This list contains only the countries for which job offers have been published in the selected language (e.g., in the French version, only job offers written in French are displayed, and in the English version, only those in English).
Senior Algorithm Engineer role in GCN (Guidance, Control, and Navigation) is a highly visible, strategic position, working with a highly capable technical team. This role presents a rare opportunity for hands-on technical involvement, research and strategy steering, without line management duties.
Job Responsibility:
Develop expertise at a detailed Guidance & Control design level and up through higher architectural levels
Influence the current and future direction for design and testing of sophisticated missile Guidance & Control (G&C) systems
Collaborate widely across departmental, directorate and national boundaries
Be involved across multiple programmes from early research and concept stages through to full-scale development and guided flight trials
Requirements:
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
Managing complexity by identifying major drivers in a large, inter-connected engineering system
Able to cross-verify complex systems and system models against underlying theory
Communicating complex or conceptually difficult ideas clearly
Diagnosing abnormalities in an engineering system both physically and virtually through computer modelling and simulation (Matlab & Simulink)
Influencing technically when there are other factors driving teams
A particular interest in applications with control experience, preferably applied flight control
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship
What we offer:
Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave
Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking