Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £39 to £39 per hour

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

World class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Reliability Engineer.

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

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

The hourly rate is £39 per hour.

Reliability Engineer Job Description:

Brief role description:
Generation of reliability programme plans commensurate with the requirements of the DEF STAN 00-40 series of standards and supporting the project in obtaining the agreement of such programmes with the customer.
Conduct a series of system and sub-system reliability activities in support of these plans during all lifecycle phases including, but not limited to:
• Production of FMECAs.
• Preparation of reliability and maintainability predictions.
• Creation and management of critical items lists.
• Reliability growth and demonstration test planning, including analysis of the results.
• Provide support to internal and external project Reliability Panels and Committees.
• With the reliability focal points, assist in the management and integration of these activities with system engineering and design programs to ensure the timely delivery of material supporting the reliability case.
• Liaison with other functions in order to derive reliability requirements.
• Candidate will be expected to work with systems teams in order to demonstrate satisfaction of reliability requirements.

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

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

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit 4x Senior Safety and Reliability Engineers.

Please note: the Organisation is also happy to consider candidates who are suitably qualified in only Safety or Reliability.........

Safety-only candidates should be experienced in hazard identification and management, risk analysis and the production of safety arguments/cases and ALARP statements.

Reliability-only candidates should be experienced in the production of FMECAs and reliability predictions, analysis of test and in-service reliability data and production of reliability cases.

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

The Safety and Reliability Engineering department is 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.

Job Description:

Production of Reliability and Safety Cases.

Duties include:

Generation of reliability and safety programme plans and agreement of such programmes with the project and the customer, commensurate with the requirements of the DEF STAN 00-40 series of standards or DEF-STAN 00-56, as applicable. Responsible for the generation, promotion and realization of the stated strategy on a given project.

Conduct a series of system and sub-system reliability activities in support of this plan during all lifecycle phases including, but not limited to:

Production of FMECAs
Preparation of reliability and maintainability predictions
Reliability growth and demonstration test planning, including analysis of the results
Provide support to internal and external project Reliability Panels and Committees
With the reliability focal points, assist in the management and integration of these activities with system engineering and design programs to ensure the timely delivery of material supporting the reliability case.
Liaison with other functions in order to derive reliability requirements.

Conduct a series of system and sub-system safety activities in support of this plan during all lifecycle phases including, but not limited to:

Hazard Identification exercises (SWIFT and HAZOP)
Hazard management and risk analysis, including Fault Tree and event tree analysis
Construction of safety arguments and ALARP statements
Provide support to internal and external project Safety Panels and Committees
With the safety focal points, assist in the management and integration of these activities with system engineering and design programs to ensure the timely delivery of material supporting the safety case.
Liaison with other functions in order to derive safety requirements and hazards.

Working with systems team in order to demonstrate satisfaction of safety and reliability requirements

Performance Indicators:

Ability to construct a safety argument that is acceptable to the end customer, project Chief Engineer and the Independent Guided Weapon Safety Officer

Ability to construct a reliability argument that is acceptable to the end customer and project Chief Engineer

Ability to deliver supporting information (reliability/safety case reports, hazard analysis, Functional Failure Analysis, FMECA, reliability predictions, etc) that are timely and acceptable to the above stakeholder community.

Bid preparation is appropriately scoped in terms of complexity and level of effort to fit the nature of the proposal.

Recruiter

Connectus

Salary

From £39,000 to £44,000 per year

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Job Title: Microwave Design Engineer

Role Purpose: To design, develop and to oversee the manufacture of Microwave and RF products.

Accountabilities

1/ Acting as a team member to carry out a full range of Microwave and RF Engineering and design activities in accordance with all relevant processes, standards and requirements, such as:


- Designing, developing and testing microwave sub-modules and oversee their transition into series production
- Produce and maintain design and test documentation associated with microwave design, including design specifications, development test schedules, procurement specifications, test result sheets
- Contribute to “make/buy” decisions

2/ Participate in design reviews

3/ Manage microwave suppliers and liaise with sales representatives

4/ Supply technical advice and support across Projects and to other Functions

5/ Support new business opportunities

6/ Carry out technical investigations to provide data for problem assessment and design improvements and support development of solutions to technical issues

7/ Interface with internal and external customers

8/ Share best practice and knowledge

9/ Contribute to engineering team decisions

Skills and Knowledge

- Knowledge and experience gained in radar or microwave design and development
- Knowledge of microwave design tools e.g. Agilent ADS or HFSS
- Knowledge of microwave antennas and analogue electronic product design
- Ability to diagnose hardware problems by understanding design and manufacturing issues
- Ability to produce high quality written reports and presentations to internal and external customers
- Ability to manage small /medium value projects
- Developed sense of commercial and financial awareness
- Consistent ability to deliver required output within agreed timescales
- Ability to Mentor and encourage less experienced staff by sharing knowledge

Performance Indicators

- Contribute to achieving development milestones to time, cost and quality followed by successful transition to manufacture
- Design and test documentation should be accurate and timely and in accordance with agreed procedures
- Contribution made to objective setting process and every effort made to achieve objectives within agreed timescales and at required performance standards

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 £27 to £30 per hour

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

Microwave Design Engineer :

Due to a substantial increase in workload a World class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is
currently looking to recruit a Microwave Design Engineer.

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 £27 - £30 per hour.

Microwave Design Engineer Job Specification:

1. Design and develop RF and microwave circuits (including transmitters, receivers and antennas) which will be used in
missile seekers and data links
2. Interact with internal customers and suppliers to understand circuit design requirements, volume constraints and
environmental specifications so that the final design is compliant with the design requirements
3. Provide technical advice and assistance in pursuance of existing and new business, particularly in the fields of RF,
Microwave and Antenna Engineering and ensure the effectiveness and competitiveness of the proposed technical solutions

Skills and Experience :

* Radar Sensor techniques and technology
* Microwave, RF and Analogue Design, including frequency synthesisers
* Test and Trials
* Appreciation of mechanical design
* Aware of Production techniques and capabilities.
* Clear understanding of engineering tools, processes and procedures
* Be conversant with RF design tools including ADS, HFSS is also desirable but not essential
* Be able to write test requirements and generate test reports
* Appreciate and be able to work to project deadlines

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £33 to £36 per hour

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

World class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Weapon System Equipments Engineer.

Please Note: you must be eligible for SC (Secret Level) Security Clearance although this level of clearance is not required to be held at the time of application.

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

Hourly rate - £33 - £36 per hour.

Weapon System Equipments Engineer Job Description:

The role of a Weapon System Equipments Engineer is the owner of specific sub systems of the Ground Equipment hardware design, and where applicable, their integration onto Land platforms. The role also covers ensuring its design standard is fit for the purpose and is responsible for bringing the product from its early design during the Assessment Phase to a mature certifiable and producible design for the expected product evolution during the D&M phases.

• Manage & coordinate development activities across assigned work packages on behalf of the project CDE.
• Formulate and present evidence on the fitness for purpose of both design standards and (as built) build standards.
• Derive and manage the sub system Technical Requirements Specifications for the sub systems assigned to the role.
• Management of evidence in support of the Acceptance process for the hardware and installation design in the D&M phase.
• Provide the technical liaison and coordination of hardware management whether sourced from the business or from subcontractors.
• Develop the definition of and documents the sub system physical interfaces for the work packages assigned to the role.
The Weapon System Equipments Engineer is responsible for the following, within the limits of the sub systems assigned:
• Subsystem design studies in particular those relating to future Platforms and variants
• Subsystem testability
• Non-conformance management of the subsystem.
• Ensure the subsystem design is suitable for the environment/application.
• Control the technical interface with subsystem suppliers in conjunction with project Procurement Executive
• Control the mass/CofG/physical properties of the product
• Producing evidence in support of Safety approval of drawings, design specifications, and processes
• Producing evidence in support of CE approval of drawings, design specifications, and processes
• Generate and manage both Design cost and Unit production costs of subsystem
• Provision of Bids support
• Deliver Design Definition for the subsystem
• Conduct Assessments of possible functional solution options and technology solution options to aspects of the subsystem. Facilitate option selection decisions as a result of those assessments.
• Support Stakeholder Engagements with MOD and User organisations to brief the technical solution for subsystem.
• Contribute to the development of objectives and reviews undertaken by the team in support of the project CDE.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Systems Engineering
• Facilitation of team activities, meetings reviews etc
• Understanding of technical problems
• Rapid & effective decision making
• Good project and risk management skills and knowledge

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

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

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Senior Microwave Design Engineer :

International Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Senior Microwave Design Engineer.

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

The salary on offer is £35k - £45k and comes with 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.

Senior Microwave Design Engineer Job Description:

To design, develop and to oversee the manufacture of Microwave and RF products.

