Role: Modelling and Simulation Engineering

Contract Length: 01 April 2024 - July 2025

Rate: Attractive Day Rate - Umbrella - Inside IR35

Location: Farnborough, GU14 0LX

Project Description & Role Summary:

The FCAS-AP team within Catalyst DT will be primarily responsible for delivering next generation air vehicles, including 6th Generation, (crewed and potentially un-crewed) to undertake Control of the Air duties; and contribute to Attack and Information, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) replacing the capability currently provided by Typhoon (which will begin to retire from service from the mid-2030's).

A critical enabler to this responsibility will be the growth of the DI modelling and simulation (M&S) team. 3 SMEs are required to compliment and grow the current DI M&S team in support of the growing demands placed on them by the FCAS programme.

The role will be to undertake M&S tasks in order to provide the Delivery and Release Manager (DRM) with expertise in developing Threat Models. These models will span across Parametric and Analytic fidelities and applying them in a Synthetic Environment to deliver releasable (international) Threat Data in support of FCAS OA and ITEA activities.

Responsibilities & Outputs

As directed by the DRM the role will develop fit-for-purpose threat data & models in support of the FCAS Programme's OA through to Integrated Test, Evaluation and Acceptance (ITEA) activities.

The M&S activities will generate models representative of threat systems directed and prioritised by the DRM including but not limited to:

• Sensors
• Signatures
• Weapon
• Electronic Attack and Defence
• Command & Control (C2)
• Aircraft Performance
• Integrated Weapons Systems

Essential skills and knowledge

Suitably Qualified and/or Experienced Personnel are required with the ability to articulate technical knowledge in some or all of the following:

• Sensors, air and surface
• RADAR, passive sensors, IRST, RWR, IFF, navigation
• Signatures
• IR, RF
• Weapons, air and surface
• AAM, ASM, SAM, DEW
• Electronic attack & defence, air and surface
• Jammers, ESM/DAS, DIRCM, chaff, flare
• C2, air and surface
• Datalink, C2, mission data fusion
• C2, air and surface
• Datalink, C2, mission data fusion
• Aircraft
• Fighter, Strike, ISTAR, UAS, Tanker
• Integrated weapon system e.g. red air flight or SAM laydown
• SAM Kill Chain, EOB, TTPs
• Computer Aided Design
• Interpretation of modelling requirements, CAD related modelling services
• MATLAB Simulink
• Solidworks

Desirable skills and knowledge.

• 2+ years' experience of Parametric/Analytical modelling
• 2+ years' experience of defence related systems engineering
• 2+ years' experience of defence related systems analysis
• Experience and proven history of CAD related activity
• Experience in QA processes
• 5+Years Defence Technical Experience
• Degree Qualified in a Physics/Engineering based subject

Security Clearance needed:

UK National with SC Clearance. Due to the nature of the work, dual nationality cannot be considered.