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Electronics Design Team Lead – Aerospace, Electronic, Warfare, Radar, Electronics, RF Systems. Our client is a highly successful aerospace company. They are recruiting an Electronic Design Team Leader The Electronics Design Team Leader will have design responsibility for the modelling, simulation, analysis and design of the RF, analogue and digital hardware components required by the business. The designs will be designed to be compliant with the customer, end use and regulatory requirements. The team will provide the necessary documentation required by the Design Office to support end use certification. The role reports into the Development Engineering Director and has a team of direct reports including Simulation & Modelling Engineers, RF Engineers and Hardware Design Engineers. You will be responsible for managing the resource allocation and task assignment for a key NATO program. The Team Leader is accountable for all costs, schedules and technical aspects of all assigned work packages in the project team. They will lead team excellence through processes, practices and continuous improvement to improve the performance, capability and competencies of the team. As an Electronics Design Team Leader your skills and qualifications will ideally include: * Experience in managing an Electronic Design Team * Deep domain knowledge, with experience in the application of that knowledge to the entire product life cycle from inception to delivery * Familiar with Electronics warfare (Radar, Communications Systems, RF, Antenna) e.g. ECM, ESM, RWR, DF system specification and /or design * Proven track record and significant experience at technical management level of radar, electronic warfare, surveillance and communications systems * Extensive knowledge and experience of Engineering Design Reviews. * Proven ability to work and deliver, to time pressure and deadlines * Demonstrated performance in team building, fostering organisational culture and delivering continuous improvement * Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills. * The demonstrated ability to motivate people and influence change in line with company organisational values As an Electronics Design Team Leader your main responsibilities will involve: * Responsible for implementing design review practice in accordance with LCM project governance * Identify and document as needed our intellectual property such as trade secrets, patents and controlled information * Manage the engineering talent pipeline to ensure future talent and skills are in place at the right time and place * Manage the workload pipeline so that the team is optimally deployed to deliver business objectives * Collaborate with the IPT Project Managers to address project needs and issues by allocating or shifting specific engineers within the team to specific projects (drawing on their product experience and technical expertise) to minimize project risk * Ensure consistent methodologies and tools are used throughout the team in line with the process frameworks and the Engineering strategy. * Responsible for managing the cost, schedule and technical performance of the teams work scope in bids, proposals, and the IPT project schedule * Has the authority to review and approve all work assignments, documents and commitments involving the team * Support the Development Engineering Manager, and the BD and Program Management teams in bid and proposal activities * Lead the implementation of the engineering strategy for the team * Track, report and drive improvements to engineering performance metrics * Lead cross-functional negotiations with Program Management, Operations & Procurement and BD & Technology to prioritise allocation of Engineers across the Business (matching skill sets and competencies with the requirements, and adjusting for evolving Business priorities Keywords – Electronics, Design, RF, Communication Systems, Radar, Electronic Warfare, Electronic Warfare, ECM, ESM, RWR, DF Systems, Specification Design, Digital, Analogue, Microwave, Antenna, Digital Signal Processing Electronics Design Team Leader – Aerospace, Electronic, Warfare, Radar, Electronics, RF Systems. Salary – Competitive, plus large company benefits Location – Christchurch, Bournemouth, Dorset

To deliver continuous value to customers and the business in a sustainable, quality driven environment. Evolve our software code base, tools and agile processes, to more efficiently identify and satisfy the ever-changing demands of our customers and business needs through a combination of coding and review. Identify changes to tools, systems and adjust the way we interact with our customers, whether they be internal or external. Key Responsibilities As a Developer, you will help deliver the development and maintenance of applications to support the business needs, ensuring that all systems adhere to the agreed software development procedures and coding standards. Application development includes the creation of front-end user interfaces, middle tier and database layers, as well as the maintenance, troubleshooting, and small enhancements of legacy applications. Reporting in to the Developer - Team Leader, this is an important role within the IT department, giving the holder the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the organisation. To be successful in the role this will require: Be an energetic 'self-starter' with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for