Your experience within Systems Engineering (specifically requirements) can prove a vital asset to my client. This is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for taking Capability Requirements and developing them into User Requirements and maintaining alignment and coherence of the Systems Requirements. You will provide this support across a broad range of defence and security programmes.
In addition you will have the opportunity to join an industry leading technical consultancy delivering world class services in Support Engineering, Cyber Security & Information Assurance, Training & Leadership Development and Communications. With over 50 years’ experience, they have a well-deserved reputation for providing our clients with complete peace of mind. They exist to make the world a safer place and do this by providing sophisticated training solutions, operational support, information assurance and engineering support to a breadth of clients within the defence and security domain.
   
About the job:              
My client requires a Requirements Manager who will be responsible for taking Capability Requirements and developing them into User Requirements and maintaining alignment and coherence of the Systems Requirements within the programme. You shall be the custodian of the “Golden Thread”: the unbroken, top-down linkage of requirements from Defence policy to DLoD outputs, that provides the direction for investment plans and ensures that the capabilities generated are coherent and consistent with MOD’s strategic investment. This role will include:

• Be responsible for the process of documenting, analysing, tracing, prioritising and agreeing on requirements and then controlling change and communicating with the relevant stakeholders throughout the project life (including system, support, safety, and cyber security requirements)
• Analyse requirements for adherence to the authorities objectives and for consistency, challenging positively as appropriate
• Understanding of how to interpret Use Cases
• Facilitate scoping and priority-setting for change initiatives of large size and complexity
• Select appropriate techniques for the elicitation of detailed requirements 
• Drive the requirements elicitation process where necessary, identifying what stakeholder input is required
• Take responsibility for the investigation and application of changes to programme scope
• Assess, analyse, develop, document and implement changes based on requests for change
• Facilitate scoping and business priority setting for large or complex changes
• Take responsibility for the investigation and application of changes to programme scope
• Identify the impact on business requirements of external impacts affecting a programme or project

About you: 
 You will have experience working as a Systems / requirements Engineer / manager along with;

• Knowledge working (preferably in the land domain) within Defence
• Experience using DOORS
• An understanding of what is required to sustain a capability throughout its life (including support solutions, safety and environmental management etc).
• SC/DV Clearance

Desirable / Preferred:    

• Military background or similar MOD experience
• Incorporated / chartered engineering status

       

Requirements Manager
Hybrid work with some time in Cheltenham
Permanent role – Salary negotiable
        
Keywords: Systems Engineer, Requirements, DOORS, Model, Defence, Land systems, Use case, Stakeholder management.
        
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.        
        
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.       
        
This is a permanent position