Position Overview
As a Systems Performance Engineer, within one of our systems engineering teams, you will provide performance prediction and analysis expertise to major defence programmes, developing the latest Complex Weapons capabilities for the UK Armed Forces in response to advanced threats in all domains (Air, Land, Sea). Expect assignments across concept, assessment or demonstration phase contracts, covering one of the MBDA product lines. System Performance is an essential part of the system design process and a key indicator as to whether the design is suitable.
Salary
Up to £52,500 depending on experience.
Working Arrangement
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 5 days per week on-site due to workload classification.
Security Clearance
UK National only. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. All successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS) and UK Security Check (SC) clearance.
Benefits
- Company bonus: up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
- Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
- Paid overtime opportunity
- Flexi Leave: up to 15 additional days
- Flexible working arrangements welcomed
- Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (enhancements for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments)
- Site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and more
Responsibilities
- Plan and conduct technical studies into missile performance, using complex mathematical models, to help the project understand key system design choices.
- Develop a good understanding of how the wider system affects performance and the knock‑on impacts of changes to the design.
- Work with SMEs in Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Lethality, Guidance, Control & Navigation, Seekers (and others) to understand how each of these contribute to system performance.
- Report performance data in a clear and concise way in internal design reviews and external performance statements to customers.
- Use your expertise to help develop training material for new engineers.
Qualifications
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Experience in running and analysing complex computer simulations (e.g. 6 Degrees of Freedom models).
- Competent with MATLAB.
- Enthusiasm for: use of mathematical models to assess system behaviour, data analysis using MATLAB and Simulink (or similar), capturing and presenting technical data in a clear and concise manner for expert and non-expert audiences, exposure to the physical principles of aerodynamics, propulsion, guidance and control.
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