your deliverables. Seeks and engages in continued learning of Agile practices and principles, ensuring that development technologies and best practices methodologies are adopted and applied within the scope of the project. Build elegant, robust, and reliable solutions for complex technical problems. Leverage your understanding of coding best practices, including topics like secure coding, testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, and resilient architecture patterns, to ensure that our code is clean and complies with adopted coding practices. Managing your time, to ensure that deadlines are met. Demonstrate a strong awareness of and commitment to Ethics and Compliance and the DCC Group Code of Conduct. Skills and Experience Required Proven technical skills as an OO / MVC developer, working within an industry standard Framework. Adept at producing fully responsive applications within a multitude of environments using modern up-to-date techniques, whilst still being able to support legacy systems and platforms. The ability to manage your time, meeting goals to ensure all work is completed on time , to the standards as set by the development procedures. Demonstrate an understanding of software patterns, software modelling, secure programming principles, test-driven development or another unit testing methodology, and code standards compliance. Ability to work within a team to translate requirements into technical designs within an Agile environment

Systems Design Authority – Electronics Warfare - Radar, Communication Systems Our client is a highly successful global aerospace company, they are recruiting a Systems Design Authority who will be responsible for applying discipline domain expertise to the design, development and delivery of new products processes and technologies. The Systems Design Authority shall employ the appropriate discipline processes, practices and tools to ensure that responsibilities are completed to meet the required project requirements and discipline quality. The business has recently been awarded a contract for the design and development of a range of operational training electronic warfare pods by the MoD on behalf of NATO. This will provide realistic training in electronic warfare to the member countries, in order to be able to operate in a real time situation. Reporting into the Development Engineering Director, you will drive the development and design phases of the project ensuring key customer milestones are delivered and resource is allocated efficiently. This position is based at Bournemouth International Airport site and requires occasional customer travel. As a Systems Design Authority your skills and qualifications will ideally include: * Experience in Electronic warfare (Radar, Communications systems) e.g. ECM, ESM, RWR, DF system specification and/or design * Design experience and/or appreciation of some of the following areas: * RF and wideband antenna Systems * Analogue, Digital and power supply Electronics design * Embedded Software, Firmware and Digital Signal Processing * Experience in design & development lifecycle from concept and requirements capture, system architecture, design specification, ICDs to system integration, verification and liaising with production. * Responsibility for design tasks and review processes. * Quality control of design lifecycle processes - AS9100 * Experience in some of the following tools: Matlab/Simulink, UML modelling, OrCAD, FPGA Design Suite, Software Development Kit, PSpice, configuration control tools. * Experience in some of the following electronics technology and interfaces, RF Up/down conversion, DRFM, wideband ADC DAC, Ethernet 1G/10G, PCIexpress, RS232/422, UART, SPI, I2C, etc * Experience with working in laboratory test environment and with some of the following test equipment: Spectrum Analyser, Signal Analyser, Signal Generator, Oscilloscope, DVM * Experience in meeting some of the following domain specific standard/requirements: ILS, Security, EMC, LVD, TEMPEST, DO-178, DO-160 * Experience of working with platform integration and design certification engineers and an EASA 21J / DAOS Design Organization. * Degree or Higher or equivalent experience in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Electronics based subject As a Systems Design Authority your main responsibilities will involve: * SHE Standards are applicable to appointed operations/tasks and apply safe systems of work identified. * Application of discipline domain knowledge to the design, development and delivery of new products, processes and technologies on time, within budget and with required quality. * Continued development of discipline competence and expertise. * Application of, and compliance with, engineering processes and practices including engineering framework, life cycle processes and regulatory requirements. * Identification of opportunities for improvement in discipline processes, practices and tools. * Collaboration with other project team members to address project requirements. * Collaboration with discipline peers within the team, BU and company to share and learn best practice. * Propose new technologies, materials and processes to maintain and grow our technology differentiations. * Propose and develop new products. * Contribute to business winning technical proposals. Keywords – EWAR, Electronics Warfare, Radar, Communication Systems, ECM, ESM, RWR, DF, Systems Specification, Systems Design, RF, Wideband Antenna Systems, Analogue, Digital, Power Supply Electronics Design, Embedded Software, Firmware, Digital Signal Processing, AS9100,Matlab, Simulink, UML Modelling, OrCAD, FPGA, EMC, TEMPEST, EASA 21J, DAOS Design Organisation Systems Design Authority – Electronics Warfare - Radar, Communication Systems Salary – Competitive, plus bonus and large company benefits Location – Christchurch, Bournemouth, Dorset

