Principal Systems Engineer needed at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

About the job:

• The CSIR has a vacancy for a Principal Systems Engineer in the Command, Control and Integrated Systems 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. The position is based in Pretoria and will report to the Research Group Leader.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform risk assessments (threats, hazards and vulnerabilities);
• Facilitate the elicitation of requirements and communication of results;
• Develop operational concepts that address the security risks;
• Provide policy inputs;
• Design system architectures for realising the operational concepts;
• Oversee the implementation of a system;
• Validate the implemented system;
• Mentor internal teams/individuals on security design; and
• Author technical security documents and papers.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A Bachelor of Engineering degree in industrial, electronics, computer, mechanical engineering with at least fifteen years’ engineering experience, of which ten years should be in systems engineering;
• A Master’s degree in industrial, electronics, computer, mechanical engineering is advantageous;
• Security qualifications/accreditations is advantageous;
• Experience in Model-based systems engineering, using tools such as CORE or Genesys, and security technologies will be advantageous;
• Risk assessment experience is required;
• Knowledge of systems engineering is fundamental to this position supported by strong systems thinking skills;
• Facilitation and communication, both verbal and written across technical and non-technical audiences;
• Ability to manage self, others, time and finances;
• Basic research abilities.
• Good MS Office skills.