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Weapons Engineering Instructor

The role
As a Weapons Engineering Instructor, you’ll be at the heart of delivering world-class training to Royal Navy personnel. This is a unique opportunity to share your expertise in submarine Tactical Weapons Engineering systems and make a real impact on national defence. You’ll help ensure our armed forces are fully prepared to operate and maintain weapon handling systems safely and effectively across submarine platforms.

 
Day-to-day you’ll be:
•    Delivering classroom and simulator-based training, primarily focused on Astute Class submarines
•    Providing subject matter expertise to support training design and review
•    Supporting governance through reporting, documentation, and assurance
•    Liaising with stakeholders and acting as a technical point of contact for training queries
•    Maintaining safe systems of work and ensuring compliance with internal and external policies
 

The role is based onsite at HMNB Clyde, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday (08:00–16:30) and Friday (08:00–13:00), totalling 37 hours per week. 

 

Essential experience of the Weapons Engineering Instructor:
•    Sound knowledge of submarine Tactical Weapons Engineering systems 
•    Experience in Weapons Handling operations 

 

Qualifications for the Weapons Engineering Instructor:
•    Qualified Weapons System Board – Competent User Level 3 (CU3) certification

 

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

 

What they offer 

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK  employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
   

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Date Posted: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:02:33 +0000

ILS Manager

The opportunity:

We are seeking a number of Integrated Logistic Support Managers to ensure our Client's ability to support the next generation Missile systems to their worldwide customer base.  These opportunities will give you considerable scope to improve programme management skills, develop Customer facing skills and promote your profile internationally.

Location: Stevenage, Bristol or Bolton. (possible relocation available).

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).

What we're looking for from you:

• ILS Experience essential
• A broad based engineering background, a degree level qualification in a numerate / technical discipline would be beneficial, with knowledge and experience of Weapon Systems support models
• Understanding of predictive logistics models
• Prioritisation and ability to deal with multiple issues on a regular basis
• Strategic planning of support work, from supply chain through to customer delivery

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Date Posted: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:01:39 +0000

ILS Manager

The opportunity:

We are seeking a number of Integrated Logistic Support Managers to ensure our Client's ability to support the next generation Missile systems to their worldwide customer base.  These opportunities will give you considerable scope to improve programme management skills, develop Customer facing skills and promote your profile internationally.

Location: Stevenage, Bristol or Bolton. (possible relocation available).

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).

What we're looking for from you:

• ILS Experience essential
• A broad based engineering background, a degree level qualification in a numerate / technical discipline would be beneficial, with knowledge and experience of Weapon Systems support models
• Understanding of predictive logistics models
• Prioritisation and ability to deal with multiple issues on a regular basis
• Strategic planning of support work, from supply chain through to customer delivery

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Date Posted: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:01:39 +0000

ILS Manager

The opportunity:

We are seeking a number of Integrated Logistic Support Managers to ensure our Client's ability to support the next generation Missile systems to their worldwide customer base.  These opportunities will give you considerable scope to improve programme management skills, develop Customer facing skills and promote your profile internationally.

Location: Stevenage, Bristol or Bolton. (possible relocation available).

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).

What we're looking for from you:

• ILS Experience essential
• A broad based engineering background, a degree level qualification in a numerate / technical discipline would be beneficial, with knowledge and experience of Weapon Systems support models
• Understanding of predictive logistics models
• Prioritisation and ability to deal with multiple issues on a regular basis
• Strategic planning of support work, from supply chain through to customer delivery

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Date Posted: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:01:39 +0000

Analogue and Digital Electronic Design Engineer

Are you an Electronics Design Engineer seeking a challenging role working on high-quality projects? Our Client is looking for a skilled and ambitious individual to join  Analogue and Digital Capability Group in Stevenage. You will have a vital role in developing and delivering impeccable electronic designs for our advanced products!

Hybrid working: typically 2 to 3 days per week on-site, due to workload classification.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).

The Role

Take on all aspects of board level electronic design, including schematic capture, prototyping, functional testing, and proving activities. Collaborate with other Electronic Engineering teams to ensure integration of electronics within the product.

Use common development techniques such as circuit simulation and DFMEA to ensure robust electronics design and support the product life cycle from feasibility through to transfer to production, including industrial validation and quality assurance.

