System Engineer

 

Recruiter:

Phanda Personnel CC

Job Ref:

SE 11/22

Date posted:

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Location:

CapeTown, South Africa

Salary:

Cost to company


SUMMARY:
System Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Purpose of the job:

To work as part of a team executing the systems engineering during design, construction, integration, verification and commissioning of Mid Dishes and associated supporting systems, both in the laboratories in Cape Town and on site at Carnarvon in the Northern

Cape.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Plan and execute assembly, integration and verification of complicated systems, both in the laboratory and in the field.
  • Responsible for systems engineering over multiple lifecycle phases with a strong ability to address the specialty engineering and "ilities" of systems design, for subsystems and systems with medium criticality.
  • Establishing baselines and design configurations, including preparing and implementing engineering changes to the baselines.
  • Performing detail engineering analysis and synthesis of alternative solutions derived from unclear or vague specifications.
  • Reviewing and integrating multiple activity reports into system level analysis and reports to ensure quality and integrity of results and recommendations.
  • Provide *field engineering* services after delivery to aid in fault diagnostics and rectification.
  • Coaching or mentoring one or more young engineers in the field of engineering and specifically systems engineering.
  • Participate in work teams focussed on Project or Programme planning and strategic decision making.
  • Contribute to the organisational maturity through the maintenance and upgrade of engineering processes within his/her realm of responsibility.

 

Key Requirements:

Qualification:

  • B.Eng/B.Sc (Eng) with 4+ years; OR
  • M.Eng with 3+ years; OR
  • PhD/D.Eng with 1+ years

 

Experience:

  • Integration, test and verification of complicated systems.
  • Applied Systems Engineering across the multiple lifecycle stages of a system or product, at all levels up to user systems (L5) of the systems hierarchy.
  • Use of Computer-aided Systems Engineering Tools (e.g. CORE)
  • Application and control of systems engineering processes and procedures.
  • Baseline establishment and management.
  • Change control

 

Knowledge:

  • Recognised domain knowledge of systems engineering, technology and/or software, based on theoretical aspects and experience in systems engineering methods, procedures, tools and techniques.
  • Configuration management and configuration management systems.
  • Systems Engineering Standards, e.g. ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 & 15289,
  • Quality assurance systems (ISO 9001)
  • Knowledge of the PFMA and related procurement regulations

 

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