System Performance Engineer – FCAS

MBDA; West of England; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension up to 14% total contribution

Overtime paid

Flexi Leave up to 15 days

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Job summary

MBDA is seeking an experienced System Performance engineer in the FCAS programme to develop and run matlab-Simulink based models, delivering studies that quantify the effectiveness of kinetic and EW-enabled weapons. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to shape requirements and support the design process.

The role calls for collaboration, strong modelling skills, and the ability to take ownership of delivering high-impact analyses in a dynamic, hybrid on-site environment in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience developing reusable programmes in high level languages (e.g., Matlab, Python, C++).
• Willingness to operate within an agile framework and adopt AGILE values and behaviours.
• Ability to learn and work autonomously with ownership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and utilise the matlab-Simulink System Model to optimise weapon effectiveness.
• Collaborate with other teams to translate findings into requirements and influence FCAS design.
• Work autonomously with authority to deliver studies and demonstrate progress.

Skills

Matlab/Simulink

Python

C++

Autonomy

Agile

System modelling

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Salary

Up to £53,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working

4 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance

British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

The opportunity

The FCAS (Future Combat Air Systems) is currently in the design and development phase. This role involves working as part of the team who are supporting the FCAS design ensuring that all elements work together to deliver effects throughout an engagement. The ability to optimise effects as part of a wider, complex, interlinking combat air system is vital to the success of the FCAS, and you will play a key role in ensuring that it is fit for purpose.

Your role as an experienced engineer in the System Performance team will be to act with autonomy and authority to bring about and deliver a series of studies (by developing and utilising the matlab-Simulink based System Model) to demonstrate, prove and assess how we can optimise the effectiveness of kinetic and EW-enabled weapons in a quantified way. You will work closely with other teams to convert these findings into requirements and influence the FCAS design.

What we're looking for from you

• Eagerness to collaborate and work with others is essential (both within the team and with other engineering teams or stakeholders).
• Experience developing reusable programmes in a high level programming language would be a strong advantage (e.g. Matlab, Python, C++ etc ).
• Eagerness to work autonomously, and take ownership for delivery.
• Experience or willingness to learn to operate within a tailored agile framework and adopt AGILE values and behaviours.
• Experience creating dynamic models of interlinked systems would be an advantage.
• Experience analysing system behaviour and/or deriving/proving system requirements would be beneficial.

What's in it for you

• This is an emerging discipline within the programme and the broader business, and there is opportunity to shape the capability as it grows.
• The role will develop a core performance assessment skill base for system of systems concepts, with collaborative working across wider technology and systems engineering disciplines.
• Opportunity to shape and influence cutting-edge 6th Gen Air capabilities for our customer and international partners.
• There is an opportunity for the role to develop and grow in line with personal development

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