Maritime Signatures modelling specialist

Frazer Nash Consultancy; United States; Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with yearly reviews

25 days holiday + option to buy 5 days

Welcoming work culture

Job summary

Frazer Nash Consultancy is seeking a Maritime Signatures modelling specialist to deliver high-value engineering analysis and strategic guidance to clients in the defence sector. You’ll work with multi-disciplinary teams and engage stakeholders to shape innovative solutions for undersea and maritime platforms.

The role involves contributing to bids and proposals, mentoring junior engineers, and promoting best practice while ensuring safety, quality and reliability across projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Physics, or related STEM field.
• Experience in maritime signatures for the defence industry.
• Knowledge of modelling and simulation for maritime signatures.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Eligibility for UK security clearance (SC or DV).

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality engineering analysis, modelling, design support, and operational advice.
• Engage with clients across industry and government.
• Deploy excellent communication and report writing skills to make an impact.
• Contribute to bids, proposals, and strategic consultancy work.
• Work as part of diverse, technically capable project teams.
• Support development of junior engineers and promote best practice.
• Help shape technical solutions that improve safety, reliability, and performance.

Education

Degree in Engineering, Physics, or related STEM field

Job description

Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home.

Are you prepared to play a crucial role in the UK's underwater defence strategy? With major new-build ship and submarine programmes, and a range of cutting-edge R&D technology development initiatives - we're expanding our Maritime Signatures team, and we want skilled experts like you.

About the Role

As a Maritime Signatures modelling specialist, you'll contribute to a diverse portfolio of exciting and technically challenging projects. You'll deliver high-value technical insight and strategic guidance to clients across the defence sector. Working alongside multi-disciplinary teams - and in close partnership with other stakeholders - you'll help shape projects that play a direct and vital role in supporting the UK's defence.

We're Looking for Experts with Experience in any of the following areas:

• Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Signatures
• Sonar Modelling and Data Processing
• Ocean Physics and Oceanographic Data Analysis
• Knowledge and Understanding of the Underwater Battlespace
• Signature Aspects of Maritime Platform Engineering for Crewed and Uncrewed Assets

If you have a comprehensive understanding of the relevant physics, engineering concepts and an inquisitive mind for solving complicated problems, we'd like to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality engineering analysis, modelling, design support, and operational advice.
• Engage with clients across industry and government
• Deploy excellent communication and report writing skills to make an impact
• Contribute to bids, proposals, and strategic consultancy work
• Work as part of diverse, technically capable project teams
• Support development of junior engineers and promote best practice
• Help shape technical solutions that improve safety, reliability, and performance

You'll bring some of the following (depending on discipline):

• Degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related STEM field.
• Experience in maritime signatures for the defence industry
• Knowledge of modelling and simulation for maritime signatures, including strong first principles understanding of the underlying physics
• Highly developed problem-solving abilities coupled with effective communication skills
• Ability to manage tasks and collaborate across teams
• Excellent communication and report writing skills
• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
• Eligibility for UK security clearance (SC or DV)
• Progressing toward Chartership or already chartered (desirable)

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises:

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.
• Happy to talk flexible working
• Enhanced parental benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket loan
• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements