Richard Olver

The opportunity:Our clients team bring together models, simulations, real equipment, and people for the entire product lifecycle, using Synthetic Environments. We are looking for those that can offer the best skills and capabilities to be the best lead and articulate weapon system architectures and as a result, develop a capability that spans the full product lifecycle.You must have the drive and determination for delivering change and be someone with fresh ideas, creative input, and fit in to a role that is very varied and exciting!You will be working directly with the Head of this project to realise strategic initiatives and ensure the facilities, programs, and capabilities are the best of their class.As a keen technologist, able to engage various types of engineers, having themselves gained experience in AI, MLOps, and containerisation, to be able to achieve solutions that reduce risk and dispel the traditional approach.We are keen on you having excellent communication and interpersonal skills to win over minds and hearts to become a trusted part of the team and influence across the business, with the MoD, as well as other leading industry partners.In short we're looking for someone who: Ensure the capabilities are best in class (facilities, networks, infrastructure and processes) to deliver the teams vision.Be set on the best source of knowledge, with processes to capture and share specialised skill knowledge and to encourage self-development and innovation.Own the Visitor Experience across the facilities within the business and into overseas locations.Develop emerging technology plans through internal research in conjunction with the technical authorities in the teams.Define and run capital investment plans to ensure the department keep its capabilities.Have line management responsibilities for first reports, including professional development, sickness, absence, expenses and performance assessment.Experience of working with key partners (internally and externally) to realise innovation and the adoption of new technologiesAble to quickly grasp sophisticated defence concepts and articulate them, whilst holding your own technicallyAble to identify new technologies and how they can benefit systems engineeringA curious and growth mind-set eager to learn from our specialists in the field of Synthetic Environments Omega Resource Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 - 4 days per week on-site, due to workload classificationSecurity Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.Job/Project Details:As a Systems Design Engineer you'll support product development of Command & Control (C2) systems for a range of domestic and export customers in maritime and land application air defence. Our clients projects include upgrading the functionality and performance of existing systems already in service, as well as for new customers, where C2 integration with their platforms and wider battlespace is key to delivering their programmes.Working in C2 with our client provides an excellent opportunity to interact with all areas of the company and to see the full product development lifecycle.Command and Control is at the heart of many weapon systems and provides the operator with the means to understand the complex battlespace, manage the weapon system and perform engagements. The C2 software identifies what threats exist, and in response to the Operator's request for engagements, creates an optimal engagement solution, taking into consideration a number complex and ever-changing constraints. The C2 then initiates the missile firings, and supports the engagement through to its conclusion by maintaining communication with the missile in flight. C2 delivers processing units, consoles with user interfaces, safety control equipment and supporting tools for system maintenance, logging, data analysis and training.Day to day responsibilities are supporting the functional design of the C2 software, working closely with the system architects and software architects. You will be involved in analysing C2 requirements and interfaces, proposing design changes, understanding the behaviour and performance of complex algorithms, generating requirements for software and hardware as well as investigating customer queries.Who are you?: A Systems Design/Systems EngineerA passion for creating innovative functional design to meet challenging requirements, solving complex problems, and providing solutions that help the user perform their role to the best of their ability.A degree level qualification (or equivalent industry experience) Omega Resource Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.