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# System Performance Lead

- **Company:** MBDA S.A.S.
- **Location:** Filton, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £55,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, MATLAB, Simulink
- **Published:** June 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/system-performance-lead-filton-gloucestershire/2795725432-2/

## About the Role

* DV cleared engineer with a broad systems engineering background, preferably covering all phases of development from concept to certification
 * Experience in the management, development and use of tools, simulations, and algorithms produced in Matlab and Simulink
 * Ability to work at pace within a broad multi-functional team, delivering complex information into project collaborators
 * Experience in data analysis and technical report writing
 * Ability to solve problems collaboratively with colleagues and partners

## Description

We are looking for a System Performance Lead for a Sparkworks Programme. As part of the role, you will be responsible for a number of activities, including:

 * Conducting system-level performance evaluations of novel concepts against their requirements
 * Conducting trade studies to inform lower-level design
 * Generate and agree scenarios with key customers to be used for scenario-based performance evaluation
 * Definition of the modelling strategy to conduct these assessments
 * Ownership of development and delivery of models and algorithms
 * Delivery of Performance Statements to customers
 * Coordinating inputs from wider functions to support system design and performance analysis


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