Principal Systems Engineer

About the Project

About the Role

Key Duties Include -

• Provide technical leadership across multiple complex systems integration and technology projects.
• Ensure Technical Authority principles are followed, ensuring technical consistency and engineering governance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead requirements engineering activities, including requirements capture, analysis, decomposition, traceability and management.
• Define and approve system architectures, solution designs, interface specifications and engineering strategies.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout analysis, design, integration, verification, validation and deployment activities.
• Establish the overall systems engineering approach for projects, ensuring compliance with ISO/IEC/IEEE systems engineering standards and engineering best practice.
• Lead system integration planning and resolve complex technical issues involving multiple systems, interfaces and stakeholders.
• Chair technical design reviews, architecture reviews and engineering governance boards.
• Provide technical oversight of software, hardware, infrastructure and cybersecurity solutions to ensure compliance with TfL and contractual requirements.
• Lead technical investigations, engineering trade studies and technology evaluations to support solution selection and project decision-making.
• Support project planning, estimation, technical risk management and engineering resource planning.
• Provide technical leadership during workshops, design reviews and bid activities.
• Support business development by preparing technical proposals, Statements of Work, solution concepts and engineering estimates.
• Review and approve key engineering deliverables, including architectures, functional specifications, interface documents, integration strategies and verification plans.
• Mentor, coach and technically develop Systems Engineers.
• Promote engineering excellence, continuous improvement and adoption of modern systems engineering methodologies and tools.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, standards and industry best practice applicable to transport, mobility and systems integration.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, engineering governance, quality standards, information security requirements and health, safety and environmental procedures.
• Undertake additional technical leadership responsibilities as reasonably required.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive experience as a Systems Engineer on large-scale systems integration programmes.

Experience

Technical Knowledge

Desirable Requirements

• Experience in Transport, Rail, Automated Fare Collection or Intelligent Transport Systems.
• Experience working within multi-supplier environments.
• Experience acting as Technical Design Authority or Lead Systems Engineer.
• Knowledge of PCI DSS, Cyber Security and secure systems integration.
• INCOSE ASEP/CSEP or equivalent certification.
• TOGAF, ITIL or relevant postgraduate qualification.

Skills and Personal Attributes

• Outstanding technical leadership and systems thinking capability.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence customers, suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Excellent presentation and technical writing skills.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance technical excellence against cost, schedule and delivery constraints.
• Self-motivated, proactive and capable of working independently on highly complex technical challenges.
• Strong mentoring and coaching capability.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Adaptable, innovative and committed to continuous professional development.

Benefits

• Holidays: 25 days per annum + 8 days bank holidays (options to buy/sell days
• Pension – 4% employee and 4% employer
• Private medical insurance (including dental & optical)
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Employee assistance programs
• Flexible/remote working options
• Charitable initiatives
• Social events (formal & informal)
• Learning and development programs
• Innovative & collaborative work environment
• Indra is an equal employment opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law