Applied Physicist - Defence Technologies

ECM Selection (Holdings) Limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Private medical care

Job summary

ECM Selection (Holdings) Limited in Cambridge is seeking a R&D-focused candidate for a sensing, imaging, signals, navigation and communications role. The position covers broad product design, development, analysis, computational modelling and prototyping in a defence-oriented environment.

You will need a strong academic record (top university, masters or PhD), commercial product development experience, security clearance eligibility, and excellent stakeholder engagement and client-facing skills.

Qualifications

• Degree from a top university (master's or PhD preferred) and top A-level grades.
• Light to extensive commercial-grade product development experience.
• Specialisation across sensing, imaging, signals, navigation or communications.
• British nationality and eligibility for UK security clearance.
• Experience planning innovation, engaging with stakeholders and presenting work.
• Strong client-facing skills and experience with R&D budgets or accountability.

Responsibilities

• Broad product design and development across sensing, imaging, signals, navigation and communications.
• Analysis, computational modelling and prototyping of advanced technologies.
• Engage with stakeholders, respond to enquiries, and influence decision makers.

Skills

Strong academic background

Security clearance eligibility

Product development experience

Stakeholder engagement

Client-facing skills

R&D budgeting experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree or PhD

Top A-level grades

Job description

Sensing, imaging, signals, navigation, and communications

Cambridge area; £40k - £80k DoE plus benefits

This company and role focus on applied innovation in the defence sector: advanced technologies applicable to national security. The role will include broad product design and development, analysis, computational modelling and prototyping.

Areas of interest include sensing, imaging, signals, navigation and communications. This may be through optics, radar, sonar, acoustics and/or electromagnetics, thermal methods, fluidics. Analogue wave effects of interest include propagation, penetration, interference and systemic interactions. Algorithm design and applications of AI and machine learning are of interest.

You will have:

• A strong academic background, including a degree from a top university, a relevant master's or ideally a PhD, top A-level grades.
• Light to extensive commercial-grade product development experience, whether literally commercial or through pragmatic R&D.
• A speciality in several of the areas outlined above.
• British nationality and eligibility for UK security clearance.
• Prior expertise planning and proposing innovation, engaging with stakeholders, influencing decision makers, responding to stakeholder or client enquiries, and presenting your work.
• Strong client-facing skills to match your research expertise.
• Any prior experience with R&D budgets, resource planning and accountability may be useful.

You will join a growing SME with a strong pedigree and technology focus, working amongst fellow scientists and engineers and with the best facilities available. Their environment is inclusive, low on red tape, encourages support, collaboration, and innovation. Skills development is anticipated to progress your career.

A highly competitive salary and good benefits are available, including enhanced pension and private medical care. The role is office-based, with plenty of parking available and proximity to public transport.

Please apply (quoting ref: CV27682) only if you are eligible to live and work in the UK. By submitting your details you certify that the information you provide is accurate.