Systems Navigation Engineer

A great opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join our growing Navigation team, supporting varied project and product development work within Position, Navigation and Timing technologies, services, and solutions.

Objective To successfully deliver products and engineering projects in navigation, alternative PNT, GNSS and other satellite systems and applications, whilst supporting bid and tender work.

Responsibilities / Duties

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Work within a development team as a senior systems engineering subject matter expert to pull-through new complex research concepts and ideas into products following a systems engineering approach
• Lead the development of Systems Engineering products and systems for the efficient delivery of Navigation products, services, and projects
• Interface closely with internal and external clients / stakeholders to capture and elicit their requirements, while addressing and resolving any issues
• Develop complex systems that require knowledge of schematic design, product design, architectural models, and prototype testing
• Perform a verification, validation, and testing function for resilient, high accuracy and high integrity algorithms, solutions, applications, and services in a multi-disciplinary technical team
• Work on bids and projects in the field of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT)
• Develop Navigation Products
• Carry out research, development, and studies for PNT technologies, concepts, algorithms, solutions, hardware, software, applications, and services
• Lead and contribute to broad engineering team activities, including documentation writing, trial and testing campaigns and review meetings.
• Consider both upstream and downstream work activities
• Carry out assigned technical working mainly autonomously
• Be a self-starter who can work autonomously and as part of a team

• BSc or higher degree in Engineering, Physical Science, Mathematics, or related discipline (2:1 minimum)
• Deep knowledge and experience in Systems Engineering in line with the responsibilities above and in one, and preferably more, of the following subjects:

• GNSS systems particularly in the user segments
• PNT augmentation and alternative (to GNSS) systems, services, and data products, e.g. SBAS, IGS or commercial correction services
• Algorithms for advanced PNT techniques, including integrated / hybrid positioning techniques
• GNSS vulnerabilities and resilient PNT technologies
• High-accuracy and high-integrity PNT algorithms
• GNSS receiver technologies, and signal processing algorithms design and development
• Techniques for the provision of PNT system accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability requirements
• PNT products, and/or services, design, and development

Essential Skills

• Deep systems engineering knowledge and experience
• Computer-based algorithm design and simulation (e.g. in MATLAB environment)
• Experience in successful project delivery
• Product management
• Technical/bid writing, and/or document production
• Knowledge and experience in engineering processes

Desirable Skills

• Programming/scripting skills - C / C++, Python, and software development experience
• Experience in bid writing, including multi-company bids either as Prime or Subcontractor
• Familiar with major institutions e.g. UK Space Agency / MoD / ESA
• Knowledge in electronics and hardware

Qualities

• Able to work with minimal supervision and take the initiative to deliver high-quality work, on budget and on time
• Self-starter
• Ability to prioritise own and others' workload and work to deadlines
• Professional, logical and thorough
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Flexible and willing to work on a range of activities to meet evolving business needs
• Should be eligible for, or currently holding, SC Clearance

Competitive Package, including private healthcare, excellent pension, generous holiday allowance, and open hybrid working environment.