Technical Project Lead - Bristol

Technical Project Lead - Modelling / Simulation - Bristol

We are working on behalf of a successful defence development, engineering and manufacturing company who are seeking a Technical Project Lead - Modelling and Simulation Engineer to join the Simulation, Dynamics and Control capability group.

Due to upcoming projects and continued growth, they are looking for a talented and experienced Modelling and Simulation Engineer to join an expanding team within a Marine Business Unit delivering into both commercial and defence environments.Consideration can be made for both contract and permanent employees at this time.

The Simulation, Dynamics and Control capability provide expertise to both internal and external customers in all areas of analysis but the below are particularly relevant for the role we are looking to recruit:

• Control
• System performance
• Equipment modelling
• Vehicle dynamics

Modelling, simulation, dynamics and control has been at the core of our clients' capabilities, and they have been at the forefront of developing modelling techniques and model-based design activities for over 30 years. Modelling is important for engineering design, with requirements for reverse engineering, root cause analysis and real time models.

Our client works across a wide variety of projects from significant modifications on civil and military aircraft; development projects for large aerospace OEMs; concepts and feasibility studies for the emerging eVTOL industry; controller actuation development for simulator and flight worthy products and control and automation covering submarine autopilots and flight control laws. This role will be predominantly based at offices in Bristol with occasional travel to our clients' sites as required. Hybrid working is available.

Responsibilities

• The role will suit an engineer looking to diversify or develop their experience and work as a team lead responsible for client management, task development and assignment, developing models of vehicle and equipment level control and monitoring systems.
• The MathWorks toolset is used heavily including Simulink and associated toolboxes, as well as task management toolsets (Jira and Confluence) to support collaborative working.
• Candidates will have the following responsibilities (depending on experience):
• Fully embedded within customer team; interfacing with workstream Engineering Manager to understand project plan, timescales, sprint goals, requirements management and engineering change requests.
• Defining team's tasks for the Sprint to meet objectives, identify and manage technical risks
• Competency with technical know-how, engineering best practices and quality assurance to ensure delivery.
• Support and mentor team to understand requirements and enable completion of tasks on time.
• Running team Scrum ceremonies (DSUM, refinement, planning, review, retrospective).
• Review and merge MATLAB and Simulink deliverables.
• Collaboration with other project teams to align functional implementation and support teams dependencies

Qualifications

Candidates will be degree qualified (or equivalent), in a related discipline preferably Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mathematics, and must be able to demonstrate a good understanding of fundamental modelling principles of systems through experience.

Essential Skills

• Technical leadership, task management, project risk management
• MATLAB/Simulink
• Development of control systems or software
• Team lead experience
• Customer facing/management experience
• Systems engineering

Desired Skills

• Application within the Marine sector
• Running projects in an Agile/Scrum framework
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Use of Git version control (using BitBucket and SourceTree or similar)
• Advanced control theory, such as Kalman filters, and state estimation
• Development and running of real time simulations
• Code generation from Simulink or Python
• Development of embedded systems in C++ or other
• Flexible, can-do approach
• Professional attitude
• Self-motivated and positive attitude to see tasks through to successful completion
• Strong time management and organisational skills

Experience

The candidate is expected to have industrial engineering experience, using modelling for the development and analysis of complex systems. We are particularly interested in individuals with a background in ANY of the following disciplines:

• Hydro-actuated systems
• Electro-mechanical actuated systems
• Multi-body simulation
• Vehicle dynamics
• Systems engineering
• Flight controls
• Dynamic loads
• Real time models
• Motor control
• Vehicle control
• Actuation systems
• ARP4754
• DO178
• DO331

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