Associate Combat System Engineer

Overview

As an Associate Combat Systems Engineer, you will join a team delivering the NCSISS contract for Royal Navy combat systems. You’ll contribute to integration, testing, and verification activities at the Portsdown Technology Park, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. You will develop test plans, execute trials, and provide evidence to support safe integration and capability delivery. The role includes travel for supplier testing and potential sea trials, offering meaningful impact within a mission-focused defense program.

Pay / Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal

Responsibilities

• Support Senior CSEs and Technical Leads on technical matters across the Combat System
• Engage with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers
• Contribute to project objectives per the Technical Delivery Plan
• Plan trials, produce test plans, execute trials, and perform post-trial analysis
• Assist in producing technical documentation including Supporting Evidence for Certificate of Safe Integration
• Deliver progress reports to senior technical and project staff
• Support sea trials on Royal Navy ships, potentially overseas
• Escalate significant issues to senior staff
• Assist or lead less complex delegated project tasks
• Be accountable to the Senior CSE within delegated technical activities

Key requirements

• Honours Degree in Engineering, Physics or similar
• HNC/D Level qualification (or equivalent) may be accepted with experience
• Eng Tech/IEng (or equivalent) desirable
• Appreciation of Naval Combat Systems
• Experience in Test & Evaluation or Integration desirable

• Logical problem solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to present technical issues to non-specialists
• Test & Evaluation
• System integration
• Developing test plans and Supporting Evidence for Safety/Integration

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