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Recruiter: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory |
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Salary: £24,630 - £49,263 |
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Posted: 21/04/2023 |
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Discipline: Software, Systems Design, Engineering |
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Sector: Defence |
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Contract Type: Permanent |
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Hours: Full Time |
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Expiry Date: 19/05/2023 |
Are you passionate about delivering high impact research and analysis?
If you want to make a difference to the way Defence and Security operates and how it protects the UK and our armed forces, from real-world threats, both at home and abroad. The Land Platforms Group offers an exciting opportunity to work in the stimulating field of military Land platforms. Our purpose is to help ensure our Armed Forces are equipped with highly capable vehicles which also keep them safe while they are doing their jobs.
We act as advisors to the MOD, DE&S and wider UK government. Our work includes:
- researching and evaluating potentially useful new and innovative technologies,
- supporting procurement of new vehicles by helping to specify, test and assess equipment,
- supporting effective decision making of our customer,
- extending the life of in-service platforms to keep them fit for the future.
Our group comprises cross-disciplinary team members including Analysts, Engineers, and Military advisors. Together we employ a range of skills and techniques including Computational Modelling, Systems Engineering, Systems Analysis and Operational Analysis to help our customers make evidence-based decisions.
Of the roles available, the one which suits you best will depend on your own specific skills, interests and experience. Each of these will give you the chance to combine both your technical and interpersonal skills to make a difference to the defence of the UK. We encourage applications from all experience levels: we will provide you with mentoring and development to bring you up to speed in our specialist engineering capabilities.
Whichever role you choose, you will work side by side with highly motivated colleagues within Land Platforms Group, Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), Industry, and Army.
As your career develops, you could find yourself working embedded with colleagues at Army Headquarters or at DE&S, or participating in research collaboration with our international partners.
Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.
We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.
Role 1 – Autonomy Vulnerability & Lethality Analyst
We are looking for a driven hard working analysts and engineers to grow its unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and Robotic & Autonomous System (RAS) modelling capabilities. These positions will be directly supporting the land programme in its research & development of RAS.
Dstl is helping to shape the future of the British armed forces via its research into unmanned platforms. We are focused with providing the army the best equipment to help it become more agile in an ever changing world. This role will provide a large breadth of experience in a growing field in the defence industry. Your engineering analysis will directly impact the procurement and acquisition of RAS platforms in the future.
This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers and analysts to provide vulnerability and lethality assessments to a variety of military and wider MOD customers. As part of this team you will work alongside others to produce CAD representations of Land based platforms with a specific focus on autonomous and robotic platforms. This often involves working with both the military and intelligence communities to generate a complete understanding of the platforms. You would then use the teams’ bespoke software to assess the potential damage and subsequent operational impact of physical attacks from a variety of weapon systems against your target.
Post assessment, analysts write up the results into a technical report that can be delivered to customers. Often this will be accompanied by delivering presentations to the customers, key stakeholders and occasionally at international forums. This role delivers direct impact to the military by using modelling and simulation techniques to answer complex and vital questions surrounding the survivability and lethality of the British Armed Forces.
Role 2– Gun Systems Engineer
We are looking to recruit Engineers with an interest in gun / mortar systems for our small, multi-disciplined team who provide independent and impartial advice to users within the land domain. We conduct research into future weapon systems for Indirect and Direct Fire land platforms. This role provides an excellent opportunity for you to develop and apply gun systems knowledge and experience on multiple research and procurement projects for the British Army. You will help provide technical advice to government project teams and will collaborate with industry to develop and deliver new capabilities. Working with our partners in the UK as well government organisations within allied nations, you will contribute to the development and sustainment of gun system engineering within the UK at a time when we seek to enhance our land capability. The work covers all aspects of gun system design including ballistics, fire control, projectiles, fuzing, guidance & control, propulsion, recoil, barrels and integration onto the platform. This will be supported by an in-house modelling capability that is in development.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum level 5 qualification in mechanical engineering and a deep interest in gun system technology. Candidates with other engineering qualifications may be considered.