Contribute to research and continuous improvement activities to enhance the Electronic Engineering capability.

What we're looking for from you:

• Experience in Electronic design, development and delivery.

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and navigate challenges.

• Knowledge of a wide range of electronic technologies and products.

What they can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)

• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%

• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime

• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days

• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements

• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.

• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

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Date Posted: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:00:51 +0000

Electronic Engineering Project Co-ordinator

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Engineering Project Coordinator to learn from  more experienced Project Managers and teams around you before taking on your own projects and developing into an Engineering Project Manager.

Location: Stevenage

Dynamic (hybrid) working: Where possible, they seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working – such as being onsite when necessary to work with people and collaborate, then working from home and around family commitments to be your most efficient.  This role can be full time or part time: 4 or 5 days per week. They are flexible and accommodating. It would be beneficial to be on-site 1 or 2 days a week, depending on the project needs and working remotely other days.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).

The opportunity:

As an Engineering Project Coordinator (EPC) you'll support the Engineering Project Management teams to deliver  projects to time, cost and quality. This will involve a mix of project delivery work, bid management and supply chain management.

It's a fantastic opportunity to shadow our more experienced Engineering Project Managers, learn from them and the teams around you before taking on your own projects and developing into an Engineering Project Manager.

What we're looking for from you:

We're looking for proactive, experienced and dynamic individuals with the ability to multi-task and work with people of diverse backgrounds; individuals with excellent communication skills and the ability to influence others to their way of thinking.

Candidates will be able to demonstrate:

• A technical degree (ideally in Electronics)
• Demonstrable exposure to / understanding of electronic engineering product development
• A solid track record of experience working within an engineering context
• A good grasp of project management fundamentals, basic Primavera P6 scheduling experience and the ability to manipulate data in Excel.  

Most important for us is that you have the right attitude and a passion to develop - they can offer the training and support you need to enable you to broaden your skills and experience and take your first steps into a project manager role.

The company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

Our Client is a leading defence organisation.  They are proud of the role they play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. They partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

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Date Posted: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:42:23 +0000

Ground Station Engineer

• Operate, manage and conduct preventative and corrective maintenance on antenna systems, ACUs, modems, spectrum analysers, radomes and associated auxiliary equipment.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance activities with internal stakeholders, launch clients, GS operators, hosted parties and manufacturers.
• Lead on-site troubleshooting and fault resolution (fibre, RF links, rack/cabinet equipment); minimise downtime through decisive technical action.
• Act as primary technical point of contact for manufacturers, suppliers and launch clients; manage ticketing, spares and repair workflows.
• Maintain, update and implement installation, maintenance and safety documentation; provide post-maintenance reporting.
• Support hardware procurement decisions and contribute technical input to scheduling and software development projects.

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Date Posted: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:42:24 +0000

Lead Software Engineer - Real Estate Technology

Sheffield / Hybrid Working

Role Purpose

Take a hands-on leadership role within a small, high performing engineering team in Real Estate Technology.  You will drive technical delivery, actively write code and champion continuous improvement across a range of projects.   Collaborate with central engineering communities to embed best practice and enhance service management for global users.

Experience in the banking or real estate sector is not required - what matters is your technical expertise and ability to deliver results.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and Mentor:   Guide and develop engineers, fostering accountability, teamwork and technical excellence.

Hands-on Delivery: Provide technical direction and actively contribute code to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Continuous Improvement: Promote modern engineering standards, agile practices and process enhancements.

Service Management - Strengthen operation of reliability and user satisfaction through improved incident, change and problem management.

Stakeholder collaboration - Work closely with product managers, architects, and global teams to deliver on technology roadmaps.

Expertise and Skills

Essential

Proven Experience leading technical teams in complex environments

Strong Coding Skills and hands-on involvement in software delivery

Solid Understanding of Cloud, DevOps, CI/CD and engineering quality frameworks

Effective Communicator and collaborator across technical and non-technical teams

Commitment to agile delivery and continuous improvement

Desirable

Experience in real estate technology or similar domains

Participation in Engineering Communities or centres of Excellence

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Date Posted: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:42:24 +0000

Design Lead - Real Estate Transformation Programme

Sheffield

Role Overview 

Join the Real Estate Transformation Programme as a Design Lead, leveraging your technical expertise and practical mindset to shape the future of a global property portfolio.   You will operate across a varied technology stack, including SaaS and internally hosted platforms.   This role suits individuals who excel at solving complex technical challenges, are passionate about technology and enjoy collaborating with engineering teams.  Hands-on coding experience is advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:  Drive the design and delivery of technology solutions for Real estate from concept through deployment.  Remain hands-on by reviewing solutions, prototyping and contributing code where appropriate.

