Simulation Project Lead

Cirrus Selection; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a Simulation Project Lead to guide projects using innovative technology. This role involves leading the delivery and development of simulation components for complex systems, employing agile methodologies and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Benefits

State of the art technology & innovation

External learning and development encouraged

Light and airy university type campus

Friendly environment

On site Medical Centre

Parking / Easy Access to train station

Sports & Social Club

Qualifications

• Proven record delivering software/hardware solutions.
• Experience with agile project management principles.
• Ability to manage requirements and adapt to changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver simulation components.
• Utilize latest technologies to support project lifecycle.
• Engage with clients and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Client facing skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Proactive risk management

Software solutions delivery

Project management

Job description

Location: Stevenage or Bristol

Salary: £50,000 to £65,000 – Dependant on experience, plus excellent benefits

Hours 37 hours per week

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for you to join a team delivering innovative projects that need your inspired approach, enthusiasm, and passion. As the Simulation Project Lead, you will use an agile methodology to lead the delivery and development of simulation components for complex systems.

The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisation, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.

The successful candidate will use an agile methodology to lead the delivery and development of simulation components for system of system projects.

You will guide a team of engineers, leveraging the advancement and exploitation of synthetic environments as a key enable for systems exploration and development. We use IEEE standards and military standards, to exploit a number of environments and visualisation tools to deliver.

• Demonstrators (SE representations of weapon systems)
• System Simulators (Operator in the Loop environments)
• Emulators (early representations of systems to supporting integration and proving)
• Training Simulators (User and Maintenance) ( demonstrations
• Experimentation (Performance in context, system of systems)
• We use agile scrum methodologies to develop real-time software components to simulate weapon systems, including the Integration of hardware to provide true representations of our systems.

Benefits of working here:

• State of the art technology & innovation
• External learning and development encouraged.
• Light and airy university type campus.
• Friendly environment!
  • Restaurant
  • On site Medical Centre
  • Parking / Easy Access to train station
  • Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop
  • Sports & Social Club and More

You will be responsible for a multidiscipline team, to deliver innovative solutions, whilst utilising the latest technologies, to support MBDA across the whole project lifecycle.

Skills and qualifications required:

• A proven record of accomplishment delivering software and or hardware solutions.
• Project definition and management using agile principles (planning, milestones, critical path)
• Excellent client facing and internal communication skills.
• Stakeholder Influence and management.
• Team leadership / people management
• The ability to manage requirements and change. management
• A proactive approach to managing and mitigating risks.

You must be willing and able to gain UK Security Clearance to SC level and possibly DV in the future. To be eligible you must be a UK citizen. Any other application cannot be considered.

Cirrus Selection offers the services of an Employment Agency for permanent recruitment and the services of an Employment Business for contract recruitment.