Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £30 to £36 per hour

Location

Bristol

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

Systems Engineers :

Due to a substantial increase in workload a World Class Defence Organisation based in Bristol is currently looking to recruit 8 Systems Engineers who could come from a variety of different backgrounds; Systems Design Engineers / Systems Architects / Integration & Validation Engineers etc.

Please Note: you must be eligible for SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance.

The contract is initially for 6 months (ongoing and long-term thereafter).
Department offering hourly rates of £30 - £36 per hour.

Systems Engineer Description:

Systems Engineers with strong knowledge of several of the following System Design related tools and experience are of interest:

: Electronics Integration and Proving skills
: DOORS
: SysML
: UML
: MATLAB
: Simulink
: Rhapsody
: Aristisan
: Excel
: Requirements flow down and analysis
: Interface Documentation

Academic Qualification:

Ideal - BSc/MSc/MEng in systems engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent.

Experience Requirements:

Candidates from the defence, aerospace industry are ideal however other industries will be considered so long as you posses the necessary Systems Engineering skills and experience.

An ideal area of your previous work could come from the following domains;
Missile/Weapon Systems
Systems Combat
Command & Control Systems

In addition the successful candidate will…………

• have the ability to visualize and analyse complex systems
• have good analysis skills
• have good verbal, presentation and written communication skills
• have practical knowledge of basic systems engineering principles and processes.
• be able to work with engineering teams, including in-house and contractor personnel
• be pro-active and be capable of working on their own initiative with a minimum of supervision
• have good working experience in more than one phase of the engineering life cycle, with sufficient experience of the total life cycle to ensure a good understanding of adjacent phases and through-life engineering issues

Recruiter

People Source Consulting

Salary

From £30,000 to £50,000 per year

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Windows Phone Application Developer - C# MVVM XAML Silverlight

Are you a skilled application developer looking for a new and exciting challenge? Do you live in the South West of England or are you willing to relocate? Do you have knowledge and experience of developing Windows Phone applications? Do you have extensive knowledge and experience with C#? If yes to all of the above, I want to hear from you!

Great people, great atmosphere, great offices, great company, great job, great projects and definitely a great idea to get in touch!

My client in the South West of England are looking for an experienced Windows Phone Application Developer to join their highly successful team, the ideal candidate will possess experience with the following:

Developing applications for Windows Phone 7/7.5
C#
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express
MVVM
XAML

Experience with the following is desirable:

C++
Silverlight
win32 API
JSON/XML


If you are interested and feel that you could fulfil the role please contact Brad on [contact details removed] or email your CV to [contact details removed]

“This position is being advertised by an employment business in the case of temporary positions and an employment agency in the case of permanent positions.”

People Source Consulting is an award winning technical recruitment agency acting on behalf of high growth companies from Global organisations to SME’s. We recruit across a wide range of roles from graduates to Directors including Developers, Testers, Project Managers, Programme Managers, Business Analysts, Support and Infrastructure, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence. Sectors include Retail, FMCG, Consulting, Digital Media, iPTV, DotCom, Telecoms, Banking and Finance, Marketing, Public Sector & NHS. We are acting as the employment business with contract roles and employment agency with permanent positions.

People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas.

For more jobs similar to this or in one of our other industry sectors please visit the People Source website www.peoplesource.co.uk

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Recruiter

Connectus

Salary

Competitive

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Systems Consultant – Leading Defence Consultancy / Up to £55,000 pa

A great opportunity has arisen to work for a leading UK Defence Consultancy with strong pedigree in providing consultancy services into Tier 1 defence consultancies and direct to the MOD. Your role will be to provide expert advice at all stages of the project.

The ideal candidate ate will be a current consultant or a systems engineer with experience as a Programme Manager, Technical Design Authority or Chief Engineer in at least one of the following fields:
- Aerospace
- C4ISTAR
- Land Systems or
- Submarines

We currently have openings at Consultant, Senior and Principal levels.

Although based in Bristol, this role is commutable from across the South West including, Bath, Cardiff, Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Swindon.

