PROJECT ENGINEER / LEAD ENGINEER - UK

Company Overview Civitanavi Systems was established in with a vision to become a principal player in the provision of the design, development, and manufacture of high-tech solutions of Inertial Navigation, Geo Reference, and Stabilization systems for both Industrial and Defense use (dual use).
The company has acquired customers and end users for its inertial products in industrial (mining, oil and gas), defence (naval, land and air domains), civil aerospace and space sectors in a relatively short time.
We have rapidly assembled a team of world leading experts in inertial technology with a solid background in the design and development of inertial sensors, navigation software, certification, and manufacturing processes.
Now numbering over 150 people, the business growth has outstripped the market norm by an order of magnitude.
Civitanavi UK Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Civitanavi Systems S.
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Civitanavi UK Ltd will be based in a brand new facility in Bristol, close to major aerospace and defence customers and travel links (hybrid working will be considered).
The UK business has already established a strong reputation with major UK primes and is now ready to recruit for a number of key roles.
Civitanavi Systems is a professional yet dynamic company with a can-do attitude at all levels.
The business is hungry for ideas and passionate about delivering to the customer what they need when they need it, “We Care, We Perform, We Deliver” is not just a slogan, it is a driving principle.
(Civitanavi Systems S.
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is a listed company on Euronext Milan, it is controlled by Civitanavi Systems Ltd (holding) which unites an international pool of strategic investors).” Job Summary The Project Engineer / Project Lead role is very wide ranging and requires a person that can deal with many varied tasks, technical and non-technical, simultaneously and take responsibility for delivering a task or project.
It is primarily a technical role but has strong elements of customer interfacing, project management implementation and budgetary control.
Responsibilities And Duties Leading a technical team, from concept to commissioning Primary technical interface with customers and institutions Technical support to Business Development in engineering aspects of bids and proposals Reviewing the Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Attitude, Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) and GPS/GNSS product requirements and preparing the Compliance Matrix Coordination of product test and qualification activities Supervision of the integration and test of Navigation and Stabilization Systems with complex software and hardware Drive projects to be delivered to schedule, cost & quality Highlight what skills, tools and facilities are needed to successfully deliver projects.
Reporting Project Status to customers and internally Highlight early technical risk or opportunities to consider Supporting the Hardware/Software/System Qualification tasks Promoting airworthiness and safety awareness throughout the design development lifecycle.
Preparing technical design reviews pertaining to certification, monitoring the compliance of the review execution and outputs with the objectives and transition criteria Qualifications And Skills Degree or equivalent in Engineering or a similar related discipline.
In the absence of a degree, significant and relevant experience is required.
Previous experience of project lead roles, preferably in aerospace and defence applications or organisations or other high reliability industries.
Competent in absorbing and writing technical material.
A team player and effective communicator Able to interact at all technical levels with customers, technical teams and business management Preferred Skills Experience working with and the use of inertial sensors i.
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IMUs, INS, gyroscopes, accelerometers and/or GNSS Knowledge of Avionics, navigation and related algorithms, control and communication systems Knowledge of environmental and EMC test standards, such as RTCA DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461 Knowledge of SW DO-178C and HW DO-254 certification standards Knowledge of reliability standards such as MIL-HDBK-217F Share Apply