Systems Engineer
Job summary
We are looking for a developer with strong experience in frontend application development, with a focus on creating intuitive, patient safe, and fully accessible user interfaces and user experiences. The role also involves contributing to the design and development of backend APIs, and ensuring seamless functionality by integrating frontend and backend systems through well structured API services.
Main duties of the job
- System requirements (capture, decomposition, traceability, acceptance criteria).
- System architecture & interface definition (APIs, data contracts, device/app interfaces.
- Integration planning and execution (device <-> app <-> backend <-> analytics).
- Verification & validation planning (test strategy, evidence, release readiness).
- Risk management & clinical safety support (hazard identification, mitigations, residual risk).
- Security, privacy, and compliance (secure data handling, encryption, access control).
- Deployment & operational support: continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD), monitoring, bug fixing, performance/stability)
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
- Degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Applied Science (or equivalent experience)
- Understanding of systems engineering concepts - requirements, interfaces, verification and validation (V&V)
- Understanding of secure-by-design and privacy-by-design fundamentals
- Strong written communication for technical/specification documentation
- Formal systems engineering training e.g., INCOSE-aligned, Model-Based Systems Engineering exposure (MBSE)
- Training in risk management / safety (medical, human factors, or similar)
- Experience or training in quality management / regulated development
Experience
- Experience working in a clinical vestibular laboratory
- Experience of working with ear-bud consumer devices
- Experience of working with flight simulator hardware and electronic control systems
- Experience defining and delivering end-to-end systems across components/teams
- Digital health / regulated or safety-critical project experience
- Sensor/IMU or wearable-device integration experience (BLE/device constraints)
- Experience with data pipelines/analytics requirements and governance
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
- System decomposition, interface definition, and trade-off analysis
- Writing clear requirements and acceptance criteria; managing change control
- Building V&V plans and test evidence approaches with engineering/scientist teams
- Risk thinking (failure modes, mitigations, residual risk communication)
- MBSE tools/approaches (even lightweight modelling)
- Threat modelling familiarity and security requirements definition
- Understanding of usability/human factors considerations for home use
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer name
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Charing Cross Hospital
London
W6 8RF
Employer's website
https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/