Senior Engineer – C&I Architecture

Company: Jobtailor
Apply for the Senior Engineer – C&I Architecture
Location: East Midlands
Job Description:

Overview

  • Lead significant architectural packages of work, generating design decisions and supporting rationale
  • Apply independence, segregation and separation principles to C&I architectural decisions
  • Maintain system-level architectural consistency across all major plant islands
  • Develop and manage architecture deliverables including the Capella model and system-level design documentation
  • Collaborate with systems engineering, plant architecture, safety case and wider integration teams
  • Support development and refinement of cross-cutting C&I system requirements
  • Ensure architectural changes are captured, reviewed and appropriately integrated into the design lifecycle
  • Support architectural verification and validation activities, including reviews
  • Present and explain complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Mentor more junior team members contributing to architecture development

Requirements

  • Significant experience across the C&I system design lifecycle, including specification, assessment, installation, commissioning and verification
  • Strong understanding of architectural resilience principles (independence, separation, segregation, diversity)
  • Knowledge of C&I technologies, digital platforms, protection systems, instrumentation and software/hardware architectures
  • Experience applying industry standards such as IEC 61508, IEC 61513, IEC 61226 or similar from other safety-critical sectors
  • Strong systems engineering capability, including requirements management, interface management and structured decision-making
  • Experience using MBSE tools (Capella preferred) and requirements management tools (e.g. DOORS, Polarion)
  • Ability to translate high-level plant requirements into clear functional and logical architectural designs
  • Degree-qualified in electrical, control, instrumentation or systems engineering, or equivalent experience

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Posted: July 11th, 2026