Location
New Malden, England
Vacancy Type
Graduate / Student

Role Overview

Sperry Marine is a leading supplier of navigation, communication, information, and automation systems for commercial marine and naval markets.  Headquartered in the United Kingdom, we have an extensive international presence across Europe, the Americas and Asia, employing almost 400 people across ten countries.

We have an exciting 12 month placement opportunity in our Systems Group for an undergraduate currently studying for a degree in a relevant STEM subject. This placement will be at our head office in New Malden, Surrey.

The role will involve experiencing what it is to be a Systems, and Systems Test, Engineer through active participation in our ongoing projects, working alongside industry experts. As part of the Project Team, through interactions and work, you will be exposed to the different disciplines that make up the team, from internal customers in the Product Line Management Team, right through to the customer facing Service Team.

Along with your fellow Placement Students you will also have opportunities to work on side projects that will utilise and grow your skills, whilst completing and delivering tasks that will progress activities within the department. You will ultimately have the opportunity to learn how full lifecycle product development works in the real-world, allowing you to gain an understanding of the various development processes involved, and what it means to work as a team towards a common goal through your collaboration with the wider Engineering Team.

To support your growth and ability to achieve your goals, you would have access to various forms of training and learning. This can include anything from knowledge transfer sessions with subject matter experts within the team, to more formal training sessions or workshops that may be geared towards understanding how to perform certain tasks, understanding process, or how to use certain tools. We fully expect you to put into practice skills you have learnt on your course so far, and once complete take back your experiences into the final years of your course.

 
Key responsibilities include:
  • Conduct systems engineering activities throughout the solution lifecycle for multiple engineering development projects, including following activities:
    • Systems requirements capture, analysis, acceptance and traceability
    • Systems design, integration and acceptance
    • Evidence gathering that the solution is compliant to customer and regulatory requirements
    • Continuous improvement of solution development processes, including new process development and working practices.
    • Coordination with other engineering and non-engineering functions to help solving problems as they arise
    • Identification of technical risks and elaboration of mitigations in coordination with the wider engineering team, the project management and the product line management teams
    • Release, review and coordination of technical documentation to quality and schedule
  • Conduct V&V activities throughout the project lifecycle, including:
    • Analysis and Review Systems requirements and acceptance criteria
    • Support Test Planning, including physical test environment design and setup
    • Update and execution of Test Cases
    • Where possible, support in automation activities, such as automated tooling or tests
    • Investigate defects as they arise to support in their swift resolution
    • Attendance of Sea Trials to verify product updates in the field
    • Support Witness Testing activities conducted by Notified Body and External Test Houses
    • Coordinate with other engineering functions and help solve problems as they arise
    • Prepare for and support Product Release activities in accordance with project schedule, including creation of the final Test Report
    • A hands on tester who is at ease setting up both hardware and software test environments
    • Results orientated, understand how they can help deliver to schedule and budget.
At the end of your placement you will also perform a final placement presentation to select members of the Sperry Marine HR and Engineering Teams.

About You

  • Knowledge of systems requirements management, definition, design, integration, acceptance and analysis
  • Knowledge of System Engineering models and techniques, including Verification & Validation.
  • Able to use logical and creative thinking to solve problems and make decisions
  • Good technical writing skills.
  • Strong IT skills, specifically with MS Office products 
  • Currently studying a relevant engineering / technical subject (e.g. electrical/electronic engineering or similar)
  • Knowledge of requirements management tools (e.g. DOORS or similar) 
  • Analytic & interdisciplinary thinking with an interest in complex tasks
  • Self-starter, can prioritise own work, and can work with a high degree of independence
  • Requires minimum supervision and thrives working in a multidisciplinary team
  • Thorough and analytical
  • Able to deal with internal and external stakeholders in a professional way, both in person, over the phone and by email
  • Is a team player, and can create, develop and maintain productive working relationships
  • Right to work in the UK required

If this sounds like it matches your experience and what you’d love to do, we can’t wait to hear from you! And because we believe that diverse teams perform better, we’d especially love to hear from you if you’re from an under-represented demographic.

About Us

With over 100 years of history and expertise in navigation, we have established our self as a major global provider of navigation solutions, including radars, compass systems, steering systems, speed logs, integrated bridge and control systems. We take pride in our commitment to provide 24/7support to all of our customers.

People are at the heart of everything we do. Our company grows because of our employees' dedication and commitment to delivering for our customers, something we always remember. In return for working for us you will have access to a benefits package that provides you with flexibility to balance your professional career with your personal life, health & well-being benefits, and investment in your future development.
 
We know everyone brings a unique perspective. We want to harness diverse thinking by bringing bright minds together and valuing the differences that lead to stronger insights and innovation. 
 
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