Countermeasure Development Engineer

Babcock; St. Neots; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Countermeasure Development Engineer in St Neots to join their Electronic Warfare Support Group. This role offers the chance to develop simulation software and work with various defence-related technologies, providing significant career development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Buy or sell up to 5 days’ annual leave

Private medical & dental Insurance

Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary

Continuous professional & personal development support

Qualifications

• Experienced in model development stages (Design, Build, Integration, Test, Deployment).
• Understanding of Physics/Mathematical principles at degree-level.

Responsibilities

• Develop models and add features to countermeasure software.
• Analyze, design, model and verify countermeasure techniques.

Skills

Programming (MATLAB/Simulink/Python)

Modelling techniques (stochastic, deterministic, exploratory)

Education

Degree in a STEM subject (Mathematics, Physics, Electronics)

Job description

Countermeasure Development Engineer – St Neots (PE19)

• 25 days annual leave, inclusive of up to 3 days December shut-down
• Buy or sell up to 5 days’ annual leave
• Two pension schemes to choose from
• Private medical & dental Insurance + discounts for additional family members
• Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary
• Multiple save schemes
• Electric/hybrid car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail discounts
• Continuous professional & personal development support
• Annual Wellness Allowance

Forming part of our Electronic Warfare Support Group (EWOS), our Countermeasure Development team provide technical advice and support to our customers relating to countermeasure development, engineering support and delivery, as well as supporting internal initiatives relating to innovation and research, projects, training and bid delivery.

You will have an opportunity to develop our in-house countermeasure simulation software tool, CounterWorX, modelling physical interactions and phenomena across dynamic simulations. This opportunity will also expose you to working with our software development team, and the assurance process that all releasable software products must follow.

The team are based across two MASS sites (head office, Enterprise House, in Little Paxton, and our modern Lincoln offices on Teal Park).When project classifications allow, they tend to work three days in the office and two days from home, giving you the best of both worlds: flexibility and collaboration.

How you’ll support us

As a modeller within the team, you will have the autonomy to develop models, add new features to the countermeasure software, and solve customer challenges and requirements. This is a rapidly growing team, allowing for career development opportunities within the team and across the broader EWOS group.

The invaluable experience you’ll bring to help us achieve more

Core to this role will be your understanding of Physics/Mathematical principles at degree-level, as well as experience with either Electro-Optics (EO), Infra-Red (IR), or Radio Frequency (RF) sensors, within a defence setting.

The role will allow you to analyse, design, model (MATLAB/Python/Simulink), and verify countermeasure techniques across a variety of real-world scenarios, culminating in delivery to customers for use in operation. Your experience developing either deterministic, stochastic, or exploratory models will help optimise countermeasure parameters for best performance against specific threats.

Essential experience

• Degree in a STEM subject, ideally in Mathematics, physics or electronics
• Experience using programming software (MATLAB/Simulink/Python, etc.).
• Experience in at least one stage of model development (Design, Build, Integration, Test, Deployment etc.)
• Understanding of modelling techniques (stochastic, deterministic, exploratory etc.).

Desirable experience

• Understanding of either mathematics or physics involved in Radar, Electro-Optics or Infra-Red system operation
• Mentoring of junior team members
• Interest in new technologies and their application within an EW domain
• Deployment of models to batch running hardware

Our non-negotiables:

Due to the highly secure nature of the projects that you will be involved with, youmustbe:

• A UK National and eligible to work in the UK
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a UK GovernmentSecurity Check (SC) clearance.

Who is MASS

MASS is an independent, global technology company, trusted by highly secure organisations to provide advanced, digital services that manage data and keep information safe. With our heritage in defence, we offer robust solutions to sectors where security expertise is essential.

Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowingemployees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our people are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that supportindividuals including, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive employee assistance programme.

We work in partnership with customers, using skilled, technical experts. We think innovatively to provide tailored, agile and resilient solutions that secure advantage, so you’re ready for digital transformation. MASS is an equal opportunity employer; we know that our people are smart, skilled and motivated and in return, we provide a friendly workplace where everyone is valued and has the chance to make an impact.

Apply todayto see how working for MASS could work for you!