System Engineer - SME

Subject Matter Expert (SME) required to work on a 6 month contract based in Rugby. 3 days per week in the office 2 days working from home.

***Must be SC cleared and be a UK National (not duel for foreign national)***

Own the DFMEA: Be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and power-user of Reliasoft. You will be responsible for the integrity, structure, and execution of the DFMEA for our key propulsion and electrical components.

Facilitate & Influence: Lead high-stakes technical workshops. You’ll sit down with our busiest Lead Design Engineers, extract their deep technical knowledge, and translate their design insights into structured failure modes and mitigation strategies.

The "Scribe" & The Strategist: You will be the primary scribe, turning complex engineering inputs into clean, actionable data in Reliasoft. You’ll challenge assumptions and push for better design outcomes.

Drive Progress: You are the face of reliability. You will track our progress, report on key performance indicators (KPIs), and present clear, data-driven status updates to project leadership and our naval customers.

Who You Are:

Technically Fluent: You hold a degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. You understand the physics and the engineering principles behind power generation and propulsion.

Reliasoft Power User: You are comfortable working in Reliasoft Xfmea/RCM++. You know how to build a database that is both accurate and auditable.

A Master Communicator: You know how to manage a room. You can take a complex engineering conversation, distill the noise, and capture the essential data points.

Process-Driven: You love order. You take pride in delivering reports that are accurate, on time, and tell a compelling story about our design maturity.

Collaborative: You thrive when working with multidisciplinary teams and understand the critical importance of reliability in the maritime defence sector.