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JOB DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS

Responsibilities

* As a consultant you will be expected to be able to use your experience and technical ability to work across a variety of our projects, get up to speed quickly and to identify and resolve the issues.
* Provides high level consultancy to some of the largest high profile programmes in the defence and aerospace sectors.
* Advise clients and take responsibility for elements of delivery of their programmes, to meet or exceed customer expectations.



Requirements

* You will have a good honours degree in engineering, science or maths-based subject and some post-graduate experience to enable you to provide sound advice.
* You will have experience as a system engineering practitioner and awareness of complex systems engineering
* You will be a self driven and competent engineer
* You will be a team player who is delivery focused.
* You will be an excellent communicator of ideas and concepts, in writing, in presentations, in meetings and in one-to-one conversations.
* You will hold a current driving licence
* You will require being SC cleared to carry out the role
* You will probably have worked in Defence or Aerospace but may come from a different background which involves exercising technical and programme judgements in a complex systems development environment – telecommunications, railways, information systems or air traffic services, for example.

Please note you may be based on client premises or in the Bristol offices.

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Due to the nature of the work at this site, applicants must be capable of achieving SC level UK security clearance. Current clearance is not a requirement.


Recruiter
Glenn Vickery
[contact details removed]
www.matchtech.com
Linkedin: [contact details removed]

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK

Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £35,000 to £55,000 per year + Annual Bonus, Flexitime, Pension, Healthcare, Overtime

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Senior Systems Engineers :

International Defence Organisation based in Bristol is currently looking to recruit 6 Systems Engineers (of varying skill-sets, experiences and career levels) - ideally candidates will have a background of working in a Defence, MoD or Aerospace industry as a Systems Engineer.

Please Note: you must be eligible for SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance if you're not already cleared to that level.

The Systems Engineering department(s) are looking to fill a variety of roles at different levels - so as a result the salary banding is wide and salary’s offered will be dependant on experience and skills – banding approx £35k - £55k and comes with great benefits including; overtime, flexitime, company and individual bonus scheme, pension and company healthcare etc.

Defence Systems Engineers Job Description:

Skills & Knowledge:

* Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline
* Experience of working in a Systems Engineering environment.
* Proven analytical and problem solving skills e.g. System Study Trade-offs

Defence Systems Engineers - Experience in two or more of the following:

* System Definition
* UML / SysML experience
* DOORS experience
* Systems Architecture Development e.g. MODAF
* Requirements capture, decomposition and management
* System Design and Analysis
* Design Studies
* Design/Performance Modelling
* System Integration
* Design Proving and Trials
* Interface Design
* System assessment and acceptance

Ideally worked (or a desire to work) in at least one of the following related Areas:

* Missile/Weapon Systems
* Combat Systems
* Command & Control Systems
* Radar System Design
* Control Systems
* Military Communications
* Data Link Systems
* Sensor Fusion
* The ability to speak French and/or Italian would be beneficial.

Support and/or Lead the design of Complex Weapon Systems covering Land, Sea and Air based products:

* Carry out a full range of technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and selection of technical options, individually or as a member of a project team.
* Lead engineering or Support activities in the field (and carry out the most complex activities) for specific products and customers to ensure the operability of products.
* Prepare a full range of specifications (System, Sub-System etc.), develop designs in line with demanding customer specifications.
* Liaise with customer and subcontractors e.g. Review Customer's needs, present findings and promote Design Solutions.
* Lead or Support Bid Preparation for future Systems work.
* Undertake System performance analysis
* Undertake the definition of trials requirements
* Undertake Trials data analysis
* Undertake Technology research and development activities

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £35,000 to £55,000 per year + Bonus, Flexitime, Pension, Healthcare, Overtime

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Combat / Weapons Systems Engineer -

International Defence Organisation based in Bristol is currently looking to recruit a number of Combat / Weapons Systems Engineers (of varying skill-sets, experiences and career levels) - ideally candidates will have a background of working in a Defence, MoD or Aerospace industry as a Systems Engineer although other industry’s and backgrounds will be considered.

Please Note: you must be able to gain SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance if you're not already cleared to that level.