Collaborative Innovation:  partner with business and engineering stakeholders to identify challenges, explore innovative approaches and transfer strategy into actionable designs.

Architectural Vision: Develop and communicate architecture roadmaps that balance robust engineering and innovative application, including automation and bespoke solutions across SaaS and internal platforms.

Cyber Security:  Ensure all designs and solutions comply with established cyber security controls and secure development practices.

Governance and Advocacy:  Promote best practice in design and development, ensuring alignment with organisational standards while encouraging new ideas and continuous improvement.

Continuous Learning: Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies proactively seeking opportunities to experiment and drive innovation within the programme.

What you’ll bring

Proven technical leadership:  Experience leading design and development in complex environments with the ability to challenge assumptions and lead teams.

Cyber Security Awareness:  Strong understanding of cyber controls and secure development methodologies.

Hands-on Technical Skills:  Confident in technical discussions, code reviews and contributing to codebases or prototypes.

Creative Problem Solving: Eagerness to explore unconventional solutions and apply technology to deliver business value.

Stakeholder Engagement: Effective communicator, able to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams, including non technical stakeholders.

Adaptability: Open minded, resilient and willing to learn and adapt in a dynamic environment.

Desirable

Protective Security and IoT:  Experience with protective security technologies (e.g.:  access control, surveillance, biometrics, video analytics) and IoT/Edge devices.

Mechanical Control Systems:  Background with working with engineering teams on mechanical control systems (e.g. building management, operational technology), to deliver integrated, secure and connected real estate solutions.

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Date Posted: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:42:24 +0000

Luxury Retail Manager

Luxury Retail Manager – Piccadilly, London

The Whisky Shop is seeking a Retail Manager to lead our flagship Piccadilly store. This is an exciting role at the heart of the UK’s leading specialist whisky retailer.

We are looking for a commercially minded leader with deep roots in London’s luxury or premium on/off-trade scene.

This role requires someone who can drive sales, build meaningful relationships, and deliver a consistently high standard of in-store experience for our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the Piccadilly flagship store, ensuring a seamless, elevated customer journey at all times

• Drive sales performance, profitability, and KPIs through clear commercial focus and leading by example.

• Continuously manage, develop and inspire a high-performing team, ensuring excellence in customer service, product knowledge, and sales execution

• Deliver ‘approachable’ luxury hosting, including customer welcome, storytelling, upselling, and closing high-value sales

• Build and maintain strong relationships with high-net-worth clients, collectors, and whisky enthusiasts

• Drive and grow in-store events, positioning Piccadilly as a destination for premium experiences and as a hub for our London-based Loyalty programme Members.

• Oversee high store standards, visual merchandising, and stock management in line with our brand expectations

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior retail or hospitality management role within luxury retail or premium environments

• Proven commercial track record, with strong experience managing margins and analysing sales performance data

• Natural salesperson with the ability to engage, upsell, and close across a diverse, high-value clientele

• Established network in London, with an existing client base or strong potential customer address book

• Credibility and confidence working with brands and suppliers, including hosting visits, whisky tastings and events

• Excellent communication skills across phone, email, and WhatsApp, with a focus on building long-term client relationships.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach to business development

• Passion for premium whisky and spirits, with a desire to create exceptional customer experiences

• Confidence and enthusiasm for content creation, with experience across social media channels, is a strong advantage - with the ability to bring the Piccadilly store experience to life digitally

Salary £40,000 - £60,000 depending on experience + discretionary six-monthly bonus

If you think this sounds like you, and are ready to take ownership of one of our most iconic locations, we would like to hear from you.

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:29:27 +0000

Principal Mechanical Engineer - Team Lead

We have an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Design Engineer who possesses drive, enthusiasm, and both creative and logical thinking. This role involves leading a mechanical team within the Sparkworks portfolio of programmes, providing essential technical and management support to the team.

Salary: Circa £ 60,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 5 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more .

