Aviation Engineer - SC

Contract | Inside IR35 | £#removed# per day | Abbey Wood - 2 days per week | Until March 2027 | SC Clearance

SR2 is partnering with an exciting client operating across complex UK defence programmes to find a Senior Complex Weapons / Aviation Engineer .

This is an engineering position supporting the development, integration, assurance and testing of complex weapon and aviation systems .

We're particularly interested in hearing from experienced defence engineers who have worked within DE&S, Dstl, MBDA, QinetiQ, defence aviation, the Armed Forces or similar complex engineering environments .

The Role

Working alongside the client and wider engineering stakeholders, you'll support complex engineering activity throughout the system lifecycle.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and supporting complex weapons and aviation engineering activities
• Supporting weapons development and the integration of novel capabilities
• Developing and maintaining System Requirements Documents (SRDs)
• Developing and contributing to ITEAPs
• Planning and supporting Test & Evaluation (T&E) activities
• Leading/supporting Verification & Validation (V&V)
• Managing the integration of novel systems and technologies
• Reviewing and assuring supplier technical evidence
• Supporting engineering safety and hazard activities
• Contributing to aviation safety and airworthiness
• Working with technical authorities, regulators and other key stakeholders
• Supporting activity involving UK test ranges
• Working across customer, supplier, engineering and programme teams to ensure technical requirements are understood and delivered

What We're Looking For

You’ll ideally bring a strong combination of:

• Significant experience within Complex Weapons, aviation, aerospace or defence engineering
• Strong Systems Engineering knowledge
• Weapons development and/or weapons integration experience
• Practical experience of Test & Evaluation
• Strong understanding of V&V
• Experience developing or working with SRDs
• Knowledge of ITEAPs or equivalent integration, test, evaluation and acceptance planning
• Experience assuring supplier engineering outputs and technical evidence
• Knowledge of safety, hazards and engineering assurance
• Aviation and/or airworthiness experience
• Experience delivering within highly regulated, safety-critical engineering environments
• Strong stakeholder and supplier management skills

Particularly Relevant Backgrounds

We’d be keen to speak with people who have worked within or alongside:

• DE&S
• Dstl
• MBDA
• QinetiQ
• BAE Systems
• Leonardo
• Thales
• Defence aviation programmes
• Complex Weapons programmes
• UK Armed Forces engineering environments
• Defence consultancies and engineering partners

We’re also keen to hear from ex-military engineers whose experience in weapons, aviation, avionics, systems engineering, integration or test is transferable into the programme.

If your background covers Complex Weapons, aviation systems, T&E, V&V, systems integration or airworthiness , we’d be interested in hearing from you.

We welcome applications from people of all genders and backgrounds who can demonstrate the required experience.

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