World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage and Bristol is currently looking to recruit a Systems Performance Modelling Engineer subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. Your base site can be either Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference. The role can be worked on a 4 day week basis (Monday to Thursday) but due to the nature of the work, the position will need to be based onsite.
This role would be suitable for a Simulation and Modelling Engineer (Matlab / Simulink) ideally from the defence or aerospace industry.
Rate: £80.00 per hour
Location: Your base site can be either Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference
Hybrid / Remote working: The role will based onsite. A compressed 4-Day week of Monday to Thursday is possible
Contract: 37 Hours per week
Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’
Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
Systems Performance Modelling Engineer Job Description:
Join our growing Software team in Stevenage, working as part of a dynamic team to develop, test and deliver innovative solutions by exploiting a wide portfolio of software technologies. You will work as part of a small team and be empowered to work individually with little supervision.
You will need to be able to work independently and be self driven whilst providing some technical leadership. You will need to be very proactive and comfortable working with teams outside of the SW department, and be experienced in Digital Signal Processing techniques (SDR) and able to develop embedded SW in C. To be able to work in a lab based environment using various test tools such as scopes, logic analysers, bespoke test equipment and host based testing.
Responsibilities:
An Embedded Software C Engineer capable of developing, integrating and testing embedded Software
Producing test requirements & test scripts for Unit, Subsystem and System level testing on both host and target platforms
Running tests, analysing results and using target test facilities such as debuggers, probes, logic analysers and oscilloscopes
Documentation and Design work in UML
Integration of software components with ARM multi-core platforms, FPGA subsystems and RF transceiver interfaces
Support real-time TX/RX data processing, buffering and performance optimisation on embedded targets
Contribute to system integration and verification of Software Defined Radio (SDR) datalink capability
Skillset/experience required:
Experience of Digital Signal Processing
Experience of the C Programming Language
Experience of testing software products for ARM based multi-core processing platforms
Experience of communications protocols (e.g. SPI, UART, Ethernet, PCI-Express)
Experience of DOORS
Experience of test tools and techniques in both host and target environments
Experience of test tools such as LDRA or equivalent for host testing
Experience in model-based development, either in SysML/UML
Knowledge of Real Time Operating Systems such as PikeOS or FreeRTOS
Understanding of real-time embedded data handling mechanisms such as DMA, interrupts and shared memory
Exposure to wireless modulation or waveform processing concepts (desirable)
Experience working with FPGA or SDR based embedded systems (desirable)