Senior Algorithm Specialist

Salary: £54,000 – £60,000 per year

Stevenage

Together. For the future of defence.

You’ll influence the current & future direction for design and testing of sophisticated missile Guidance & Control (G&C) systems, spanning specialist algorithms, real-time architecture, and complex equipment including RF & IR seekers, inertial sensors, actuators, propulsion (turbojets, ramjets and thrust-vectored rockets), and interfaces to surface and air launch platforms.

You will have opportunity to collaborate widely across departmental, directorate & national boundaries, and to be involved across multiple programmes at various points in their respective lifecycles, from the early research & concept stages through to full-scale development and guided flight trials.

Develop your expertise both at a detailed Guidance & Control design level, and up through the higher architectural levels, where you can demonstrate a capability for rigorous system analysis and management of complexity.

What we’re looking for

• Theoretical knowledge and extensive experience of aerospace guidance, control and navigation specification, analysis, algorithm design & implementation, real time architecture and verification
• Ability to bound the scope of an engineering problem and to express the design challenge in terms of clear unambiguous design requirements/objectives
• Ability to manage complexity by identifying major drivers in a large, inter-connected engineering system
• Ability to cross-verify complex systems and system models against underlying theory
• Ability to communicate complex or conceptually difficult ideas clearly and elegantly
• Ability to diagnose abnormalities in an engineering system both physically and virtually through computer modelling and simulation (Matlab & Simulink)
• Passion for life-long learning in a highly-technical field
• Ability to influence technically when there are other factors driving teams

What’s in it for you?

• This is a highly-visible, strategic senior position within a much-respected, technically-capable department
• Deep intellectual stimulation from getting to grips with complex technical challenges within a field requiring a combination of specialist knowledge and a good grasp of technologies and design across the much wider missile system
• Rare opportunity for highly-focussed technical involvement, research and strategy steering without the need for line management duties
• The role has the breadth and depth to develop your analytical and strategic technical expertise, and to provide intellectual stimulation, well into the future
• Opportunity to establish wide network of National & International contacts within MBDA and externally
• Chance to influence across a range of products both nationally and Internationally

We understand that flexibility benefits our people, our teams and our business; wherever possible we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working.

Our benefits

*Flexible working *opportunities for career progression *paid overtime (subject to level) *great bonus scheme *comprehensive pension scheme *annual salary review *fantastic working environment and site facilities *social, charitable and sporting activities.

Join a great team!

The team work at the heart of all MBDA products, engendering the esprit de corps that comes from seeing a real impact across our current and future portfolio.

Working within the GCN Department that offers a collegiate environment and the chance to influence all project teams as well as across internationally boundaries. As part of this, you will be embedded with a supportive group of Technical Experts within the department.

What to expect:

We offer opportunities for career progression, paid overtime (subject to level), bonus scheme, comprehensive pension package, annual salary review, collaborative working environment and excellent on-site facilities.

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. We also welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements.

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