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System Performance Engineer – FCAS

Bristol, United KingdomFull-timeHybridMid · 2-5 yearsPerformance Test Engineer

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What you'll do

  • Support the FCAS design ensuring that all elements work together to deliver effects throughout an engagement.
  • Act with autonomy and authority to bring about and deliver a series of studies (by developing and utilising the matlab-Simulink based System Model).
  • Demonstrate, prove and assess how we can optimise the effectiveness of kinetic and EW-enabled weapons in a quantified way.
  • Work closely with other teams to convert these findings into requirements and influence the FCAS design.

What they're looking for

  • Eagerness to collaborate and work with others is essential (both within the team and with other engineering teams or stakeholders).
  • Eagerness to work autonomously, and take ownership for delivery.
  • Experience or willingness to learn to operate within a tailored agile framework and adopt AGILE values and behaviours.

Nice to have

  • Experience developing reusable programmes in a high level programming language would be a strong advantage (e.g. Matlab, Python, C++ etc…).
  • Experience creating dynamic models of interlinked systems would be an advantage.
  • Experience analysing system behaviour and/or deriving/proving system requirements would be beneficial.

Summarised by NextRaise from the employer’s description, which follows in full below.

Full description from employer

MBDA are at the forefront of the one of the most exciting and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS) for the RAF and international partners in record time!

Salary: Up to £53,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 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:

The FCAS (Future Combat Air Systems) is currently in the design and development phase. This role involves working as part of the team who are supporting the FCAS design ensuring that all elements work together to deliver effects throughout an engagement. The ability to optimise effects as part of a wider, complex, interlinking combat air system is vital to the success of the FCAS, and you will play a key role in ensuring that it is fit for purpose.

Your role as an experienced engineer in the System Performance team will be to act with autonomy and authority to bring about and deliver a series of studies (by developing and utilising the matlab-Simulink based System Model) to demonstrate, prove and assess how we can optimise the effectiveness of kinetic and EW-enabled weapons in a quantified way. You will work closely with other teams to convert these findings into requirements and influence the FCAS design.

What we're looking for from you:

  • Eagerness to collaborate and work with others is essential (both within the team and with other engineering teams or stakeholders).
  • Experience developing reusable programmes in a high level programming language would be a strong advantage (e.g. Matlab, Python, C++ etc…).
  • Eagerness to work autonomously, and take ownership for delivery.
  • Experience or willingness to learn to operate within a tailored agile framework and adopt AGILE values and behaviours.
  • Experience creating dynamic models of interlinked systems would be an advantage.
  • Experience analysing system behaviour and/or deriving/proving system requirements would be beneficial.

What's in it for you:

  • This is an emerging discipline within the programme and the broader business, and there is opportunity to shape the capability as it grows.
  • The role will develop a core performance assessment skill base for system of systems concepts, with collaborative working across wider technology and systems engineering disciplines.
  • Opportunity to shape and influence cutting-edge 6th Gen Air capabilities for our customer and international partners.
  • There is an opportunity for the role to develop and grow in line with personal development

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation.  We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more…

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.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.



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