The Systems Engineering department(s) are looking to fill a variety of roles at different levels - so as a result the salary banding is wide and salary’s offered will be dependant on experience and skills – banding approx £35k - £55k. Fantastic benefits come with this role and include; annual bonus, paid overtime, flexitime, a comprehensive pension scheme, private healthcare, fantastic site facilities, superb career and development opportunities, plus many others.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline
• Experience of working in a Systems Engineering environment.
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills e.g. System Study Trade-offs

Experience in two or more of the following;

• System Definition
• UML / SysML experience
• DOORS experience
• Systems Architecture Development e.g. MODAF
• Requirements capture, decomposition and management
• System Design and Analysis
• Design Studies
• Design/Performance Modelling
• System Integration
• Design Proving and Trials
• Interface Design
• System assessment and acceptance
• Radar Systems studies (Trade off studies, requirements apportionment, sensitivity studies etc.)
• Math Modelling including Model Based Design (using FORTRAN, C, Matlab, Simulink, Statemate)
• Signal processing (e.g. Target Detection, Target Acquisition, Image processing, particularly Doppler Beam Sharpening)
• Algorithm development (Digital filtering, DFT processing, Track formation and propagation etc.)
• System and Sub-System Specification
• System Test, Integration and Certification, Trials Analysis
• Knowledge of RF systems

Ideally worked (or a desire to work) in at least one of the following related Areas:

• Missile/Weapon Systems
• Combat Systems
• Command & Control Systems
• Radar System Design
• Control Systems
• Military Communications
• Data Link Systems
• Sensor Fusion
• The ability to speak French and/or Italian would be beneficial.

Support and/or Lead the design of Complex Weapon Systems covering Land, Sea and Air based products:

• Carry out a full range of technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and selection of technical options, individually or as a member of a project team.
• Lead engineering or Support activities in the field (and carry out the most complex activities) for specific products and customers to ensure the operability of products.
• Prepare a full range of specifications (System, Sub-System etc.), develop designs in line with demanding customer specifications.
• Liaise with customer and subcontractors e.g. Review Customer's needs, present findings and promote Design Solutions.
• Lead or Support Bid Preparation for future Systems work.
• Undertake System performance analysis
• Undertake the definition of trials requirements
• Undertake Trials data analysis
• Undertake Technology research and development activities

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £35,000 to £45,000 per year + Bonus, Flexitime, Pension, Healthcare, Overtime

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Simulation & Modelling Systems Engineer :

International Defence Organisation based in Bristol is currently looking to recruit 5x Simulation & Modelling Systems Engineers to work on exiting existing and future projects.

The department has vacancy’s that would suit candidates with a background of using the following skills; Systems Design, UML, SysML, RF Systems Engineering, Matlab, Simulink, Statemate, Systems Architect, Image Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Mathematical Modelling, Simulation & Algorithms.

The role(s) are ideal for someone who has a strong systems engineering background.

Please Note: you must be eligible for SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance.

The salary on offer is £35k - £45k and comes with great benefits including; overtime, flexitime, company and individual bonus scheme, pension and company healthcare etc.

Responsibilities may include:

Perform analysis of data gathered during ground trials and a telemetry firing.
Undertake System performance analysis
Identify problems within the system, report these and propose changes to the system design
Model suggested improvements to system design.
Update the software requirements specification and provide test vectors to the software team to enable software test
Attend trials site and participate in data gathering activities

Experience/Skills:

In any of the below………..

• System Definition
• UML / SysML experience
• DOORS experience
• Systems Architecture Development e.g. MODAF
• Requirements capture, decomposition and management
• System Design and Analysis
• Design Studies
• Design/Performance Modelling
• System Integration
• Design Proving and Trials
• Interface Design
• System assessment and acceptance
• Radar Systems studies (Trade off studies, requirements, sensitivity studies etc.)
• Math Modelling including Model Based Design (using FORTRAN, C, Matlab, Simulink, Statemate)
• Signal processing (e.g. Target Detection, Target Acquisition, Image processing, particularly Doppler Beam Sharpening)
• Algorithm development (Digital filtering, DFT processing, Track formation and propagation etc.)
• System and Sub-System Specification
• System Test, Integration and Certification, Trials Analysis
• Knowledge of RF systems

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £30 to £35 per hour

Location

Bristol

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

Radar Systems Engineers :

World class Defence Organisation based in Bristol is currently looking to recruit 2 Radar Systems Engineers.

