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# Systems Engineer - Inside IR35 contractor 6-12m

- **Company:** Safran
- **Location:** Pitstone, UK
- **Salary:** £75,599.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Network Interface Controllers, Software Requirements Analysis, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Architecture, System Testing, Safety Critical Systems
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5893080021

## About the Role

We are looking for candidates with a range of skills and experience, but we're also keen to help people grow and develop in this role. If you have some or all of the following, we'd love to hear from you:

 * A degree in Electrical, Electronic, Aeronautical, Systems or Control Engineering or other appropriate professional qualification
 * A strong interest in systems design and integration, and their application to electrical power generation and distribution
 * Work experience in, and a broad understanding of, aircraft or other complex safety-critical systems
 * Use of DOORS software.
 * Good understanding of the System Engineering process and its application to the product lifecycle
 * Experience of understanding and interpreting customer and internal specifications to extract technical requirements, building strong relationships with external and internal customers
 * System architecture decomposition and definition, Integration V&V planning, System requirement definition, Validation, Implementation, System verification etc

## Description

Based at the Centre of Excellence in Pitstone you will work within the Systems Engineering team to lead the development of advanced aircraft electrical power generation, distribution and propulsion systems. A Systems Engineer is required to maintain the correct level of Systems Design throughout a project life cycle. Working within a flexible engineering environment this role will become part of a team of highly motivated, skilled and experienced individuals whose primary activities relate to electrical power generation and distribution systems, and include:

 * System requirement definition, working with the customer in a team context
 * System design including architectures, performance analysis and integration aspects
 * Requirement management and compliance analysis
 * Responsible for Systems related technical decisions and providing the Systems interface to the customer.
 * Participation in system test rig design, test rig commissioning and system testing
 * Support of system testing at the site and customer's facility
 * Preparation of documentation with the end goal of system qualification and aircraft certification (including system specifications, interface control documents, system description documents, test specifications and reports)
 * Support for compiling and collating documentation for Safety of Flight / Certification, and issuing the System Declaration of Design and Performance (DDP)
 * Generation of Project plans and Monthly Execution Plans (MEP) and attending daily stand-up meetings to ensure the Programme Engineering budget is met
 * Supporting new business growth in promoting the company's capability to customers, in investigating possible opportunities and in preparation of responses to customer Requests for Proposal


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