Senior Systems Engineer - West Dublin

Senior Systems Engineer - West Dublin.

Our client seeks a highly motivated Senior Systems Engineer to join the Engineering team. The successful candidate shall be a self-motivated individual with an ability to work independently across a wide range of disciplines, and with an aptitude to self-manage tasks and assignments. Additionally, strong cross-functional collaboration skills are essential.

Role Purpose:

The role will involve assisting with design, test and documentation for products and systems for space programs. The ideal candidate will be an all-rounder with a mix of experience in electronic design, hardware test, data analysis and software development. An understanding of classical mechanics is an advantage.

The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary engineering team responsible for designing complex measurement systems. Day-to-day activities will include work on system specifications, project documentation, system interfaces, system analyses, and system tests.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Review and analysis of customer requirements.

• Hardware test at electronic and system level.
• Participate and lead system-level analyses, including reliability, worst-case, FMECA, and parts-stress.

• Environmental testing, including mechanical load tests, thermal tests, and EMC tests.
• Contribute towards design solutions to determine compliance with relevant standards and specifications.

• Collaborate with other members of the team on product and/or system design.
• Liaise with hardware and FPGA designers, and 3rd party vendors.
• Write technical documentation including specifications, technical notes, compliance matrices and reports.

• Develop and maintain system-level program documentation.
• Participate in all system and subsystem integration and acceptance testing.
• Attend meetings and create technical presentations to share with customers.

Experience & Qualifications requirements:

• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar systems engineering role.

• University degree in engineering.
• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is essential.

• High level of attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret and/or analyse schematics for electronic designs.
• Knowledge of various types of sensors and how they interface with electronic systems.
• Knowledge of analogue and digital electronics, and an understanding of the boundaries between them is an asset.
• A good aptitude for mechanical reasoning.
• Relevant experience in product/system design and test.
• Familiarity with test lab environment, including expertise with test instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, and network analysers.
• Familiarity with European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) and/or previous experience with working on aerospace projects would be an advantage.
• Willingness to work on documentation for prolonged periods.

• Knowledge and practical experience with:
• Python
• LabVIEW
• MATLAB/Simulink

• Knowledge of system analyses such as:

• Performance analysis
• EMC/ESD analysis

• Radiation analysis

• Reliability analysis
• Worst-case analysis
• FMEA/FMECA analysis