Aerospace Application Engineer

MathWorks; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

MathWorks is seeking a technical consultant in Cambridge with a focus on assisting UK aerospace customers. The role involves using your technical skills to tackle complex engineering challenges and streamline product development using MATLAB and Simulink. Ideal candidates hold a bachelor's degree and have significant experience in mathematical analysis and software development. The position includes collaborations across teams, and occasional travel for hands-on support. A hybrid work environment is provided, balancing office and remote work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree with sufficient work experience is required.
• 6 years of professional experience or equivalent is necessary.
• Expertise in mathematical modelling and simulation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understand key business and technical challenges at top UK aerospace accounts.
• Solve challenging analysis and modelling problems for various applications.
• Design solutions compatible with customers' IT environments.
• Support MATLAB and Simulink adoption by analyzing requirements.
• Identify trends and collaborate to develop compelling demonstrations.
• Advocate for the future direction of MathWorks products.

Skills

Expertise with Simulink and Model-Based Design

Expertise in mathematical and first-principles modelling

Software development in C or C++

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in a relevant field

PhD degree in a relevant field

Job description

Summary

MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in‑person time with colleagues and flexible at‑home life optimizations.

Learn More: https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/resources/applying-and-interviewing.html#onboarding.

Join our customer facing team that combines passion for maths, engineering, software and MATLAB.

Leverage your technical and interpersonal skills to advise and help our leading UK aerospace customers to improve their products and development processes. Work with and extend the latest tools and techniques to support the industry trends around systems, large‑scale simulation and analysis.

Collaborate with colleagues from development, sales and marketing to engage with MATLAB and Simulink users across industries and shape our products for the future.

MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.

Responsibilities

• Understanding the key business and technical challenges at the top UK aerospace accounts, and developing actionable plans to support them.
• Solving challenging analysis and modelling problems for a breadth of applications.
• Designing and developing solutions to fit within customers’ IT environments.
• Supporting adoption of MATLAB and Simulink by analysing customers’ requirements, guiding product evaluations and creating proof of concepts.
• Identifying new trends and collaborating with the worldwide team to develop compelling messages and demonstrations.
• Advocating for the future direction of MathWorks products.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Expertise with Simulink and Model-Based Design.
• Expertise in mathematical and first‑principles modelling and simulation of engineered systems.
• Software development in C or C++ for real‑time and embedded applications.

Additional Areas of Advantage

• Development of software tools for engineering and/or scientific applications.
• Technical consulting and project management.
• Software certification processes and standards such as DO 178C, ARP 4574.

Most travel will be 1-2 day trips within the UK with some multi‑day trips within Europe. Occasional travel to MathWorks headquarters in the US is also possible.