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Role: Systems Engineer / Consultant

Location: Candidates can be based at either of the below sites on a hybrid basis – 3 days per week site/office presence as a minimum.

• Birchwood, Warrington WA3 6XG
• West Burton Power Station, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 9BL
• Milton Park, Oxfordshire OX14 4RY

Salary: Up to £50,000 DOE

There has never been a more exciting time to join NUVIA UK. As a result of significant growth and major contract awards, including the STEP fusion programme and major frameworks supporting the UK's defence and nuclear infrastructure, we are expanding our capability and delivering some of the UK's most innovative and strategically important programmes. Operating across the nuclear, defence and energy sectors, our work supports critical national infrastructure, strengthens energy security and contributes to the UK's long-term resilience.

Purpose of the job

As a member of the Consultancy Team, you will undertake defined systems engineering activities across multidisciplinary projects, supporting the successful development, integration and delivery of complex engineering solutions. You will work independently within your area of competence and seek guidance when activities are unfamiliar or outside your delegated authority.

You will join Nuvia’s Systems Engineering consultancy team and work could take the form of secondment to Nuvia’s customers or support to internal EPC projects.

Reports to

Systems Engineering Manager, Principal Systems Engineer or Senior Systems Engineer

The role may also report functionally or operationally to an Engineering Manager or Project Manager while deployed on a project or customer assignment.

Responsibilities

Systems Engineering Delivery

• Undertake defined systems engineering activities across projects and customer assignments, seeking technical guidance where required.
• Apply established systems engineering approaches, plans, processes and governance appropriate to the assigned scope and lifecycle stage.
• Provide systems engineering analysis and technical input to project teams and engineering disciplines.
• Apply systems thinking, structured problem solving and systems engineering practice to analysis and decision making.

Requirements, Architecture and Integration

• Support the definition and management of stakeholder needs, requirements and acceptance criteria within assigned scope.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of system, functional and physical architectures.
• Identify, define and maintain internal and external interfaces within assigned scope.
• Support technical integration across systems, engineering disciplines, suppliers and lifecycle stages.
• Undertake planned verification, validation and requirements compliance activities.

Technical Governance and Assurance

• Produce systems engineering deliverables for review and approval
• Contribute to technical, design, assurance and safety reviews.
• Maintain systems engineering information so that it is controlled, traceable and current throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Identify and record technical risks, assumptions, dependencies and engineering decisions within assigned scope.
• Work in accordance with applicable legislation, standards, customer requirements and company arrangements.

Project and Commercial Delivery

• Plan and deliver assigned systems engineering tasks, deliverables and technical inputs.
• Deliver assigned activities to the required quality, cost and programme.
• Work with suppliers and subcontractors to support delivery of assigned systems engineering activities.
• Provide technical information and supporting inputs to tenders where required.

People and Capability Development

• Work collaboratively with other engineers and share systems engineering knowledge and good practice
• Support team and recruitment activities where required.
• Contribute ideas and lessons learned to improve systems engineering processes, methods, tools and guidance.
• Promote a culture of safety, collaboration, technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Mandatory

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering or technical discipline
• Experience applying systems engineering principles and methods within engineering projects.
• Experience of engineering projects; experience in a highly regulated environment is desirable.
• Experience using requirements and engineering lifecycle management database software tools.
• Good communication and stakeholder engagement skills,
• Ability to work effectively with customers and multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Understanding of assurance, configuration management, safety, risk, change and engineering governance.
• Awareness of technical scope, cost, schedule and supplier delivery.

Desirable

• Experience using MBSE tools such as Capella, Cameo or equivalent.
• INCOSE ASEP or equivalent systems engineering professional certification.
• Working towards professional registration through an appropriate engineering institution.
• Experience of engineering consultancy or customer secondment.
• Full UK driving licence.