Lead Systems Verification Engineer

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This role is perfect for anyone looking to grow their career as a technical leader within an exciting and expanding industry. As a Lead Verification Engineer in our Systems and Software team, you will be a senior member of the Systems Verification Engineering team responsible for testing and troubleshooting a new electrical power distribution system within our state of the art Electrical Power Integration Centre (EPIC). This role is key to the development of safety-critical software for the system. Alongside senior engineers, you will be mentored and coached into an engineer capable of owning packages of technical work required to deliver on both Safety of Flight and Certification verification activities over the next few years. You will be passionate about ensuring high-quality requirements, and relish architecting a design to meet those requirements that stand the test of time. You will have experience of verification & validation, and you will thrive on solving technical problems, in collaboration with other engineering functions.
You will be joining an inclusive and diverse team of experienced technical systems and software engineers who care about ensuring full lifecycle completeness and consistency. We are committed to improving our project execution through taking a lean and innovative approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement. We share technical knowledge and lessons learnt with others in the team, the department and across the wider engineering organisation. We are passionate about professional growth and developing our team culture, capability & capacity to meet customer needs whilst enabling every engineer to reach their potential through continuous learning. If this sounds like an environment in which you would thrive, then apply now! Job Description

The Role & Essential Responsibilities

Technical:

You will use your experience of the full design-to-release lifecycle to be a senior member of the team delivering the Systems Verification and Integration phases of a power distribution system. As such you will own and deliver the more complex tests and issues or larger packages of work. You will be joining a dynamic environment that enables every engineer to reach their potential as the team switches from design definition to design verification through to final delivery.

You will contribute to the development of a Lab environment suitable for troubleshooting and testing a new electrical power distribution system. If the test fails then you will apply your Systems Engineering knowledge to analyse the results and either update the test procedure or enable the software team to de-bug the software. You will design in modifications into the systems lab environment and perform hands-on systems testing to expand on your knowledge of test equipment and processes for working safely in high power environments.

Coaching and Teaching:

You will be committed to inclusion and diversity and passionate about coaching and technically developing engineers to reach their potential.

Global Teams:

We partner across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design and support capabilities of our global teams. By joining our team, you will commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a strong organisation!

Planning and Delivery:

Providing support to project leadership in planning activities to ensure that the technical scope is accurately captured. Lead the team to work to this agreed plan and hold them to account for the agreed priorities and milestones.

Customer Focus:

You will effectively collaborate with the customer and other engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure that all milestones and deliverables are met.

Career Development:

By joining GE Aviation at Cheltenham, ultimately, as part of a healthy Power team, you will have the opportunity to move projects and roles to provide variety and grow your responsibility as your experience increases.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Previous experience in team-based projects providing direction and coaching to less experienced staff.
• An appropriate degree or HND in Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Physics or similar subject, or equivalent experience shows a logical mindset, alongside good problem solving and solution building skills.
• Previous experience in an aviation, automotive or similar embedded systems development environment demonstrates understanding of working to rigorous industry mandated development standards; for example, ARP4754A. This shows a knowledge of working with complex system designs, for implementation in hardware and software.
• Strong organisation and communication skills
• Experience of the systems design lifecycle will help you in activities such as capturing, understanding and documenting the customer’s system and testing requirements. Strong understanding of what makes a good requirement and how this impacts validation.
• Good appreciation of baseline management is essential.
• Knowledge of different verification strategies and test equipment will aid in creating, updating and performing systems tests – be it script-based automated tests, or writing procedures for manual actions. Knowledge of test infrastructure and design of testing facilities is key to success in this role.
• The ability to leverage your experience to contribute to the modification of the power distribution systems architecture (in collaboration with other technical leads and the customers based on feedback received from testing).

Desired Characteristics

A passion for engineering and sustainability with a keen interest in industry trends and electrification of aircraft will enable you to contribute to the growth of the business portfolio of next generation of market-leading products!

A positive attitude, initiative, pro-activeness and an enthusiasm and passion for Systems Engineering will help you succeed in the department. If you share our team vision to demonstrate success by achieving and exceeding customer expectations, then apply now!

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

At GE Aviation we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible. As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;

• Non-contributory Pension
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover
• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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