Lead Systems Engineer

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

• Functional area: engineering.
• Country: United Kingdom.
• City: Bristol.
• Company name: Edwards Ltd.
• Date of posting: August 19, 2024.

Edwards abatement solutions is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer in Clevedon.

Edwards is a global leader in inventing and producing abatement systems for the semiconductor industry. As part of the Atlas Copco Group, employees have global opportunities. Edwards solutions are required for several manufacturing processes, including semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs, and solar.We are an environmental company that helps clients reduce the greenhouse emissions produced while manufacturing microchips.

We are naturally diverse yet choose to be inclusive.We realise that great ideas come from all of us. We welcome our many experiences and viewpoints in order to foster an open, safe, and innovative culture in which we all feel a sense of belonging and purpose. Being an employer in a male-dominated industry. Our goal is to encourage more diversity in our company. We offer a full suite of family-friendly policies, including flexible working hours, shared parental leave, a separate express room for new mothers, and a fertility policy.

We are happy to collaborate with InnovateHer, an initiative dedicated to promoting diversity and supporting young women in technology. Together, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace and encouraging the next generation of innovators. You can learn more about InnovateHer here: https://www.innovateher.co.uk/.

Mission –

This new post, which reports to the Senior Engineering Manager, will be directly responsible for directing, enabling, and motivating a growing team of Systems Engineers for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Responsibility will cover idea to customer commissioning and field trials, and the application of best-practice engineering will assure on-time delivery, within the strategic operating budget, and to specification.

Main responsibilities

Work in the heart of our engineering and product development teams, using Systems Engineering tools and approaches to extract meaning from ambiguity.

Transform our product vision into clear and simple requirements utilising Systems Engineering techniques such as Use Cases, Context Diagrams, Architectures, and others.

Use Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies to create Functional, Logical, and Behavioural architectures to better understand the System’s operations and flows.

Collaborate with and successfully influence all of our engineering teams to explain work packages, organise trade-off studies, and resolve technical challenges.

Lead and educate a growing core team of Systems Engineers at various levels of experience to help them progress towards becoming Lead SEs themselves.

Contribute to the development and spirit of the Systems Engineering process, as well as its integration into the larger firm, by training other Systems Engineering professionals on how to overcome technical difficulties.

Ability to work with multiple cross-functional teams.

Follow a Leader-Leader mentality while operating as an emancipated autonomous team.

Experience and Skills

Requirements for Systems Engineering include a bachelor’s degree (required), a master’s degree (preferred), or an equivalent qualification.

At least 5 years of expertise applying best-practice Systems Engineering in a relevant industry is required.

Desirable experience in a regulated, compliance-driven industry, such as semiconductor production equipment, with a focus on product safety and adherence to applicable standards.

Demonstrates strong influencing and negotiation skills across numerous organisational levels.

Capable of taking accountability and leading others, even without direct reports (important).

Requirements include high integrity and accountability, a results-driven mindset, and the ability to set standards and hold others accountable for delivering results.

Experience in coaching others is required.

Demonstrates and teaches best-practice Systems Engineering, transferring information from awareness to actual application.

Edwards provides a variety of benefits, including:

Flexibility at work

25 days of holiday (excluding bank holidays)

Bonus equal to 7.5% of our annual income,

Pension with an employer contribution of up to 8%

Life assurance of four times the base salary

Cash health plan.

Fitness app featuring streamable classes and subsidised membership in some facilities

Thriving Wellbeing Program (supports physical health, mental wellbeing, social connectiveness, and feeling of purpose through clubs such as cycling, caving, football, STEM network, and a variety of activities.)

Wellbeing and Prayer Room

Private expedited room is accessible for new mothers.

Recognition and Reward Programme

Career development opportunities include apprenticeships, mentorship schemes, and more.

Support or sponsorship of formal degrees and professional growth, such as CEng, CIPS, and CIPD.

Free parking

Subsidised Canteen

Charity and volunteer days

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We accept both full-time and part-time applicants.