System Engineer - Functional Integration Engineer

We're working with a major client delivering Britain's high-speed rail infrastructure programme, and we're recruiting a Functional Integration Engineer to undertake technical analysis for the functional integration of the railway.

This is a systems engineering role at the heart of how multiple complex sub-systems come together to create a functioning railway. The new railway has been broken down into major and minor functional blocks, numbering around 225, and your work ensures that all these blocks integrate correctly and work together as a unified system. You'll work within the systems integration framework, analyzing operations and maintenance concepts to define what the railway needs to do, and then translating that into architecture, interfaces and technical solutions that suppliers deliver.

You'll combine deep systems engineering expertise with the ability to work across multiple disciplines, resolve technical trade-offs and engage collaboratively with internal teams and external suppliers. Your work ensures that all the pieces of the railway fit together, work reliably and meet operational requirements.

What You'll Be Doing

• Undertake systematic analysis of operations and maintenance concepts to define railway functionality in terms of sub-system requirements, system architecture and interfaces
• Provide systems engineering technical support on how multiple sub-systems combine to deliver required functionality
• Work with discipline subject matter experts to develop specifications and technical solutions for functional integration
• Use systems engineering tools and techniques including interface management, requirements management and model-based approaches
• Engage with internal teams including railway systems, rolling stock, stations and civil engineering to understand their technical contributions
• Monitor, review and assure the delivery of holistic technical solutions from design through testing and commissioning
• Identify and resolve technical trade-offs between sub-systems where requirements are demanding or technical boundaries are unclear
• Ensure safety and human factors considerations are fully integrated into the functional integration process
• Support technical assurance of functional design during delivery phases and work with governance to resolve issues
• Recommend cost-effective technical solutions to governance panels that meet functional requirements

What We're Looking For

You're a systems engineer with substantial experience working in complex, multi-disciplinary, safety-critical railway environments. You understand how different engineering sub-systems integrate and interface with each other, and you can analyze operations and maintenance requirements to translate them into engineering solutions.

You're experienced with model-based systems engineering tools such as DOORS and Enterprise Architect, and you understand interface and requirements management approaches. You have practical knowledge of railway operations and maintenance, and you understand how ergonomics and human factors affect system design.

You understand system safety and the Common Safety Method for risk evaluation. You're working towards Chartered Engineer status or can demonstrate equivalent professional experience. You can communicate systems engineering concepts clearly to technical colleagues and senior stakeholders. You're comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment where technical trade-offs need to be resolved through negotiation and analysis.

Your experience could be gained from other sectors than rail, such as Automotive, Defence, Aviation or Nuclear.