An understanding of modelling and experience of modern languages such as MATLAB/Python would be desirable.
Role 3- Open Systems Architecture Vehicle Electronics Engineer
Vetronics incorporates a range of engineering disciplines to include; vehicle electronics and control, power management, data networking and management, sensing and detection, human machine interfaces, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Autonomy, requirements and systems engineering.
Through partnerships with national and international industry, academia and military services, our team are instrumental in the original development of open systems standards to provide modular, scalable and interoperable combat platform capabilities for current and future needs.
If you are enthusiastic and highly motivated electronics graduates or experienced electrical/electronic engineers with a sound knowledge of military systems engineering, consider joining us in evolving this approach and helping to tackle the issues of complexity, speed and accuracy for current and future vetronics.
Role 4 - Land Engineer
If you want to help shape what the British Army will look like in the year 2035 and beyond then this is the role for you. This role encompasses using your mechanical engineering skills in support of the whole gamut of land capabilities. You will work as part of a forward-looking team identifying promising ground-breaking technologies, and partnering with industry to drive technology development and demonstration. You will help build understanding of the opportunities and threats posed by emerging / disruptive technologies by providing our customers with evidence-based advice and non-biased assessment.
Role 5 - Software Engineer
As a software engineer you will work as part of a team of developers to maintain, design and develop modelling and simulation capabilities used within the team. This will require you to apply systems engineering skills to manage a complex and developing software package. The software is bespoke product of Dstl and is used to conduct vulnerability and lethality studies. As part of the role you will.
· Plan and implement changes/development to software (primarily using C++)
· Technically partner contracts to ensure requirements and output from industry are fit for purpose
· Support analysts in the use of the software
· Ensure that software and data is verified and validated for use
This role is open to any and all with a passion for software development. Prior experience in the field is desirable but not required. As part of the software development team you will be trained, supported and guided in building your skills to become a proficient software engineer.
If you want to help the British Armed Forces develop its modelling capability by developing their Vulnerability and Lethality models then this role is for you. In the modern fast-paced world of development we need to be able to understand how to best protect our vehicles and keep up with our adversaries. A key part of that is through quick, effective modelling. During an immense period of acceleration, we need someone to help us ensure that our modelling capabilities are fit for the future of our Armed Forces.
Role 6 – Vulnerability & Lethality Analyst
This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers and analysts to provide vulnerability and lethality assessments to a variety of military and wider MOD customers. As part of this team you will work alongside others to produce CAD representations of Land platforms. This often involves working with both the military and intelligence communities to generate a complete understanding of the platforms. You would then use the teams’ bespoke software to assess the potential damage and subsequent operational impact of physical attacks from a variety of weapon systems against your target.
Post assessment, analysts write up the results into a technical report that can be delivered to customers. Often this will be accompanied by delivering presentations to the customers, key stakeholders and occasionally at international forums. This role delivers direct impact to the military by using modelling and simulation techniques to answer complex and vital questions surrounding the survivability and lethality of the British Armed Forces.
Desirable (but not essential) skills for this role include;
· Analytical mindset
· Understanding of engineering and ballistic concepts
· Good communicator and team player
· Technical report writing
· Presentational skills
· CAD software experience
· Knowledge of military vehicles and the wider military domain
· Matlab, Python, C, or other coding experience
We are looking for someone who has:
The passion and motivation to deliver game changing, innovative capabilities into the hands of our front-line personnel. We want people who can employ a combination of deep technical knowledge along with good communication skills to work closely with the team and customer, be they civilian or military.
If you have previous experience, we will look to you to drive innovation and delivery, and lead and develop those around you.
In these roles you will:
At higher levels:
Technical Skills
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
We are looking for people with knowledge of:
Important Information
Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.
This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Benefits
Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:
The information pack can be found attached to the job specification on Civil Service Jobs.
Diversity
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This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.
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The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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