Overview
The Navigation Algorithm Design Engineer will be part of a dynamic team within the Guidance, Control and Navigation (GCN) department, working on contract and research activities that impact multiple areas of MBDA deliveries.
Responsibilities
- Develop navigation algorithms at many stages of the lifecycle, including research studies, missile feasibility studies, assessment and development programmes, and upgrades for in-service products.
- Support initial missile feasibility and concept studies through algorithm design.
- Assist in the assessment and development of navigation algorithms.
- Contribute to upgrades for in-service products.
Qualifications
- PhD qualified with relevant industrial experience, or a degree with strong mathematical content (e.g., Aerospace Engineering, Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics).
- Demonstrable experience in programming, real‑time implementation, validation, verification, and navigation.
- Strong programming skills, particularly in MATLAB.
- Experience with state‑of‑the‑art navigation algorithms, navigation algorithm design, comparative evaluation, and testing.
Working & Compensation
Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on experience.
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 5 days per week on‑site due to workload classification.
Security Clearance: British citizen or Dual UK national with British citizenship.
Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS) required for all successful candidates.
Benefits
- Company bonus: Up to £2,500 based on performance.
- Pension: up to 14% total employer & employee contribution.
- Paid overtime opportunities.
- 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, fertility testing and treatments.
Additional Information
Facilities: subsidised meals, free car parking, and more.
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