The opportunity:

You'll be providing technical oversight of the team's work, ensuring the team develop viable mechanical conceptual designs. As the primary mechanical engineering interface into other key stakeholders on the project. Keeping track of budgets, workloads and ensuring tasks are delivered on time.

As the team lead you'll be providing day to day management support to the team and have responsibility for the development and performance management of the team.

This is a great opportunity to work in a fast paced environment, working on novel and disruptive technologies within Sparkworks. It will also be an initial step in to a management role which is a great opportunity for someone looking for the next step.

What we're looking for from you:

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  Experience of mechanical design, early technology development, ideally taking parts through from conceptual design, through development and certification and people & project management experience.
  
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  Relevant 3D CAD/CAE experience (training on our preferred CAE tools will be given)
  
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  Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  
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  The ability to work with, influence and negotiate with stakeholders across the business.
  

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more...

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Test Equipment Engineer - Production Design Support

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Engineer to join our Production Design Support Test Equipment Team. You will play a key role in a range of Engineering activities, providing Test Equipment design support to the Manufacturing organization and broadening your expertise in an international environment. An exciting career path awaits!

Salary: Up to 43k depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 days per week on-site

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...

The opportunity:

We have a phenomenal opportunity for an experienced Engineer to play a key role in the support of production activities with Production Design Support (PDS) at our site in Bolton.

You will act as an integral interface between our support teams and working alongside other support engineers to provide component selection and obsolescence support.

The role offers the candidate a variety of engineering challenges, whilst providing scope for personal growth and development within Test Equipment.

Working within Production Design Support (PDS) is a highly rewarding role working close to the manufacturing environment helping to shape the design of the products and test equipment, delivering support to our customers.

What we're looking for from you:

• Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent industry experience)
• Experience of test product / systems and / or providing engineering support
• Experience in Selection of Components and awareness of REACH / RoHS
• Knowledge or Experience of Engineering change management and support
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal with an attention to detail

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more...

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

High Speed Digital and Hardware Design Lead

Bristol

Are you interested in developing your career as a high speed Digital and Hardware Electronics Design Lead using state-of-the-art MPSoC FPGAs and AI acceleration hardware? If so, MBDA has an exceptional opportunity for the right individual to join our team with a long term view to establishing their career as a technical lead and expert in their field.

Salary: circa £58,000 to £65,000

Location: Stevenage or Bristol (we may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 days per week on-site, due to workload classification. This could be less depending upon project requirements.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship .

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Long Term Career Path: Technical Lead, Specialist, Expert
• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: Maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: Offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, gym, café and much more.

The opportunity:

This is an exceptional opportunity for the right individual who wants to consolidate their experience and expertise in high-speed complex digital electronics design with an ambition to become a technical lead and establishing themselves as a technical lead and expert in their field.

As part of a large team of analogue and digital electronics design engineers, you will be responsible for the electronics design and development of high speed MPSoC FPGA and AI hardware solutions targeting SDR, radar signal processing and sensor fusion applications.

As Hardware Lead, you will support the Technical Lead/Architect in collaboration with the systems, software, firmware, mechanical and production teams to specify elegant and optimised solutions that satisfy customer needs. Once the specification has been agreed, you will be responsible for the detailed design of the high speed digital aspects as well as leading all the other electronics design activity through the full product development lifecycle.

What we're looking for from you:

• Solid experience in complex, high speed digital electronics design.
• Experience in MPSoC FGPA, DDR and Flash memory and high speed serial interconnect design
• Experience in SI and PI Analysis
• Proficiency in VHDL to support board level test and debug
• Proficiency in C, C++, or Python to support board level test and debug
• Familiarity with DSP concepts for SDR, radar signal processing and optical sensors
• Ability to develop elegant hardware architectures through detailed understanding and collaboration with systems, software, firmware, mechanical and production teams
• Strong academic background to support this intellectually demanding role
• Strong desire to drive collaboration and ensure successful delivery.
• Excellent ability to configure and document designs to a high professional standard.

Please note: Some of our roles require an elevated level of security clearance. Candidates may be required to undertake DV (Developed Vetting) in order to successfully deliver the role.

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more...

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Scene Generation Engineer

Bristol

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our Electro-Optical (EO) Seekers & Sensors Department within our Scene Generation Team, working as a Scene Generation Modelling Engineer.

