Knowledge,
skills and personal qualities required
You don’t have to have specific maritime defence domain knowledge or experience. However, a keen interest in the topic is desirable. Required knowledge and skills include:
1. Degree or PhD level physics, mathematics or related degree, supported by relevant experience in academia, government or industry
2. Use of scientific computational software such as Matlab or Python
Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the areas listed below:
3. Signal processing, image analysis, automated detection processing
4. Statistical modelling, data science, machine learning and data visualisation
5. Modelling signatures of naval platforms
6. Naval platform design aspects
7. Numerical simulation of complex phenomena and computational fluid dynamics
8. Remote sensing and numerical simulation of ocean processes
9. Laboratory experiments
Behavioural requirments
10. Highly self-motivated, innovative thinker, with determination to succeed
11. Thorough and conscientious
12. Flexible and adaptable
13. Keen and quick to obtain, develop, extend and apply skills and knowledge
14. Identifies opportunities and understands how expertise can be more widely applied
Challenges
15. Working collaboratively with specialists from a variety of disciplines
16. Working with stakeholders from across the business to support development and delivery of customer solutions
17. Communicating technical findings and concepts to a range of expert and non-expert stakeholders within AEUK and the customer community
18. Assimilating output from technical analysis to form clear and coherent advice to inform stakeholders and key decision makers
19. Providing technical leadership on multi-disciplinary research projects
20. Actively supporting the professional development of junior staff members’ accountabilities
Key accountabilities may include
21. Leading and delivering programmes against Work Package Agreements to time, cost and high quality
22. Supporting bid responses from within the research team
23. Working with technical experts and AEUK stakeholders to deliver projects, identify opportunities and win new work
24. Building relationships with customers and stakeholders
More information
This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.