Gattaca Looking for Electronics Engineer at Bristol Full Time

As one of our Engineers, you will join either the Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) or Ships Acquisition team, providing a vital service in delivering reliable, sustainable and affordable combat systems support across a variety of in-service equipment and acquisition projects to our naval fleet and joint force command customers. These are unique and exciting opportunities supporting ship acquisition, helping to bring equipment and systems into service.

The MCS team is brought together by experts operating in the following technical areas, Surface Ship Combat Systems Group; Underwater and Electronic Warfare; Communications Situational Awareness and Maritime Electronic Warfare and training. Ships Acquisition is responsible for defining and agreeing capabilities with the Royal Navy and delivering these capabilities into service.

Please note that due to security, some of these posts will require the successful applicant to be a sole UK national.

Responsibilities

As one of our Electronics Engineers, you’ll monitor, manage and report technical risks ensuring delivery and the continued safe operation of equipment and systems across the fleet. You’ll use your creative and innovative thinking to present solutions to technical challenges.

Depending on allocation, the responsibilities of these posts may include, but not be limited to:

* Determining customer requirements and generating technical specifications for equipment and/or systems
* Managing equipment and/or system requirements and their acceptance throughout the lifecycle
* Strengthening and scrutinizing the project Engineering Management Plan
* Supporting and managing the systems integration and verification, and assisting with the production, acceptance and resultant configuration control of requirements acceptance procedure
* Establishing and overseeing project phase engineering activities from concept to delivery including trials planning and management, installation planning, schedule and transition into service management etc.
* Challenging technical assumptions to identify improvement opportunities.

What you will be assessed against

To be successful with your application you must demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

* Relevant HNC (Level 4 or higher) qualification in a STEM subject, or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
* Experience in sensors and electronic systems and/or systems engineering and integration
* Knowledge and application of electronic and system processes, procedures and tools
* Experience in stakeholder engagement/management

It will also benefit your application if you are able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:

* Maritime Combat Systems experience
* People and/or team management experience

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competencies and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

* Technical Requirements, Evaluation & Acceptance
* Technical Decision Making
* Changing and improving
* Communicating and influencing

What’s in it for you?

You will receive a generous benefits package including market-leading employer pension contributions of between 26.6% and 30.3% of your salary (not including any personal contribution), annual bonuses, a flexible working pattern to fit you where possible, 25 days holiday +1 additional day every year you work up to 30 days with opportunity for movement and promotion. Some of our sites include an onsite gym, onsite restaurants, cafes and much more.

Whilst you will be based out of the listed location, DE&S promotes Smarter working, which provides flexibility over where work is carried out whilst ensuring organisational outcomes are delivered effectively and efficiently. We adopt an ‘attend for a purpose’ approach in relation to visits to site.

Selection process details

Simply click on the apply button to create an account and upload your CV. Your application will go through several stages of assessment which are outlined below:

1. Pre-sift – We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the responsibilities section of this advert.

2. Sift – Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system:
* Key Achievements * Relevant Experience * Applied Knowledge and Skills

3. Interview – If you are invited to interview, you will be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the technical competencies and behaviours listed in the responsibilities section of this advert.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals