Systems Engineer
National Physical Laboratory • Teddington, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
25 days ago
Salary
£40,138.00 yearly
Job type
- Full-time
Job description
- Our world-leading Time & Frequency department is seeking a experienced Systems Engineer with proven expertise in application of Systems Engineering principles and systems development approaches. This is an exceptional opportunity to join the global authority in precision timing at a defining moment for UK digital infrastructure. Backed by a government investment of £180 million in the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme, we are developing a world-first resilient time distribution capability that will provide industry with a robust complement to satellite systems (such as GPS) – which are increasingly vulnerable to disruption from solar storms, jamming and spoofing. This will underpin essential services, including
- Telecommunications,
- Online banking,
- Emergency response,
- Transport networks, and
- Wider digital and data-driven operations.
- Supporting early lifecycle systems engineering activities, including concept definition, functional decomposition, and requirements development
- Defining system and subsystem architectures, including boundaries, interfaces, and packaging in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams
- Modelling and analysing system behaviour, interfaces, and performance to inform design decisions and reduce technical risk
- Identifying, assessing, and communicating technical risks, assumptions, and trade-offs clearly and proportionately
- Producing clear, structured systems engineering artefacts (requirements, architectures, models) in line with internal processes, to time, cost, and quality
- Ensuring traceability from user needs through to system requirements and design decisions across the product lifecycle