The Senior Algorithm Engineer role in GCN (Guidance, Control, and Navigation) is a highly visible, strategic position, working with a highly capable technical team. This role offers a rare opportunity for hands-on technical involvement, research, and strategy steering, without line management duties.

Salary: Up to £65,000, depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 5 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. All successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants seeking flexible arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: Up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave; enhancements available for paternity, neonatal leave, and fertility treatments
• Facilities: Including subsidised meals, free parking, and more

The opportunity:

As a Senior Algorithm Specialist, you will develop expertise from detailed Guidance & Control design to higher architectural levels, demonstrating rigorous system analysis and complexity management. You will influence design and testing of missile Guidance & Control systems, involving algorithms, real-time architecture, RF & IR seekers, sensors, actuators, propulsion systems, and platform interfaces. You will collaborate across departments, directorates, and national boundaries, engaging in projects from early research to flight trials.

What we're looking for from you:

• Theoretical knowledge and extensive experience in aerospace guidance, control, navigation, algorithms, real-time systems, and verification
• Ability to define engineering problems clearly and set unambiguous requirements
• Managing complexity by identifying key system drivers
• Cross-verification of systems and models against underlying theory
• Clear communication of complex ideas
• Diagnosing system abnormalities via physical and virtual models (Matlab & Simulink)
• Technical influence within teams
• Interest or experience in flight control applications is a plus but not essential

Our company: MBDA is a leading defence organisation committed to supporting armed forces and defending sovereignty. We value diversity and encourage open communication and support throughout our recruitment process.

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