Senior EF PSTS Simulation System Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior EF PSTS Simulation System Engineer

• Focus: High-fidelity Eurofighter Pilot Synthetic Training System (PSTS) simulation

• Key areas: Flight dynamics, avionics models, cockpit/visual systems, control stations, synthetic environment; especially Weapon Simulation System (WSS)

Description

You will support the EF PSTS simulation team by defining system design and system requirements across multiple training devices and projects. The role includes deriving requirements (including for WSS and related subsystems), aligning system architecture across projects, and supporting acceptance, verification, and certification activities as needed. You will also contribute to common acceptance-criteria processes, design reviews, trade studies, lessons learned, and mentoring of junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Define system design and system requirements across several PSTS EF training devices and projects.

• Manage collection of system and customer needs; contribute to system architecture and derive system requirements, including for the Weapon Simulation System (WSS) and related subsystems.

• Support development of a common Training System Acceptance Criteria process with the System Engineering Manager and Acceptance Manager.

• Support preparation for design reviews with internal and external customers (SRRs, PDRs, CDRs).

• Contribute to developing a common future PSTS system design solution across projects, particularly for WSS.

• Support verification, acceptance, and certification activities when required.

• Collaborate with cross-functional and project-specific teams to define the common simulator architecture.

• Conduct trade-off studies and evaluate optimizations, new technologies, and tools.

• Run lessons-learned activities to improve systems engineering best practices for future projects.

• Mentor junior engineers and promote systems engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in systems engineering, aerospace engineering, computer science, or related field (Master’s preferred)

• 5 to 10+ years systems engineering experience

• Experience across the full systems engineering life cycle for complex systems

• Strong requirements management and system modelling tool proficiency (Cameo, Enterprise Architect, DOORS)

• Security clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance

• Very good communication skills for collaboration and mentoring

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (35-hour week)

• Flexible and mobile working; part-time and job-sharing options

• Sabbaticals, professional development, and international career opportunities

• Health programmes with an on-site company doctor

• Catering facilities and childcare at selected locations