Systems Engineer - Navigation Sensors

Stevenage

Want to work for a growing team with the motivation to excel and a good team spirit? Where you will have the opportunity to apply your experience and passion for navigation sensor technologies to support the development of some of the most advanced missile systems in the world? If so, keep reading!

Up to £57,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Hybrid: 3 days per week on-site due to workload classification.

British Citizen. All successful candidates will undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS). Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply.

• Company bonus up to £2,500, based on company performance.
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution up to 14%.
• Paid overtime opportunities.
• Flexible Leave: up to 15 additional days.
• Flexible working arrangements are welcome.
• Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave; enhancements available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Facilities: site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and more.

Navigation sensors are a critical technology for missile systems and therefore the team has frequent exposure to high‑profile, fast‑paced projects with rewarding opportunities. The team is closely linked with the navigation sensors team in MBDA France with associated travel opportunities.

You will carry out specification and assessment of navigation sensors including GNSS receivers, anti‑jam units and inertial measurement units. You will monitor supplier and technology roadmaps to identify cutting‑edge technology for investment, support sub‑assembly and equipment assessment trials, and undertake research activities as part of an international team.

This role offers you the opportunity to be part of a successful team working to develop new and innovative solutions to address complex customer requirements, develop expertise in navigation sensors, take on a key role in several multi‑national research programmes, as well as the chance to challenge yourself technically.

• An experienced defence or aerospace engineer, with a degree in electronic engineering, physics, or similar.
• Technical knowledge in navigation systems, avionics, or RF engineering.
• Project management, delivery, and commercial awareness highly desirable.
• Modelling skills including proficiency with tools such as MATLAB and/or Simulink would be advantageous.

• Detailed understanding of all aspects of GNSS functionality, multi‑constellation technology and system integration.
• Detailed knowledge of receivers, anti‑jam and CRPA's.
• GNSS system chain performance & integration challenges.
• GNSS jamming and spoofing experience.
• Inertial sensor specification and characterisation.

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