The UK Weapons team has a fantastic opportunity for a new engineer to join and assist in delivering complex and high-profile programmes to customers based in the UK. This team works with cutting edge technology and offers the opportunity to contribute to global security whilst offering the opportunity to learn and develop your own skills and knowledge. It also offers excellent opportunities to grow in a challenging and rewarding environment, supported by a fantastic, close-knit multi-functional team.
As a result of new contracts, the engineering team is rapidly growing and therefore we are looking for a motivated Embedded Systems Engineer with a background in embedded software systems, system architecture, designing to a set of requirements and with a keen interest in weapon systems.
The successful candidate will have access to professional development opportunities and be part of the growing Defence Business, delivering engineering expertise across a wide range of projects to both military and civil customers worldwide.
Main Duties:
The successful applicant will support the Weapons Team across various programmes (both internally and Customer funded) and will involve the following main duties:
- Create and manage architectures for complex embedded systems
- Understand, decompose and verify embedded system requirements
- Define and perform unit level and sub system level testing for embedded software systems
- Work alongside our embedded software, firmware and electronic design engineers
- Generate supporting design documentation and perform regular technical reviews
Candidate Requirements:
Essential:
- Experience creating embedded system architectures
- Experience testing and verifying requirements
- Ability to program in C/C++
- Able to present technical information clearly and concisely to others
- Demonstrable analytical and problem solving skills
- An openness to learn and try new techniques
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment - working independently or with others to overcome obstacles
- Capable of analysing and reporting on technical data
- Eligible or holder of current SC security clearance
Desirable:
- Experience using the Vivado and Vitis design tools, or equivalent
- Experience delivering an embedded system as a product
- Experience creating hardware system architectures
- Familiarity with the application of a systems engineering approach across the design and development lifecycle
- Knowledge of defence engineering / airborne standards
- Working with Model Based System Engineering tools such as Simulink
- Weapon systems domain knowledge and/or experience in a similar field
Benefits
- Competitive salaries.
- 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
- Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
- Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
- 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
- Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.