System Performance Lead

A fantastic opportunity to join our Sparkworks team, working on programmes for groundbreaking weapon systems.

Salary: Circa £55,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 5 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen

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:

We are looking for a System Performance Lead for a Sparkworks Programme. As part of the role, you will be responsible for a number of activities, including:

• Conducting system-level performance evaluations of novel concepts against their requirements
• Conducting trade studies to inform lower-level design
• Generate and agree scenarios with key customers to be used for scenario-based performance evaluation
• Definition of the modelling strategy to conduct these assessments
• Ownership of development and delivery of models and algorithms
• Delivery of Performance Statements to customers
• Coordinating inputs from wider functions to support system design and performance analysis

What we're looking for from you:

• DV cleared engineer with a broad systems engineering background, preferably covering all phases of development from concept to certification
• Experience in the management, development and use of tools, simulations, and algorithms produced in Matlab and Simulink
• Ability to work at pace within a broad multi-functional team, delivering complex information into project collaborators
• Experience in data analysis and technical report writing
• Ability to solve problems collaboratively with colleagues and partners

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