Systems Equipment Engineer

Systems Equipment Engineer

Location: Hybrid / Preston

Job type: Full time

Salary: Competitive

Delkia is a specialist engineering & technology company for safetyrelated and mission critical systems in highly regulated sectors including Aerospace Clean Energy and Maritime sectors.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit several experienced Mission and Flight Systems Equipment Engineers to join our dynamic and growing team at Delkia.

Overview of the role

Delkia are looking to provide suitably qualified and experienced equipment engineering support to a major local defence contractor. These roles will provide equipment level engineering and supplier management expertise across a range of complex electronic hardware / Line Replaceable Items. Successful candidates will be able to operate autonomously across the full equipment lifecycle including technical specification and design review through to qualification inservice support and obsolescence management. This will involve working closely with other engineering stakeholders and associated supply chains.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the suppliers engineering programme.
• Ensuring distribution of design specification to the suppliers
• Liaison with procurement for technical advice and supplier liaison
• Review and process supplier technical documentation (DRLs) plus review and acceptance of any resulting amendments.
• Coordinate evidence to support Certificate of Design delivery including Technical Publications and Logistical support aspects.
• Manage Change Application through CCBs including recommending Type Change Classifications
• Support Certification Plan deliverable to the satisfaction of the CVEs.
• Support equipment Qualification Plans associated with Certification optimising installation rig and flight testing as required.
• Facilitate Certification gate review(s) with equipment CVE as the Design Authority
• Facilitate and witness rig and flight test activities as required in relation to equipment certification.
• Support to Physical/Functional Configuration Audits
• Advising on InService Fault Investigations and Queries

Desired Qualifications / Prerequisites:

• Engineering Degree qualified or equivalent
• 5 years experience in Avionic Engineering domain
• Demonstrable experience and training of critically reviewing product related regulations and standards establishing a robust process to assuring customer deliverables.
• Expertise in the principles and application of ARP 4754 RTCA DO178 RTCA DO200 RTCA DO254 and RTCA DO330 or Equivalents
• An indepth understanding of the full product lifecycle of programmes particularly for the UK MoD and the MoD customer acquisition processes
• Broad Systems engineering lifecycle knowledge (ISO15288.1) and application of associated Technical Reviews
• Understanding of the MAA Regulatory Environment and MACP
• Familiar with Avionic supply chains and capabilities

Benefits:

• Flexible Working
• Training and Development
• Excellent Company Standards
• CycleToWork Scheme
• Health Care
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Benefits Package
• Great team spirit
• Organised social events.
• Professional membership

Company Overview

Delkia is a specialist engineering & technology company for safetyrelated & missioncritical systems.

Our mission is to enable a safer more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role to be the partner of choice for safetyrelated and safetycritical systems ensuring the protection of people assets and missions that matter most.

Team Delkia delivers safe and highly assured products and services to customers to secure operations we save lives and safeguard critical assets.

The companys Head Office is at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria as well as a systems integration assembly & testing facility based in Egremont Cumbria. Delkia also has design offices in Preston Lancashire.

Vision

To be the UKs leading engineering & technology partner for safetyrelated & missioncritical systems.

Mission

To enable a safer more resilient world through the provision of engineering & technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safetycritical systems ensuring the protection of people assets & missions that matter most.

Values

• Collaboration and teamwork
• Integrity trust and accountability
• Safety and security
• Client focused.
• Social value and impact
• Continuous improvement

Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex race disability age sexual orientation gender reassignment religion or belief marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to security vetting restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality any previous nationalities you have held and your place of birth may limit the roles you can perform.

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process please get in touch to discuss.