RF Design Engineer – Electronics Warfare, Communication Systems , Radar Our client is a highly successful Aerospace and Defence company. They are recruiting an RF Design Engineer. The business has recently been awarded a contract for the design and development of a range of operational training electronic warfare pods by the MoD on behalf of NATO. This will provide realistic training in electronic warfare to the member countries, in order to be able to operate in a real time situation. As the RF Design Engineer your skills and qualifications will ideally include: * Bachelor’s Degree in Science/Technology, Electronics, Engineering or suitable equivalent * SC Security Clearance, or have the ability to be cleared to SC * Good knowledge of current RF technologies – Solid State Amplifiers, high speed switches etc… * Good knowledge of digital signal processing of RF and Baseband signals * Good knowledge of modern RF Test equipment – VNA, RF Power Meter, RF Signal generator, RF Spectrum Analyser * Knowledge of High-Power RF Antenna Systems * Experience of developing, writing and implementing test and verification plans for sub-systems and complete systems. * Experience of writing technical requirements for connectorised RF components & sub-systems * Experience of evaluating technical proposals from suppliers of RF components & sub-systems * Experience in Project life-cycle delivery from bids to operation As the RF Design Engineer your main responsibilities will involve: * Design and develop RF sub-systems for new EW equipment * Use design expertise to create RF design solutions to EW engineering problems, particularly those relating to operational requirements for Radar Jammers and Simulators. * Develop and maintain some knowledge of International Radar and Communications equipment types and function to enable solutions to EW engineering problems to be achieved. * Carry out peer review of designs and technical proposals authored by other engineers from an RF point of view. * Comply with the company’s Safety Standards * Maintain positive and constructive relationships with all internal and external stakeholders and customers Keywords – RF, Design, Electronic Warfare, EW, Radar, Digital, Signal Processing, Antenna Systems, SC Cleared, RF Design Engineer – Electronics Warfare, Communication Systems, Radar Salary -Competitive, plus excellent benefits package

Firmware Engineer – Electronics Warfare, Radar Systems Our client is a highly successful international aerospace company, due to expansion they are recruiting a Firmware Engineer who will be producing customer deliverable firmware in a structured, process driven environment. This will include, but is not limited to, development of the firmware design architecture, models, configuration of FPGA SoC components, firmware tests and documentation as well as being involved in the review, verification, place and route and meet timing processes. The Engineer shall employ the appropriate processes, practices and tools to ensure that responsibilities are completed to meet the required project requirements with the needed quality. The business has recently been awarded a contract for the design and development of a range of operational training electronic warfare pods by the MoD on behalf of NATO. This will provide realistic training in electronic warfare to the member countries, in order to be able to operate in a real time situation. This position can be based at either our Bournemouth International Airport or Marlow sites and requires infrequent travel. As a Firmware Engineer your skills and qualifications will ideally include: * SC Clearance or have the ability to gain an SC clearance * Digital hardware design * Firmware lifecycle development * RTL design * VHDL * Timing closure * Requirements capture * Verification * Strong written and oral skills * Have a background in DSP design and verification * Be familiar with all major FPGA families and microprocessors * Have an understanding of software and systems engineering principles * Work to design and coding standards * Work to configuration standards * Degree in Electronics, Systems Engineering or a relevant engineering subject or equivalent As a Firmware Engineer your main responsibilities will involve: * Application of discipline domain knowledge to the design, development and test of high speed firmware components on time, within budget and with required quality * Peer review of firmware * Produce the documentation required to support the firmware * Assist in estimating, planning and progress reporting * Provide support to the projects, systems and operations teams * Continued development of discipline competence and expertise * Application of, and compliance with, engineering processes and practices including the company’s engineering framework and Life Cycle Management (LCM). * Identification of opportunities for the improvement of processes, practices and tools * Collaboration with other project team members to analyse and address project requirements * Collaboration with discipline peers within the team, Business Unit and company to share and learn best practice * Support the implementation of design review practice in accordance with Life Cycle Management project governance including: System Design Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, Test Readiness Review and Final Acceptance Review. * Contribute to business winning technical proposals Keywords -Radar, Electronics, Electronic Warfare, NATO, MOD, Defence, Firmware, VHDL, FPGA, RTL Design, Requirements Capture, Verification, DSP, LCM, Lifecycle Management, Estimating, Planning, Reporting, Design reviews, Critical Design reviews, Design Review Practise, Firmware Engineer – Electronics Warfare, Radar Systems Salary – Competitive, plus bonus , pension and many excellent benefits Location – Christchurch, Bournemouth, Dorset

Senior Integration Test Engineer – ATC and Radar Our client is a highly successful global aerospace company, they are recruiting Senior Integration Test Engineer. This role provides a variety of opportunities, the focus being on the Integration, Test and Customer Acceptance of ATC systems but using the knowledge gained performing these tasks, the engineer should be able to contribute towards analysis, simulation, demonstrations, training and support activities adding value to the wider development team and supporting the operations team. As the Senior Integration and Test Engineer (ATC) your skills and qualifications will ideally include: * Any exposure to the testing of ATC systems or knowledge of common ATC radar formats is preferable * Good understanding of systems engineering lifecycle (V-Model) * Able to make recommendations from completing test work on improvements/design changes * Experience in test and integration of systems, predominantly using manual test methods. * Familiar with development project lifecycles from requirements through to design, tests and acceptance * Experience of using requirements management tools * Experience of using the Windows Operating System to host software-based products, e.g. configuration, and use of built in tools and facilities create or edit batch files, edit registry. * Relevant engineering qualifications, e.g. Degree, HNC or recognised apprenticeship plus hands on experience within industry. As the Senior Integration Test Engineer (ATC)your main responsibilities will involve: * To achieve integration of software and hardware, both internally and with external systems in a lab environment using production standard hardware, representative networks etc. * To test the integrated system and raise appropriate fault reports for issues found during testing with the aim of verifying and validating the product. * To test bug fixes including the identification and running of appropriate regression tests. * To write new or amend existing tests for both functional/requirement proving test as well as FAT * Creating and capturing test data, scenarios (simulated targets) plus any supporting documentation * Running tests produced by self or peers. * Peer reviews of test artefacts such as test plans, procedures or process documentation. * To run FAT in the presence of the customer or their representative. * To contribute towards the design of test models, production of departmental processes and project test plans as well as providing and input into cost estimates for new work. * To define, install, configure and maintain Test Lab resources. * Reviewing requirement and design documentation providing feedback to the author * Maintain traceability using a requirements management tool * Accountable for the quality of testing and therefore the final product. * To be responsible for the on-going health and safety of self and colleagues by ensuring the work areas and equipment are safe and raising any problems via the appropriate channels. * Participate in quality audits whether internal or external Keywords – ATC, Air Traffic Control, Test, Radar, V-Model, Systems Integration m, manual test methods, Safety Critical, Hardware Testing Senior Integration Test Engineer – ATC and Radar Salary – Competitive , plus excellent benefits, pension Location – Christchurch, Bournemouth, Dorset

JOB OVERVIEW: Senior C#.NET Software Developer sought by exciting, rapidly expanding and pioneering global software and security company! LOCATION:- Christchurch, Dorset SALARY: Negotiable depending on experience plus comprehensive benefits package ! THE COMPANY:- For decades, my worldwide client has been at the forefront of providing ground-breaking risk management security expertise and technology to the aid of many global companies both large and small from many different industries and government sectors. They continue to grow and reinvest in new cutting-edge software products and systems that are designed and developed in-house. Their flagship software product suite is an innovative, robust and flexible solution that safeguards their clients' people and assets anywhere in the world from security threats. For travel and security managers, it integrates seamlessly with their existing travel & security policies, providing clear audit trails and automating workflows to inform and protect travellers before, during and after travel. The company continually invests in its employees and encourages continuing professional development and ongoing training making this a great place to work and realise your true potential. THE ROLE My client has a fantastic opportunity