Project Engineer - Hardware In The Loop

We are looking for analytical engineers to deliver the MBDA Hardware In The Loop mission statement; “To provide operational confidence through world-class, closed loop missile performance testing”.

Salary : Up to £46,000 depending on experience. Dynamic (hybrid) working : Predominately on-site (Stevenage) due to workload classification and nature of testing. 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 Security Check (SC).

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: You will join the Hardware In The Loop (HWIL) team who conduct dynamic missile firing simulations, utilising real missile hardware in support of; product development, performance validation and firing trial preparation.

You will have the opportunity to work within a state-of-the-art test and evaluation facility, unique within the UK. The HWIL testing utilises; real missile hardware, a missile performance model, flight motion tables [to pitch/roll/yaw the hardware] and RF / IR target generation systems [to represent target(s)]. This dynamic testing is controlled by a HWIL developed simulation which runs real-time.

This test and evaluation setup allows HWIL to conduct missile testing across many MBDA products in as close to real world scenarios as possible, exercising missile functionalities such as; in-flight performance, target detection, acquisition and homing.

Your job role may vary with the lifecycle of the missile products you are supporting. Your overall aim will be to; integrate, understand and maintain highly complex simulations, and utilise these to perform missile testing and data analysis – all in support of missile product development.

Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Understand functionality of the missile sub-systems involved in dynamic HWIL testing, • Understand interactions between the missile sub-systems and bespoke test equipment, • Interact with relevant subject matter experts across MBDA missile product teams, • Develop real time software simulations utilising performance models, • Conduct hands-on testing with real missile hardware and software, • Analyse missile telemetry data to understand performance and produce technical reports.

What we're looking for from you

• We have found that the best HWIL engineers have wide engineering experience, with knowledge in some (not necessarily all) of the areas listed below:

• • System integration & interface debugging, • Structured approach to problem solving, • Real time software / simulation design, • Testing of sensors or sub-systems, • Experience with Radio Frequency or InfraRed seekers, • System performance analysis.

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