Senior Systems Engineer at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

About the job:

The CSIR has a vacancy for a Senior Systems Engineer in the Radar and Electronic Warfare Impact Area within the Defence and Security Cluster.  The incumbent will be responsible to design enterprise and technical systems that will secure infrastructure and the enterprise against physical security threats with innovation as the threats evolve. This position is based in Pretoria.

Key responsibilities:

• Compile and execute System Engineering Management Plans;
• Develop operational concepts for Electronic Warfare (EW) Test and Evaluation and Training Systems;
• Design system architectures for realising the operational concepts
• Interpret and realise system and sub-system interfaces;
• Partake in the implementation of a physical system;
• Validate the implemented physical system;
• Facilitate the elicitation of requirements and communication of results;
• Perform Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis;
• Author technical documents and papers;
• Mentor of junior engineers.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A Bachelor of Engineering degree in electronics / computer engineering or related fields with at least seven years’ engineering experience, of which three years should be in system engineering in the defence environment;
• A Certification in System Engineering
• A Masters’ degree or a relevant system engineering qualification/accreditation will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Model-based systems engineering, using tools such as GENESYS or Capella will be advantageous.
• Knowledge of systems engineering is fundamental as supported by strong systems thinking skills.
• Facilitation and communication skills, both verbal and written across technical and non-technical audiences;
• Basic research abilities;
• Good MS Office skills;
• All international qualifications require an evaluation report / certificate issued by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

South African Citizenship is necessary, as a Security Clearance is required for this position.

Closing date: 27 August 2023