Location: Stevenage

Start date: September 2009

As a graduate in the Synthetic Environments (SE) department you will be involved in the specification, design, development, test, and delivery of software applications and supporting technologies that enable distributed systems, both real and simulated, to be linked together in a ’virtual battlefield’.

Synthetic Environments are used across a wide range of our programmes to provide a simulated environment for us to explore the requirements for new systems with our customers and understand their capabilities through experimentation. Synthetic Environments also play a key role in developing and demonstrating our products.

We are looking for candidates with the ability to work in a range of situations; in teams, leading your own projects, and liaising with internal and external customers. If you become part of our team, you’ll be actively involved in developing software components and toolsets that play a key role in battlefield simulations, and you’ll be working in close collaboration with subject matter experts from across Land, Sea and Air defence programmes.

The Synthetic Environments department of MBDA is looking for candidates in roles at Bristol and Stevenage and you’ll be responsible for researching new technologies, designing leading-edge solutions and integrating those solutions into defence markets. No two days are the same and you’ll be equally at home working with your closest colleagues, customer representatives and military personnel. Whilst the majority of your work will be based in Bristol or Stevenage, you’ll also be required to travel to other locations within the UK and Europe.

As an engineer in MBDA’s international Mission Control and Networks function, you will be part of a strategic area of the company that is involved in developing complex systems solutions for our products to meet the needs of our customers both today, and in the future. The key technology enablers supporting the development of these complex systems solutions, namely: Human Factors, Command & Control, Network-Enabled Capability and Mission Planning are also an integral part of the function providing a variety of challenging opportunities for the enquiring mind!

Academic Criteria: Applicants should hold or be working towards a minimum 2:1 honours degree in either: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or Systems Engineering.

Required Skills:

• Software Engineering
• C, C++ , C#
• Networking and Networking Protocols

You will have the opportunities to develop the following skills, and any prior knowledge in these areas would be an advantage:

• DIS, HLA, TENA Protocols
• Visualisation Programming: DirectX, OpenGL, Graphics/Games Engines
• Java, ·Net
• Real-time software development
• Systems Engineering
• Military Communications & Datalinks
• Database Development
• UML

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