Systems Performance Modelling Engineer

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)