/toolbox FTA and FMEA (e.g. ANSYS Medini, Isograph)
Proficiency in multi-domain modelling/simulation packages (e.g. MATLAB, Simulink, Simscape, Amesim)We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do.



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