On behalf of our client, we are seeking a Nuclear Hardening Systems Engineer to join their team on an initial 6-month contract in Portsmouth.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing Nuclear Hardening (NH) compliant solutions for ground-based Military Satellite Communications (MilSatCom) infrastructure, supporting requirements analysis, design, verification and stakeholder engagement activities.

Role: Nuclear Hardening Systems Engineer
Pay: £80 per hour Via Umbrella
Location: Portsmouth
Contract: Monday- Friday, 37 Hours per week, 6 -month contract
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: SC required on submission, UK Eyes only project

Responsibilities
 

• Engage with stakeholders to capture, analyse and validate Nuclear Hardening (NH) requirements.
• Define the scope and boundaries of the solution to be developed.
• Elicit, analyse and validate NH requirements whilst considering the complete system lifecycle.
• Develop and define system architectures in collaboration with IS/IT specialists, ensuring compliance with functional and non-functional requirements.
• Identify and implement mitigation measures to achieve compliance with NH requirements based on the installation environment.
• Develop and justify compliance strategies for NH requirements within a military fixed ground installation environment.
• Produce NH analyses, compliance assessments, mitigation plans and associated test documentation.
• Lead engagement with external test houses to define and agree verification approaches.
• Lead engagement with customer stakeholders to agree NH compliance strategies and solutions.
• Lead system modelling activities using appropriate systems engineering methodologies and tools.
• Conduct technical and performance analysis to support solution development.
• Perform trade studies and option assessments to identify the optimum solution.
• Support system integration, verification, validation and transition into operation

Essential Skills
 

• Demonstrable experience addressing Nuclear Hardening-compliant equipment installations.
• Familiarity with relevant Nuclear Hardening standards and compliance requirements.
• Experience with NH analysis, test specifications, procedures, setups and data interpretation.
• Strong customer requirements analysis and systems engineering experience.
• System-level NH design, development and implementation, including Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) environments and associated mitigations.
• Experience in the selection and integration of NH-compliant equipment.
• Practical experience installing electrical equipment, including rack integration and compliant cabling practices.
• Strong understanding of electromagnetic interference (EMI) effects and mitigation techniques.
• Relevant electrical safety qualifications or certifications.
• Experience generating test plans and verification documentation for electrical equipment installations, ideally within NH environments.
• Experience of system verification, validation and integration activities.
• Ability to safeguard security-classified and export-controlled information

English: Negotiation level. Other languages would be a plus.
If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Natalie Dalkin at Line Up Aviation

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