Senior Requirements Engineers

Job title: Senior Requirements Engineers

Company: Atomic Weapons Establishment


Job description: Job Title: Senior Requirements EngineersLocation: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.Package: £45,000 – £70,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.Let us introduce the roleAWE is currently recruiting for experienced Systems Engineers (Requirements) to join a growing multi-disciplinary team that support a range of activities from system engineering on our core warhead products, to applying systems thinking across our whole organisation.Working within the Warhead Systems Engineering Group, responsible for systems engineering support to projects, programmes and portfolios across our enterprise, We are standing up new requirements engineering capabilities in key business areas, such as our Programme Management Office, and our weapon delivery programmes.Several vacancies exist supporting the business at the enterprise-level, as well as more technical roles supporting the project level. These are exciting opportunities to work across our diverse business, and would suit those who want to get out, drive direction and lead change. With demand for these roles increasing as we ramp up the delivery of our current and future warhead programmes, you will be a key part in growing our capability.Who are we looking for?We would like you to be an enthusiastic, adaptable and proactive individual who enjoys working with a diverse range of stakeholders to find solutions to complex engineering problems. Ideally you would have experience in requirements elicitation at either product, project or capability levels, however there are opportunities for re-training available. Office based due to classification of work (some hybrid working may be available)We do need you to have the following skills and experience in :

• The application of systems thinking in a technical role
• Stakeholder collaboration and inclusion
• Being proactive, a self-starter and organised
• Being inquisitive, not afraid to ask questions or challenge
• Data analysis and technical report writing
• A Degree in a STEM discipline, equivalent NQF level 6 qualification or equivalent experience

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Leading on stakeholder engagement activities to collaborate with the business, the customer (MoD), government agencies and regulators
• The development and use of tools and techniques to conduct impact analysis and assessments
• Supporting Subject Matter Experts to help define the solution space
• Capturing and translating stakeholder vision into requirement sets
• The development of Concept of Operations and system architectures
• Generation and management of Validation & Verification needs and evidence
• Producing high quality technical reports, presentations and project artefacts as required by Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes and project delivery
• Developing your own expertise in the area, keeping up to date with the latest tools and techniques in a discipline that is seeing fast global growth
• To provide mentoring and support in the development of less experienced Requirements Engineers, and other stakeholders

Desirable experience:

• Elicitation and development of requirements for complex projects or systems
• Derivation and allocation of requirements to system elements
• Development, tailoring and documenting of requirements management processes and procedures at an enterprise or project level
• Implementation of requirements management in combination with Model Based Systems Engineering frameworks, approaches and tools
• Mentoring and coaching of less experienced colleagues
• Use of formal requirements management tools (e.g. DOORS, Polarion)
• Working within a highly regulated industry
• Charters status, or working towards, with an appropriate professional body

Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave – 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave – 4 Weeks Full Pay
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring

The ‘Working at AWE’ page on our website is where you can find full details in the ‘AWE Benefits Guide’.You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role and be willing and able to travel within the UK and overseas if required#LI-GDPlease note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.

Expected salary: £45000 – 70000 per year

Location: Aldermaston, Berkshire

Job date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:41:21 GMT

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