for a proven Software Developer to join a rapidly expanding and extremely collaborative team. The team are responsible for the development, maintenance and support of truly exciting customer facing applications and the core systems that underpin them, Key Technical Competencies; - respond to client requests for new features - work with stakeholders to develop clear requirements - make design recommendations to optimise system efficiency and client satisfaction - produce impacts for the work to be done - develop and test maintainable solutions to meet requirements - implement changes to the live environment - liaise with Account Directors to migrate clients to the latest versions of applications - Client Implementations - help define the requirements for modules to add new functionality to client systems - develop and test new functionality - respond to client requests for new features - work with stakeholders to develop user stories - make design recommendations to optimise system efficiency and client satisfaction Candidate Profile; Candidates who have competency with much of the below will be given priority; - C# - Visual Basic .NET - Microsoft .NET 4.5 - MVC - Web API - Entity Framework - Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012/2016 - TSQL - XML with XSLT - WCF/Web services using SOAP and WSDL - Windows services - Code management and version control using TFS WHAT'S ON OFFER:- Along with the chance to work with a growing global market leader with an innovative security software product suite, which offers excellent training & continuing professional development, my client offers; - A highly competitive salary plus and a comprehensive benefits package - An extremely pleasant and professional working environment with like-minded technical professionals. - There are also chances of career progression for the right candidate! IF you are a strong match to the specific requirements for this role then please apply with a CV as soon as possible. Candidates who are not a close match sadly cannot be considered. Keywords; Software developer, C#, software engineer

JOB OVERVIEW: C#.NET Software Developer sought by exciting, rapidly expanding and pioneering global software and security company! LOCATION:- Christchurch, Dorset SALARY: Negotiable depending on experience plus comprehensive benefits package ! THE COMPANY:- For decades, my worldwide client has been at the forefront of providing ground-breaking risk management security expertise and technology to the aid of many global companies both large and small from many different industries and government sectors. They continue to grow and reinvest in new cutting-edge software products and systems that are designed and developed in-house. Their flagship software product suite is an innovative, robust and flexible solution that safeguards their clients' people and assets anywhere in the world from security threats. For travel and security managers, it integrates seamlessly with their existing travel & security policies, providing clear audit trails and automating workflows to inform and protect travellers before, during and after travel. The company continually invests in its employees and encourages continuing professional development and ongoing training making this a great place to work and realise your true potential. THE ROLE:- My client has a fantastic opportunity for a proven Software Developer to join a rapidly expanding and extremely collaborative team. The team are responsible for the development, maintenance and support of truly exciting customer facing applications and the core systems that underpin them, Key Technical Competencies; - respond to client requests for new features - work with stakeholders to develop clear requirements - make design recommendations to optimise system efficiency and client satisfaction - produce impacts for the work to be done - develop and test maintainable solutions to meet requirements - implement changes to the live environment - liaise with Account Directors to migrate clients to the latest versions of applications - Client Implementations - help define the requirements for modules to add new functionality to client systems - develop and test new functionality - respond to client requests for new features - work with stakeholders to develop user stories - make design recommendations to optimise system efficiency and client satisfaction Candidate Profile; Candidates who have competency with much for the below will be given priority; - C# - Visual Basic .NET - Microsoft .NET 4.5 - MVC - Web API - Entity Framework - Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012/2016 - TSQL - XML with XSLT - WCF/Web services using SOAP and WSDL - Windows services - Code management and version control using TFS WHAT'S ON OFFER:- Along with the chance to work with a growing global market leader with an innovative security software product suite, which offers excellent training & continuing professional development, my client offers; - A highly competitive salary plus and a comprehensive benefits package - An extremely pleasant and professional working environment with like-minded technical professionals. - There are also chances of career progression for the right candidate! IF you are a strong match to the specific requirements for this role then please apply with a CV as soon as possible. Candidates who are not a close match sadly cannot be considered. Keywords; Software developer, C#, software engineer