We are looking for analytical engineers to deliver the MBDA Hardware In The Loop mission statement; "To provide operational confidence through world-class, closed loop missile performance testing."
Salary: Up to £55,000, depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: typically, 4 days per week on-site, due to workload classification.
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
- 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%
- Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
- Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
- Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
The Opportunity:
The Hardware In The Loop (HWIL) team provides an innovative capability to conduct dynamic missile firing simulations, using real hardware, in support of; product development, missile performance validation and de-risking firing trials.
You will have the opportunity to work within a state of the art national facility utilising target generation and flight motion equipment to exercise missile functionalities in close to real world scenarios. The HWIL test capabilities allow for injection of model data into missile sub-systems in real-time to simulate in-flight performance, target detection, acquisition and homing.
Due to the unique range of work in HWIL, your job role may vary week on week. Your overall aim will be to integrate, maintain and run highly complex simulations, providing critical data and understanding to support product development.
What you will be doing:
- Understand missile sub-systems involved in dynamic testing,
- Understand interactions between missile sub-systems and bespoke test equipment,
- Interact with relevant stakeholders across MBDA,
- Develop real time simulations utilising performance models,
- Conduct experiments with real missile hardware and software,
- Analyse the missile performance and report on findings.
What we're looking for from you:
We have found that the best HWIL engineers have wide engineering experience, with knowledge in some (not necessarily all) of the skill areas listed below:
- System integration & interface debugging,
- Structured approach to problem solving,
- Software / simulation design,
- Testing of sensors or other sub-systems,
- System performance analysis.
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