Warhead Engineer

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and stock opt

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Warhead Engineer to support design, integration and testing of advanced warhead systems, focusing on performance and safety. You will collaborate with GNC and systems teams to define requirements and contribute to model-based testing.

The role involves working across development and production programs, producing documentation and test plans, and contributing to hazard analyses, safety cases, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Educational background in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or another relevant STEM discipline.
• Prior industry experience from aerospace, defence or another relevant controlled sector.
• Experience in the development of high-stakes products and systems within associated controls.
• Working knowledge or experience with either core explosive use methodologies e.g. Munroe, Misznay-Schardin effect, expanding rod, blast.
• Experience with explosives, firearms or ordnance.
• Experience modelling warheads or other similar high-energy type technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and lead collaborative efforts with other technical disciplines and understanding/communicating complex co-dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Support the specification, design, integration and manufacturability of warhead systems within missile and aerospace platforms.
• Involvement with both development and production programs.
• Interface with other teams, such as GNC and systems to define warhead requirements and assist in system performance modelling.
• Conduct modelling, evaluation and validation testing.
• Work with the energetics test team to plan and execute warhead testing.
• Develop key deliverables including testing to support hazard analysis, safety cases, classification and insensitive munitions.
• Complete technical documentation relating to detailed design requirements, test requirements, statements of work and technical presentations.

Skills

Engineering/Physics/Math background

Aerospace/defence experience

High-stakes products experience

Explosives/ordnance knowledge

Warhead modelling

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

STEM degree

Job description

Cambridge Aerospace are looking for Warhead Engineer to support design, integration, and testing of advanced warhead systems with focus on warhead performance and safety. You will collaborate with multiple technical teams and participate in development and production phases.

Responsibilities

• Support the specification, design, integration and manufacturability of warhead systems within missile and aerospace platforms.
• Involvement with both development and production programs.
• Interface with other teams, such as GNC and systems to define warhead requirements and assist in system performance modelling.
• Conduct modelling, evaluation and validation testing.
• Work with the energetics test team to plan and execute warhead testing.
• Develop key deliverables including testing to support hazard analysis, safety cases, classification and insensitive munitions.
• Complete technical documentation relating to detailed design requirements, test requirements, statements of work and technical presentations.

Requirements

• Educational background in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or another relevant STEM discipline.
• Prior industry experience from aerospace, defence or another relevant controlled sector.
• Experience in the development of high-stakes products and systems within associated controls.
• Working knowledge or experience with either core explosive use methodologies e.g. Munroe, Misznay-Schardin effect, expanding rod, blast. etc.
• Experience with explosives, firearms or ordnance.
• Experience modelling warheads or other similar high-energy type technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and lead collaborative efforts with other technical disciplines and understanding/communicating complex co-dependencies.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.

That risk comes from the air - low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence. We're building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them - at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery. We have immense backing from the world's best venture funds. We're one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we're hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.