Please Note: you must be eligible for SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance.

The contract is initially for 6 months (ongoing after).

Department offering hourly rates of £30 - £35 per hour.

Radar Systems Engineers Job Description:

Support to a project in the in-service support phase a major weapon system

Radar system design, including:

Requirements management
Support to qualification work
Resolution of customer and trials-related queries.
Assisting radar delivery team in updating design proving documentation and qualification reports.
Managing non-compliance reports by producing impact statements etc.
Witness and support acceptance testing both at factory and installed.
Preparation for, and support to, radar aspects of in-service firing trials.
Interfacing with the supplier, customer community and its agencies.


Skills and Experience:

Systems understanding of modern radar operation.
Analysing radar performance in the presence of clutter (ground and weather) and sophisticated counter-measures.
Understanding of phased arrays.
Degree qualified in numerate degree.

Desirable:
Knowledge of current military radar systems
Knowledge of tracking algorithms.
Experience of DD(Design Definition) /DJD (Design Justification Document) design proving procedure.
Knowledge of weapon systems architecture
Experience of validation of radar models.

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £35,000 to £55,000 per year + Bonus, Flexitime, Overtime, Pension, Healthcare

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Senior Systems Engineers :

International Defence Organisation based in Bristol is currently looking to recruit a large number of Systems Engineers (of varying skill-sets, experiences and career levels) - ideally candidates will have a background of working in a Defence, MoD or Aerospace industry as a Systems Engineer.

Please Note: you must be eligible for SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance if you're not already cleared to that level.

The Systems Engineering department(s) are looking to fill a variety of roles at different levels - so as a result the salary banding is wide and salary's offered will be dependant on experience and skills - banding approx 35k - 55k and comes with great benefits including; overtime, flexitime, company and individual bonus scheme, pension and company healthcare etc.

Defence Systems Engineers Job Description:

Skills & Knowledge:

* Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline
* Experience of working in a Systems Engineering environment.
* Proven analytical and problem solving skills e.g. System Study Trade-offs

Defence Systems Engineers - Experience in two or more of the following:

* System Definition
* UML / SysML experience
* DOORS experience
* Systems Architecture Development e.g. MODAF
* Requirements capture, decomposition and management
* System Design and Analysis
* Design Studies
* Design/Performance Modelling
* System Integration
* Design Proving and Trials
* Interface Design
* System assessment and acceptance

Ideally worked (or a desire to work) in at least one of the following related Areas:

* Missile/Weapon Systems
* Combat Systems
* Command & Control Systems
* Radar System Design
* Control Systems
* Military Communications
* Data Link Systems
* Sensor Fusion
* The ability to speak French and/or Italian would be beneficial.

Support and/or Lead the design of Complex Weapon Systems covering Land, Sea and Air based products:

* Carry out a full range of technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and selection of technical options, individually or as a member of a project team.
* Lead engineering or Support activities in the field (and carry out the most complex activities) for specific products and customers to ensure the operability of products.
* Prepare a full range of specifications (System, Sub-System etc.), develop designs in line with demanding customer specifications.
* Liaise with customer and subcontractors e.g. Review Customer's needs, present findings and promote Design Solutions.
* Lead or Support Bid Preparation for future Systems work.
* Undertake System performance analysis
* Undertake the definition of trials requirements
* Undertake Trials data analysis
* Undertake Technology research and development activities

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £35,000 to £55,000 per year + Bonus, Flexitime, Overtime, Pension, Healthcare

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Systems Design / Weapons Systems Engineers :

Highly successful Defence Organisation based in Bristol is currently looking to recruit 6 Systems Design / Weapons Systems Engineers.

Please Note: you must be eligible for SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance if you're not already cleared to that level.

The Systems Engineering department(s) are looking to fill a variety of roles at different levels - so as a result the salary banding is wide and salary's offered will be dependant on experience and skills - banding approx 35k - 55k and comes with great benefits including; overtime, flexitime, company and individual bonus scheme, pension and company healthcare etc.

Systems Design / Weapons Systems Engineers Job Description:

System Design & Architecture activities contributing to the Specification, Design and Validation.

