Guidant Global is working with the UK's trusted Ministry of Defence partner, MBDA, who needs a skilled Simulation Developer to design and develop weapon systems and system architectures in an integral technique in Bristol.

As a Simulation Engineer, you'll design a capability supporting actions across the complete product life cycle. With previous knowledge, you will play a vital role in ensuring the team integrate authentic products, models, and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation, and training capability and support.

What you'll get to do as a Simulation Developer:

Support the development of the world's most advanced defence systems from the initial concepts with advanced visualisation techniques (AR/VR) and demonstrations through in-service support and training.
Collaborate with Project Leads and Simulation Architects to design and develop simulation components as an end-to-end representation of a weapon System in a synthetic environment using C#, C++, and integration simulations (DIS/HLA/DDS).
Group with the heterogeneous agile development team includes mixed discipline engineers working in synergy to design synthetic environments.

Follow WSSE's agreed approach to software development, including:

Configuration control
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery or Deployment.
Unit testing
Test-driven development.

What we're looking for:

Proficient in C# / C++ / Java
Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse,
Ability to work from high level/system view into technical detail.
Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills
Knowledge of using Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems

Non-essential

Distributed simulation standards / Protocols (DIS, HLA, DDS) and web services development (JavaScript, Node JS or similar) Military Communications,
Datalinks and Interfaces such as 1553/1760 and Ethernet TCP/IP
Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes

More about the role:

MBDA's relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.

This role is based at MBDA's, Bristol's state of the art site, which plays a key part in missiles operations. The location offers excellent transportation links, outstanding learning and development opportunities, and social, charitable, and sporting activities.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.