Laser Systems Engineer

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British Citizen or a Dual UK Citizen with British citizenship and a minimum of 5 years UK Residency.

With the recent award of LDEW Defence Contract, our client will be delivering the first ever Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) onto Royal Navy warships within the next 2 years. Following on from these successes, our client is looking for flexible, motivated, and technically astute candidates to continue to develop Dragon Fire into a world class, deployable, LDEW air defence system.

Our ambitious plans involve parallel and interleaved streams of pioneering technology, experimentation and rapid weapon system development, providing opportunities across the key weapon system domains of Systems Engineering: requirements, design, performance analysis and certification.

What we are looking for:

• PhD or industry experience in the development of laser technology at a system level
• In-depth understanding of laser physics and optics, with the ability to influence and contribute to the design and development of a cutting‑edge laser systems and technology
• Ability to support technical mediation, communicating issues, architectures and ideas at all levels
• Demonstrated ability in technical mediation, communicating complex laser and optics concepts, architectures, and ideas effectively at all levels, from high‑level management and technical experts to systems engineering specialists and non‑technical stakeholders
• Ability to develop excellent working relationships with partners and customers/key stakeholders as well as team members and other departments
• A passion for problem‑solving, persistence, and a commitment to delivering high‑quality results

• Experience with high‑power laser technology / laser systems
• Requirements analysis, specifications and justification
• Systems proving, design assurance and certification
• Experience of developing complex systems, ideally in defence
• Support functional design with requirement flow down through system/sub‑system/equipment
• Experience of system architecting tools e.g. DOORS/DOORS NG/Rhapsody

PhD or industry experience in the development of laser technology at a system level

• In-depth understanding of laser physics and optics
• Ability to influence and contribute to the design and development of cutting‑edge laser systems and technology
• Ability to support technical mediation
• Demonstrated ability in technical mediation
• Ability to develop excellent working relationships
• A passion for problem‑solving

• Experience with high‑power laser technology / laser systems
• Requirements analysis, specifications and justification
• Systems proving, design assurance and certification
• Experience of developing complex systems, ideally in defence
• Support functional design with requirement flow down through system/sub‑system/equipment
• Experience of system architecting tools e.g. DOORS/DOORS NG/Rhapsody