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Algorithm Engineer - Defence/Aerospace

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Job Description - Algorithm Engineer - Defence/Aerospace

Algorithm Engineer – Defence/Aerospace

Join a specialist team developing advanced algorithms at the core of next-generation Autonomous Systems, Guided Weapons, and ML-enabled defence technologies.
You’ll contribute to high-impact programmes across the full engineering lifecycle — from early-stage research and feasibility studies through to development, trials, and in-service enhancement. Focus areas include navigation, guidance, tracking, sensor/data fusion, and machine learning.
Key requirements:
  • Proficiency in MATLAB and/or Python for algorithm development and simulation
  • Degree or PhD in a technical discipline such as Aerospace Engineering, Control Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
  • Experience in one or more of:
    • Autonomous decision-making and control systems
    • Navigation, estimation, or tracking algorithms (e.g. Kalman filtering, SLAM)
    • AI/ML, including real-time implementation and model validation
    • Verification & validation of complex algorithms in mission-critical systems
What’s on offer:
  • Hybrid/flexible working and multiple career pathways (technical or managerial)
  • Cross-disciplinary collaboration on critical national defence programmes
  • Exposure to complex systems: RF/IR seekers, inertial sensors, thrust vectoring, and more
Candidates must be eligible for UK SC (Security Check) clearance.
Apply now to work at the forefront of defence innovation.

If you are interested please apply ASAP. The People Network is an employment agency and will respond to all applicants within three - five working days. If you do not hear within these timescales please feel free to get in touch.
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