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SimulationSystemsEngineer-HWIL
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“Simulation Systems Engineer - HWIL at MBDA. Skills: Simulation Systems Engineering, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL/ HIL), real-time simulations, maintaining simulations, simulator and control system maintenance, multi-axis hydraulic motion simulators, antenna positioning systems. maintaining the simulations. ensuring simulators and control systems are fit for purpose”
What You'll Achieve.
optimise missile development
Industry & Context.
abstracting detail in order to understand the facility simulation systems and equipment
British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship, HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), physical activity is inherent, able to work on own initiative, able to work at height
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Understanding of Hydraulic systems, Computer Aided Design experience, Able to interpret mechanical and electrical drawings, Workshop skills (hand and electrical tools), Psychomotor skills and dextrous, Capable of working at height, I. T. literate and capable of using Management Information Systems (MIS), Control system theory, Able to work on own initiative but contribute ideas to team performance
Nice to Have
CREO an advantage
What You'll Do.
maintaining the simulations
ensuring simulators and control systems are fit for purpose
providing engineering skills to maintain multiple axis hydraulic motion simulators and antenna positioning systems
planned maintenance activities
corrective maintenance in response to unforeseen issues
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
contribute ideas to team performance
Full Job Description
**Exciting opportunity for a Simulation Systems Engineer, in our Hardware-in-the-Loop Team!** **Salary** : Up to £46 _,_ 000 depending on experience **Dynamic (hybrid) working** : 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification **Security Clearance** : British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team. **What we can offer you:** * **Company bonus** : Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year) * **Pension** : maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% * **Overtime:** opportunity for paid overtime * **Flexi Leave:** Up to 15 additional days * **Flexible working:** We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements * **Enhanced parental leave:** offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments * **Facilities** : Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more… **The opportunity:** We are looking for an ambitious engineer with a growth mind-set to join our unique team. If you’re the right person for us, you will seek a supportive environment, surrounded by passionate experts, in a driven team delivering a capability to support and optimise missile development. The Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL/ HIL) team conduct the most complete test of missiles other than a firing and are MBDA’s Missile test track. We design complex, real-time simulations that surround real missile hardware to allow us to ‘fire missiles indoors’. As a HWIL Simulation Systems Engineer you will be responsible for maintaining the simulations, by ensuring simulators and control systems ar
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