Systems Engineer

The European Spallation Source is one of the largest science and technology infrastructure projects being built today. The project includes the most powerful linear proton accelerator ever built, a five-tonne, helium-cooled tungsten target wheel, 15 state-of-the-art neutron instruments, a suite of laboratories, and a supercomputing data management and software development centre. In the context of its history and future as a scientific organisation, however, it is more than the sum of its parts. It is a brand-new Big Science organisation and we are building it from the ground up.

Come and build the future of Science with us!

About the role

We are looking to appoint a Systems Engineer to join our central Engineering Management Group, part of the Technical Directorate.

In this position you will drive and support systems engineering activities within our overarching ESS development organization and provide essential system engineering guidance for engineering project activities for the organization throughout the engineering lifecycle. You will play a crucial role in developing, maintaining and implementing our governing systems engineering processes such as engineering discipline handbooks, lower-level procedures and guidelines as well as maintaining and implementing our Configuration Management framework.

As an overarching ESS systems Engineer you will take the lead on maintaining system documentation for our top-level systems, ensuring clarity and consistency in ESS operations. You will also perform holistic analyses, identifying issues, guide and assist in solutions and implementations, as well as support ESS sub-projects in development, throughout the project life cycle.

You will support the development organization in various configuration management and requirement management activities, additionally, you will provide training and support to staff on systems engineering activities.
If you are ready to make a difference and drive innovation in systems engineering, we want you on our team!

This is a full-time, permanent position with a 6 months’ probationary period, based at the ESS Campus in Lund, Sweden.

About you

We attach great importance to personality and attitude, so we're looking for a real team player: Someone who is sociable, has excellent communication skills, who likes to collaborate with different people and who is committed to helping this amazing project to realise its full potential. We need someone who is fundamentally interested in systems engineering holistic approach, requirements and configuration management and who is eager to not only develop themselves, but also enjoys supporting and educating others.

Key requirements for this role include:


• Master of Science in engineering or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of experience from working in the field of systems engineering.
• Skills in system development e.g. requirement engineering.
• Experience in the implementation of requirement engineering activities within a complex project.
• Experience in analysis of system architecture, system decomposition and system interface development.
• Experience in system verification and validation.
• Experience in configuration management.
• Experience in large scale system development.
• Experience of working in an international environment.

In addition, experience in the following would be a real advantage:


• Requirements database.
• Jira & Confluence from Atlassian.
• Experience from research facilities and/or industry.
• Knowledge and experience of application of relevant international standards

Fluency in written and spoken English is a requirement, as it is the working language at ESS. Knowledge of other European languages would be an advantage.

What can we offer?

Aside from the chance to work at truly unique big science project, you can also expect:


• An opportunity to contribute to the future discoveries within neutron science.
• A stunning, brand new workplace filled with innovative minds and brilliant people from across the globe.
• A challenging, innovative and stimulating work environment.
• Market competitive compensation that is individual and differentiated according to role, responsibilities, individual skills, abilities and achievements.
• 30 days of annual leave, as well as more than 10 days of public holiday and company days off or days with limited working hours.
• Monthly pension contributions on top of your salary.
• Flexible working arrangements and a real work-life balance.

If you see yourself in what we’re looking for, please provide your CV and motivation letter in English by clicking on “apply” and following the instructions. Please be aware that we can only accept direct applications made via the ESS website.

Certain roles at ESS require health and safety checks and/or security clearance procedures, which will be performed as part of the recruitment process.

The last day for receiving application is August 18 2024 - but we will look at applications continuously, so please apply as soon as you can.

For more information regarding the ESS recruitment process, please contact Sara Tenggren – Recruitment partner – at sara.tenggren@ess.eu. For further information regarding the position, please contact the recruiting manager Magnus Täcklind – Engineering Management Group Leader – via magnus.tacklind@ess.eu

For trade union information, please contact Unionen representative Mikael Johansson on Mikael.Johansson@ess.eu or SACO/Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers representative Marc Kickulies at marc.kickulies@ess.eu 

We look forward to receiving your application soon!