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Systems Engineer - Nuclear Hardening
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Job Description: Systems Engineer with Radiation Hardening / Nuclear Hardening Experience
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain SC Security Clearance, ideally Developed Vetting (DV)
TRAVEL REQUIRED: Couple of times a year
LOCATION: Portsmouth
TYPE: Full time
What's in it for You
Financial Reward:
- Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more
Work / Life Balance:
- 37 hour week
- Flexible working around core hours
- Hybrid working
- Up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL
- No core hours on Friday afternoons
Personal Development:
- Personalised development plan
- Unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses
- Internal mobility including international opportunities
Health & Wellbeing:
- Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- On-site canteen and coffee shop
- Lunchtime pilates
Family and Caregiving:
- Life assurance
- Enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay)
- Adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave
Inclusive Environment:
- Wellbeing room
- Multi-faith room
- Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)
The world is changing. Our purpose is to keep it safe and united. From the future of combat air to cyber security and space, we pioneer the technologies that defend sovereignty and connect our world. Your career is cleared for take-off in a mission that matters. What's your next move?
About the Role
Due to new MOD, Government and SATCOM projects and expanded workload, we are looking for a Systems Engineer with Radiation Hardening / Nuclear Hardening experience.
You’ll be joining a fantastic, knowledgeable and supportive team and work on stable and long term projects. You’ll be able to see, in person, how your decisions and work impacts the end-to-end products manufactured onsite in clean rooms.
How You Will Contribute to the Team
- Join a friendly and collaborative team.
- Utilise the Buddy system and training to understand Airbus’s products and how they contribute to the world.
- Support the Systems team in designing, developing and capturing end-to-end needs and expectations whilst identifying the boundary of the solution to be developed.
- Elicit and validate requirements for Nuclear Hardening whilst considering the complete system lifecycle.
- Identify mitigations to the NH requirements based on installation environment.
- Identify responses to the Nuclear Hardening requirements based on evaluation of NH processes in the context of a military fixed ground installation.
- Produce Nuclear Hardening analysis and mitigation plans as appropriate, including any relevant test plans.
- Lead the engagement with the customer and test houses to fully define and agree the approach around Nuclear Hardening.
- Deliver safe systems which minimise operational costs and maximise performance and reliability throughout the product life-cycle.
- Design and define possible architectures, in collaboration with IS/IT specialists, considering the functions and other requirements (constraints and trade-offs).
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About You
- Enjoys working with complex technical solutions and learning from both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Genuinely passionate about keeping defense communications active and safeguarding equipment in harsh environments.
- Radiation Hardening / Nuclear Hardening experience at systems level, including design and development.
- Understanding of how radiation impacts communications equipment.
- Verification and validation (V&V).
Not a 100% match? No worries!
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How We Can Support You
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.
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Company: AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited
Employment Type: Permanent
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Sub-system development
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