Senior Mission Systems Hardware Integration Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Senior Mission Systems Hardware Integration Engineer

Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £47,683 – £52,426 (Commensurate with skills on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting the development and delivery of robust value for money proposals, satisfying the requirements, enhancing mission systems capabilities and achieving results to time, cost and quality
• Contributing to the engineering activities carried out within your area of the FCAS Mission Systems Delivery Team in an efficient, effective way that are compliant with legal and regulatory obligations and relevant Air Sector mandates
• Day to day interface with other team members and stakeholders with the FCAS Mission Systems Delivery Management Team for computing technology programmes
• Computing and core avionics activities
• Understanding and developing requirements for complex computing HW/FW within FCAS, across Platforms and Support solutions, encompassing existing Secure Application of Safety / Cyber / Performance characteristics via Hardware configuration
• Various aspects of the engineering life cycle; including Engineering Planning and delivery, governance, configuration control, maturity management and reporting into project and engineering reviews (including tailored LCM reviews)

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Knowledge and experience in digital electronic design and programmable logic devices, such as CPLDs and/or FPGAs
• Knowledge and experience in hardware description languages (HDL/VHDL)
• Familiarity of using Simulation/Modelling tools, such as Matlab and Simulink
• Appreciation of software programming/scripting languages (Python, C++)
• Awareness of product security and safety

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of standards such as DEF-STAN, MIL-STD, RTCA DO

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The MSDT Core Computing Team:

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen within the Mission Systems Delivery Team for a Hardware Integration engineer.

You will work as part of a Systems Engineering team using Safety / Cyber / Technical Protection engineering methodologies in Hardware to enhance and enable the System Design for FCAS Mission Systems. The FCAS core computing system has interfaces into many other parts of the FCAS aircraft's mission and flight systems, providing the opportunity to gain a wide range of knowledge and to specialise in areas of interest, including cryptography, cyber security, technical protection, safety compliance and secure / safe networking.

There will be opportunities for career progression, which is actively encourage within the team and the wider business.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 30th April 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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