Key responsibilities:

* Carry out a full range of technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and selection of technical options and prepare reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of problems and/or the development of engineering capability, individually or as a member of a project team.
* Prepare a full range of specifications (system, sub-system etc), develop designs in line with specifications and all quality and technical standards, and carry out design appraisals in assigned areas to ensure all standards are maintained.
* Define testing approaches and specify tests in assigned/specialist area(s) and evaluate and make recommendations based on results, including making suggestions to improve test/diagnosis processes.
* Typical Roles could include:
o Requirements analysis and design in response to customer requirements.
o Identification of key design vulnerabilities between different solutions, e.g. maritime and land system variants.
o Development and embedding "hooks" into the system/sub-system design to enable adaptation/configuration for other applications, e.g. export variants.
o Investigation of potential re-use options for cost savings.
o Production and maintenance of sub-system software requirements specifications and interface requirements specifications.
o Ensuring correct flow down of top-level requirements to sub-systems and interfaces.

Skills / Experience:

* Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline.
* Experience of working in a Systems Engineering environment
* Substantial analytical and problem solving skills.
* Sound understanding of the system design process (including System and Sub-System Specification, System Test, Integration and Certification).
* Rhapsody and UML / SysML
* Knowledge of Algorithm and Software development.
* Practical knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
o Use of DOORS for requirement management, tracking and mapping certification evidence
o System testing including the production of related documentation
o Interface specification
o Knowledge of data analysis techniques
o Software technology and design/validation methods
* Good verbal and written communications

Experience in two or more of the following;

* System Definition
* Systems Architecture Development e.g. MODAF
*Requirements capture, decomposition and management
* System Design and Analysis
* Design Studies
* Design/Performance Modelling
* System Integration
* Design Proving and Trials
* Interface Design
* System assessment and acceptance

Recruiter

Connectus

Salary

Competitive

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

My client offers an array of Communications & Systems capabilities that deliver to a wide range of clients, not only supporting the company vertical business lines, but to other diverse sectors where the unique combination of the firm’s capability provides value to clients.

There is an immediate need for an energetic systems thinker who can apply their experience to client challenges and orchestrate both internal & external partner capability to deliver innovative solutions.
Projects range from typical Control & Automation projects through to very unique challenges presented by more diverse clients.

The Systems Capability Team within the Communications division provides a broad range of industrial information systems skills & knowledge to bear on client problems. As such you will be working with a broad base of staff such as project managers and systems, application & software engineers, both internally and externally.

The primary location for this role is Bristol, however we may be able to consider a Surrey location for the right candidate.


Responsibilities:
* Leading and developing the Communications Industrial Systems Capability to ensure it is capable of meeting growing client needs.
* Secure work, through existing relationships, or working with others to support bidding activity into new business opportunities.
* Cultivation of strong client relationships through technical excellence and strong capability leadership.
* Supporting project managers in design & implementation of technical solutions
* Assuring technical delivery and ensuring quality throughout the project lifecycle.
* Mentor and develop staff
* Enhance and develop the company reputation in Industrial Systems
* Ensure successful delivery of projects, within multidisciplinary programmes & projects.
* Selection and adoption of appropriate standards

Requirements:

Essential:
* Previous experience of successful design & delivery of control & automation systems across multiple sectors, project values >£250k.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at various levels within an organisation, build strong client relationships, lead client conversations and engage on a technical level.
* Commercially aware, experienced in developing costed technical proposals, identifying key risks
* Sound industrial controls knowledge, ideally from instrument through to ERP connectivity.
* Experience of technical document production throughout the project lifecycle
* Occasional temporary requirements to work away from home, both in the UK and overseas as project/client requirements dictate.
* Capable of working as a technical consultant on client sites to define project scope
* Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartership

Desirable:
* Knowledge of mechanical & electro-mechanical systems in an industrial setting
* Degree qualified with an electrical/electronic/computing/controls bias.
* An understanding of electrical standards

Personal Qualities:
* Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
* Pragmatic, approachable, problem solver
* Comfortable dealing with ambiguity in a technical setting
* Ability to be flexible and to be able to multi-task and prioritise when necessary.

Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.