Systems Performance Engineer / Lead - MBDA : Job Details

Systems Performance Engineers are required within one of our systems engineering teams, you will provide performance prediction and analysis expertise to major defence programmes, developing the latest Complex Weapons capabilities for the UK Armed Forces in response to advanced threats in all domains (Air, Land, Sea).

Job Title: Systems Performance Engineer / Lead

Location: Stevenage (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

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.

The opportunity:

The role of a System Performance Engineer is to carry out technical studies on missile performance. Missile performance studies use models of the system to estimate key performance indicators such as range and terminal accuracy, among others.

The System Performance Engineer will:

• Plan and conduct technical studies into missile performance, using complex mathematical models, to help the project understand key system design choices
• Develop a good understanding of how the wider system affects performance and the knock on impacts of changes to the design
• Work with SMEs in Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Lethality, Guidance, Control & Navigation, Seekers (and others) to understand how each of these contribute to system performance
• Report performance data in a clear and concise way in internal design reviews and external performance statements to customers

What we're looking for from you:An enthusiasm for any of the following:

• Use of mathematical models to assess system behaviour
• Data analysis using Matlab and Simulink (or similar)
• Capturing and presenting technical data in a clear and concise for expert and non-expert audiences
• Exposure to the physical principles of aerodynamics, propulsion, guidance and control

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