Software Systems Engineer

Your role

Technical Management

• Leading, planning and managing the Software System Engineering process for development and contractual projects within SGD and ensure a sound system baseline for assigned projects.
• Create and maintain the System Software Development and Requirements documentation for embedded systems as well as ground support software.
• System Software architect design and if required additional Software System related design.
• System Software Requirements Analysis and deriving lower-level sub-systems requirements.
• Lead and coordinate TDAs in the subsystem NRE SW development process
• System Software Interface Requirements documentation.
• Integrate, verify and validate project System Software baselines.
• Ensure compliance and delivery of verification and validation documentation.
• Responsible for Software Development Life Cycle artefacts required for domain related requirement eg Flight Safety and certification.
• Maintain a System Software baseline thought the Software lifecycle.
• Provide support to the System Engineer in the System development, Integration and Test activities to an accepted Software baseline.
• Provide technical support to Marketing, Bid Office and Product Management groups when required.
• Provide inputs into quotes and tender costs relating to NRE, their timescales, resources, WBS etc as required.

Client and Vendor Management

• Ensure effective internal client relations through the provision of inputs/technical assistance where required.
• Assist SE and/or PjM with the following:
• inputs into project schedules.
• integration activities, test baselines, trials and technical requirements.
• effective external customer relationships as needed during the execution of the customer project
• Support the Marketing, Product Management, Project Management and In-Service Support Manager where required.

Financial Management

• Provide inputs into quotes and tender costs relating to Program Specific Development NRE their timescales, resources WBS etc.

Business Process Management

• Determine SW requirements and provide technical feedback to the relevant Product and Technical Product Managers.
• Provide inputs for technical proposals with respect to architecture, compliance, NRE requirements and system SW integration cost estimates
• Provide inputs for technical proposals with respect to SW architecture, compliance, NRE requirements and SW integration cost estimates.

Your profile

Required skills

• Knowledge and previous experience in software development in accordance with RTCA DO 178B/C.
• Advanced knowledge of Software Systems Engineering processes and practices.
• Cyber security knowledge would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of Software Simulation Models to support SW development advantageous.
• Specific experience in the military environment advantageous Airborne, Naval and/or Land.
• Specific experience in the defence EW environment advantageous eg.
• Airborne EW: Radar Warning, Missile Warning, Laser Warning and Countermeasures
• Naval EW: Radar Warning, Laser Warning, Naval ESM HMI
• Land Survivability: Laser Warning, Effectors, Hardkill
• Experience with Avicom SW development or similar defence communication systems would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of SW development planning methodologies suited for Avicom-type projects.

Practical skills

• 5+ years' experience in military SW development and/or environment
• High competence and prior experience with DOORS
• 5+ years' Software Systems Engineering related experience, preferably on executing customer projects
• Generating and compiling of development plans, specifications and test plans and procedures.
• Software and Hardware environments:
• Computer Hardware Operating systems [such as Linux], performance, Utilization etc.
• Computer networking architecture etc.
• Communications Protocols
• Prior SW development experience, specifically embedded SW development.
• Exposure to CASE tools such as Enterprise Architect. Making use of UML/SysML etc.
• Programming languages: C, C++, Python
• Experience in automated testing will be advantageous
• Project Management tools: Experience with MS Project and JIRA for SW development monitoring and reporting advantageous

Competencies

• SE principles
• Systems Thinking
• Life Cycles
• Systems Modelling and analysis
• Professional Competencies
• Communication Internal and external
• Technical Leadership
• Negotiation

Technical Competencies

• Requirements Analysis
• SW Requirements writing
• Software Architecting
• Software System Integration
• Software System Verification and Validation
• SSE Management
• Planning, Monitoring and Control
• Decision Management
• Configuration Management
• SW development Risk and Opportunity Management
• Integrating competencies
• Technical SW Project Management
• SW integration and testing
• Fault finding and isolation

Qualification

• Bsc Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering Degree or similar tertiary qualification

Deadline:25th September,2026