MBDA has a number of unique Simulation Engineer opportunities, to join our Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) Team at our Stevenage site!

Salary: Up to £55,000, depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: typically, 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:

As a Simulation Engineer, you will conduct the most complete test of missiles (other than a firing) at our MBDA’s Missile test track. We design complex, real-time simulations that surround real missile hardware to allow us to ‘fire missiles indoors’.

• Build and develop complex, real-time simulations for missile testing.

• Conduct indoor firings and analyse missile performance.

• Adapt to new engineering situations and abstract detail to understand the simulation and missile behaviour.

• Collaborate with teams from various departments to ensure seamless integration and interface debugging.

• Analyse system performance and provide solutions for optimisation.

• Apply software design principles for real-time applications.

• Work with the Linux operating system and programming languages like C/C++.

• Use microcontrollers, like Raspberry Pi, for system development.

What we're looking for from you:

A broad engineering experience with deeper experience in some (not necessarily all) of the following:

• Proven experience in software design for real-time applications.

• Familiarity with Linux operating system.

• Familiarity in C / C++ programming languages.

• Experience with microcontrollers, such as Raspberry Pi.

• Ability to analyse system performance and provide optimisation solutions.

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge of object-oriented approaches, to enhance simulation capabilities, would be beneficial.

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We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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