Accountabilities:

• Acting as a team member to carry out a full range of Microwave and RF Engineering and design activities in accordance with all relevant processes, standards and requirements
• Designing, developing and testing microwave sub-modules and oversee their transition into series production
• Produce and maintain design and test documentation associated with microwave design, including design specifications, development test schedules, procurement specifications, test result sheets
• Contribute to “make/buy” decisions
• Participate in design reviews
• Manage microwave suppliers and liaise with sales representatives
• Supply technical advice and support across Projects and to other Functions
• Support new business opportunities
• Carry out technical investigations to provide data for problem assessment and design improvements and support development of solutions to technical issues
• Interface with internal and external customers
• Share best practice and knowledge

Experience/Skills:

• Knowledge and experience gained in radar or microwave design and development
• Knowledge of microwave design tools e.g. Agilent ADS or HFSS
• Knowledge of microwave antennas and analogue electronic product design
• Ability to diagnose hardware problems by understanding design and manufacturing issues
• Ability to produce high quality written reports and presentations to internal and external customers
• Ability to manage small /medium value projects
• Developed sense of commercial and financial awareness
• Consistent ability to deliver required output within agreed timescales
• Ability to Mentor and encourage less experienced staff by sharing knowledge

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

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

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Principal Engineer, Test & Validation (Electronics Sub Systems) :

International Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Principal Engineer, Test & Validation (Electronics Sub Systems).

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

The salary on offer is £35k - £45k and comes with 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.

Test & Validation (Electronics Sub Systems) Job Description:

To undertake Test, Validation and Certification activities for electronic project sub-systems

Skills & Experience :

• Likely to be Degree qualified, or equivalent, in Electronics or related subject
• Will have significant experience of product design, test and certification
• Use of DOORS requirements verification tool
• Ability to work together with project teams and also in the international environment

Role Duties:

Perform the following activities for specific project equipment:

Within the domain of Design Verification & Certification:

• Produce Equipment Proving Strategies and Design Verification Plans including work schedules
• Assessment of evidence and production of design statements for the creation of Compliance Matrices and Certificates of Design
• Review and interpretation of Technical Requirements, identifying and raising Non-Compliance Statements
• Analysis of equipment build standards, non-conformances and non-compliances in support of design reconciliation

Within the domain of Equipment Test:

• Preparation of test requirements documentation, including Development activities test documents
• Participation in the defining, preparing, performing and reporting of Environmental and EMC trials
• Development of test aids to support Environmental and EMC trials activities

Recruiter

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £30 to £36 per hour

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

Systems Engineers :

Due to a substantial increase in workload a World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire 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

Mass Consultants Ltd

Salary

From £35 to £38 per hour

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Contract

Job hours

Full time

World class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit 2x Safety 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 £35 - £38 per hour.

Safety Engineer Job Description:

- Generation of safety programme plans commensurate with the requirements of DEF-STAN 00-56, and supporting the project in obtaining the agreement of such programmes with the customer.
- Conduct a series of system and sub-system safety activities in support of these plans during all lifecycle phases including, but not limited to:
-- Hazard Identification exercises (SWIFT and HAZOP).
-- Hazard management and risk analysis, including Fault Tree and event tree analysis.
-- Construction of safety arguments and ALARP statements.
-- Provide support to internal and external project Safety Panels and Committees.
-- With the safety focal points, assist in the management and integration of these activities with system engineering and design programs to ensure the timely delivery of material supporting the safety case.
-- Liaison with other functions in order to derive safety requirements and hazards.
- Candidate will be expected to work with systems teams in order to demonstrate satisfaction of safety requirements.

Recruiter

RE & M (Recruiting Engineers & Managers) Ltd

Salary

Competitive

Location

Stevenage

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

We have an exciting opportunity for an Embedded Software Engineer with a passion for Linux, open source development and problem solving to work on a brand new, ground breaking project
You will initially be responsible for writing Linux device drivers or porting existing drivers to ARM and for programming microcontrollers on the devices these drivers communicate with. There is scope to grow the role to include more detailed Linux kernel development plus some hardware development or higher level software development in C++/C#.
Skills and experience required:
An interest in Linux and Open Source development
Ideally strong C programming skills. Ideally have experience writing device drivers e.g. Bluetooth, ZigBee or USB
Ideally have experience programming microcontrollers
Ideally have experience with networking protocols e.g. HTTP, TCP/IP
Experience with C++ and/or C# is desirable