⏲ Full Time 🏢 Hybrid - Home and Onsite 📅 Immediate start available

🚘 Weekly (paid) travel to Farnborough

Nova Systems is a global engineering services and technology solutions company, with strategically located offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. We play a key part in keeping the global community safe. We pride ourselves in being responsive to our customers and are committed to delivering our solutions in a timely way. Small enough to care, big enough to matter, we leverage the benefits of scale for our clients.

Our Vision - Smart People. Solving Complex Challenges. Making our world safe and secure.

What makes Nova Systems truly unique, is our people, it's where the best and brightest minds come together to challenge, collaborate, and innovate. At Nova Systems we see things differently. We bring (and take) a different perspective.

What's in it for you?

🌳 Salary Sacrifice Pension Up to 8.5% matched

🌱 £3000 Annual Professional Development (PD) Allowance

♣ £300 for Professional Subscriptions

🎓 Development Leave - 5 days/yr

🌴 25 days Annual Leave / yr + bank holidays

🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave

😷 Vitality (UK) Health Insurance

🧠 Employee Assistance Program

🤼 An inclusive and supportive culture

🥈 Reward & Recognition Programme

🏨 Client related Travel and Accommodation paid

⏰ Flexible working conditions

🛒 Great discounts at leading retailers

The Role - Simulation Engineer

(Internal job title - Systems Engineering Consultant)

You are responsible for working as part of an industry / Ministry of Defence (MOD) collaboration providing guidance and development on the simulation elements as part of a key MOD project. The work will include development of guidance on best approaches for implementation of simulation, software development, requirements development, managing of simulation components and liaison with wider team to implement simulation capabilities.

Key Accountabilities

• Implement simulation elements as part of a wider industry / MOD team
• Leverage knowledge of simulation systems (such as Computer Generated Forces CGFs) for application within a system of systems approach
• Translate user requirements into software development tasks
• Scope and development of data pipelines between components
• Work as part of an industry team collaborating on development tasks

Key Capabilities

• Simulation Capabilities
• Software Engineering Principles
• Deep understanding of simulation systems
• Virtualisation of simulation systems
• Data Pipelines
• C++
• VR-Forces / Lua

What we are looking for

• Experience of Implementation of simulation systems
• Defence Modelling and Simulation
• Air / Maritime Domain Experience
• Development of simulation systems
• Understanding user requirements and translating to development tasks
• Rapid Concepting / Prototyping
• Security - UK Citizenship only (due to nature of the work we cannot accept anyone with a dual passport)
• Ability to obtain Security Clearance (SC)
• High level of ethics and integrity
• Flexible, positive and committed team member who works to a very high standard.
• Self-starter with a drive and intellectual curiosity to continuously improve and develop professionally

The Team / Office base

You'll report to the Capability Systems Programme Manager - James Wright, and the Project Manager Chris Rolfs. You can be based anywhere in the UK but contractually your office will be Bristol or Stokenchurch (High Wycombe) and you'll be required to come ot the office a few times a month, and there will be required to travel to the current client's site in Farnborough at least twice a week, to work from there on site (Travel and Hotel when required to the client site is paid)

Interview Process might look like this;

• Preliminary screen call with TA Team
• 1st interview with the Hiring Manager (MS Teams video call)
• 2nd (Final) Interview in person with Hiring manager and Stakeholders and TA Partner where relevant.

We are committed to increasing diversity of staff within Nova Systems International and within the aerospace and engineering sector. We welcome applications from everyone who meets the requirements of the role description, and we are committed to equal opportunity, equal treatment, and respect for every individual. At Nova Systems International we are proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognize the value that serving personnel, reservists, veterans, and military families bring to our business. We offer, and value, flexible working and we are also proud to be committed to mental health awareness and to actively support the wellbeing of our team.

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