Postion Summary:
To advance the maturity of the SKA Mid Dish through assembling, integrating and verifying the SKA Mid Dish systems and products while applying systems engineering leadership and recognised engineering competence and skills across multiple domains, teams and on multiple projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implementing ICDs, physically assembling items
- Preparing & executing Verification Plans, Test instructions, ATPs & QTPs, ATRs & QTRsEstablishing baselines (DBL, QBL, OsBL)Defining, analysing & managing requirements
- Establishing and maintaining traceability
- Developing system and sub-system design-to specificationsFunctional & physical architecting, analysis and synthesis
- Identifying and creating ICDsExecuting performance analysisExecuting FMECA and implementing safety in designGenerating performance specifications, build-to, and maintain-to specifications
- Maintaining the PBSs in ALIMRoot cause analysis and problem solving,Design modifications to eliminate failure modesCompiling Project SEMPs, technical schedules, WBS & SOWs
- Defining baselines & performing design reviewsRevising engineering processes
Minimum Qualification:
- Bachelors Degree / Advanced Diploma / NQF 7
Minimum Experience:
- 7-10 years
- B
- Tech (Eng) with 13+ years of relevant experience ORB
- Eng/B
- Sc (Eng) with 9+ years of relevant experience ORM
- Eng with 7+ years of relevant experience ORPhD/D
- Eng with 5+ years of relevant experience
Experience:
- Physical, hands-on integration, testing and evaluation of electronic and mechanical systems
- Undertaking engineering activities throughout all lifecycle phases of the system under development, with particular focus on the concurrent engineering aspects and the design for supportability aspects
- Leading engineering tasks and analysis without supervision, employing academic and practical knowledge gained on the job
- Functioning simultaneously across multiple domains, teams and on multiple systems
- Leading the development and implementation of engineering processes
- Using advanced interpersonal skills in order to influence change in complex systems behaviour and operational environments
- Coaching and mentoring in engineering, particularly systems engineering
Knowledge:
- Advanced applied Systems Engineering
- Integration, test and verification of complex systems
- Baseline establishment and management
- Engineering Change control
- Hi-tech product development
- Model-based Systems EngineeringDevelopment of systems engineering processes and procedures
- Configuration management
Additional Notes:
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Desired Skills:
- Skilled in applied field of position
- Knowledge to be relevant
- Responsible in performing duties
About The Employer:
The National Research Foundation (NRF) supports and promotes research and human capital development through funding, the provision of National Research Facilities and science outreach platforms and programmes to the broader community in all fields of science and technology, including natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) spearheads South Africa’s activities in the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope, commonly known as the SKA, in engineering, science and construction. SARAO is a National Facility managed by the National Research Foundation and incorporates radio astronomy instruments and programmes such as the MeerKAT telescope in the Karoo, the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) in Gauteng, the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry (AVN) programme in nine African countries as well as the associated human capital development and commercialisation endeavours.