Systems Engineer
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ISGS11442
E1464I / Systems Engineer Stf
Whiteley
IS&GS - Transportation and Energy - NATS
Description of Business Environment:
Lockheed Martin is a large, multi-national corporation specialising in the management of
complex technology programmes. The Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS)
Engineering & Technology Capability (E&TC) Organisation supports Public Services,
Security & Defence and Transportation & Energy lines of business in various UK
locations, including Farnborough, Gloucester, Lincoln, London, Malvern and Whiteley.
Internationally, the IS&GS E&TC Organisation comprises 15,600 engineers, providing
our UK workforce with access to a wide-range of skilled technical professionals and
Lockheed Martin expertise, technology and capabilities.
Our products and services include: Air Traffic Management, Communications Systems
(Data Links), Geospatial Intelligence, Information Assurance, Information
Communications Technology, Intelligence Analysis Applications, IT and Network Design
and Support.
Working at a customer site, this contract provides support to NATS (National Air Traffic
Systems) in maintaining the existing operational systems. This program of work will run
parrallel to Lockheed Martin providing guidance, support and key Systems Engineering
input into the new and exciting venture to completely replace these existing systems by
developing a new strategic platform specifically for the ATM business.
Your personal input into this new platform design will help NATS lead the way in ATM
technology, with the rest of Europe watching. Lockheed Martin are the partner of choice
to assist NATS in this journey, performing key roles to deliver individual systems and
also in an overarching role to aid the successful integration of the system of systems
capability.
Lockheed Martin are looking for Systems Engineers to be part of the LM/NATS project
team to help shape, define, design, develop and deliver these new solutions. This is
an great opportunity to work within an established, professional team, and to be
responsible for helping to define the functionality of future air traffic control systems for
the UK.
Specific Job Description:
The Systems Engineers will be responsible for understanding and translating the
customer needs and assist in the delivery of innovative solutions to these challenging
customer problems. The role will be to work as part of an energised team throughout the
whole engineering lifecycle, to ensure the successful and focused delivery of solutions.
This role will involve close liaison with the Customer and Supplier communities, along
with working closely with the Programme and Project Management Teams in Lockheed
Martin.
The successful candidate will need to have extensive Systems Engineering experience,
preferably including a demonstrable knowledge of Enterprise Bus/Service Orientated
Architecture based systems with the ability to converse as the high level architecture as
well as the low level design layers. Experience in designing Cloud based Platforms
would also be an advantage.
Required Skills:
 To provide a demonstrable knowledge of Cloud based Platforms, including:
Hypervisor – VMWare, Compute - CISCO UCS, Storage - Netapp FAS/IBM storwise
Networks – CISCO (LAN and WAN), Firewalls – Checkpoint ITSM – CA.
Automation – VMWare vRealize/BMC CMP/Cisco UCSD/HP
 Rapid conversion of high level requirements and Enterprise architectures into a
Software Architecture to enable acurate estimating to be achieved.
 An ability to understand and translate customer needs and expectations, ensuring
this results in the generation of mutually beneficial solutions and/or alternatives
 Comprehensive understanding and demonstrable implementation experience of all
stages of the systems engineering lifecycle at the portfolio/systems integration level
 Experience in working and leading teams in Agile Scrum and aIternative working
methodologies – including Scrum Masters & Backlog Prioritisation experience
 Ability to lead, encorage and influence cross functional and multi location teams
 Ability to define new processes and drive these through to their implementation
 Confidence to work independently and within a fast-paced team
 Enthusiastic self-starter with excellent verbal communication skills and able to
present to other SE’s members of the team, or customers at any level.
 Excellent written communication through the use of e-mail & formal reports
 Experience of complex systems of systems programmes
 Experience of systems integration programmes
 Experience of architecture development and managing development across multiple,
new and complex interfaces
 Experience of transitioning from legacy systems to new capabilities
 Experience of working with multiple suppliers and customers
 It is essential to possess a sound understanding of the key principles of software
engineering, and integration and test
Standard Job Description:
Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and
risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analysis is
performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication,
test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and
systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions
that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional
analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface
definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software
specifications.
Typical Minimum Education & Experience:
Ideally require a Bachelors degree from an accredited college and capability typically
achieved through demonstrable professional experience. Will also consider individuals
with equivalent experience / combined education. Considered an emerging authority