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship .

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...

The opportunity:

As a team, we are responsible for the EO scene generation capability in MBDA; this delivers modelling and simulation of the world observed by an EO sensor, accelerated to support real-time integration and test of missile hardware, and high volume simulation of weapon systems, missiles and sub-systems. This is an essential part of MBDA's complex weapon programmes, allowing us to game any mission on the ground with or without real hardware, and work with our Customers and Suppliers towards the next generation EO and multi-sensor missile seekers and weapon system sensors.

And this is where you come in... If you are the successful applicant, we will offer you the exciting challenge of developing real-world simulations and modelling tools that are a critical part of MBDA's product development.

Our team is a small, multi-disciplinary team that support a range of scene generation activities, from synthetic modelling of real world objects and the Earth's surface, through to hardware testing and validation via experimentation and field trials.

We use a variety of different software development and modelling tools, and we will support to you and hands on training to get you up to speed as quick as possible. However, we are always looking to broaden and evolve our toolset, to continue to deliver an industry-leading capability ready for future programme needs; joining the team now offers the chance for you to deliver current programmes and shape the future of the team and the company.

What we're looking for from you:

Someone enthusiastic about software engineering and the development of physical models of the real world and how an EO Sensor perceives it.

You will need

• Skills in Windows and Linux native software (C/C++), dynamic languages like python, GPU-acceleration and 3D graphics (Open GL, GLSL, CUDA, Vulkan),
• A strong software background including software architecture design, concurrency, synchronisation, and database design
• An appreciation of or the desire to learn the physics of the propagation of EM radiation, coherent phenomena, and thermal analysis; and the supporting tools.
• An affinity with lean/agile methods and software development tools; version control, task management, continuous integration, etc

In addition to the technical aspects of the role, we value

• The ability to be adaptable to create different features and effects, as well as being creative to work around a problem, finding innovative solutions to keep us on track.
• Demonstrated commitment and integrity in delivering on time - as well as to cost and quality - so experience in, or a good appreciation of task package management is also highly desirable
• Work across different projects and departments, and so value strong team spirit, and communication skills.

Whilst your role focusses on the software aspects, you will always have the opportunity to develop your skills, knowledge and experience in the broader team activities ... and any additional knowledge and previous experience that you bring with you will certainly make a huge impact!

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more...

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Junior SOC Analyst

Junior SOC Analyst – Farnborough, UK

 

• Up to £50,000 salary Depending on Experience
• Full time onsite role in Farnborough
• Must be eligible for DV clearance

 

About the client

Our client operates in highly secure technical environments, delivering critical digital and cyber capabilities to complex organisations. Security sits at the core of everything they do, and the SOC plays a key role in protecting systems, data, and services. Due to continued growth and service demand, they are now looking for a Junior SOC Analyst to join their experienced security team.

 

The benefits

• Salary up to £50,000 depending on experience
• Onsite working within a collaborative SOC environment
• Exposure to a wide range of security technologies and incidents
• Ongoing learning and development in cyber security
• Clear progression opportunities into more senior security roles

 

The Junior SOC Analyst role

As a Junior SOC Analyst, you will be responsible for monitoring live security environments and responding to security alerts and incidents. Working as part of a 24/7 SOC, you will follow established playbooks, escalate complex incidents to Tier 2 teams, and help maintain and improve security controls.

 

Key responsibilities include:

• Monitoring systems for security alerts, intrusions, and unauthorised activity
• Responding to incidents in line with defined SOC playbooks
• Escalating complex or high-risk incidents to Tier 2 Incident Response teams
• Reviewing vulnerability scan results and feeding findings back to technical teams
• Supporting secure configuration reviews and remediation activities
• Producing regular service and security reports for stakeholders
• Contributing ideas to improve SOC processes and service delivery
• Keeping up to date with emerging threats, trends, and best practice

 

This role involves shift work as part of a 24/7 SOC operation.

 

Junior SOC Analyst essential skills

• A qualification in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Networking, or a related technical discipline
• Strong interest in cyber security and incident response
• Understanding of core security concepts and common cyber threats
• Ability to follow processes, investigate alerts, and document findings clearly
• Willingness to work shifts in a 24/7 SOC environment

 

Nice to have

• Exposure to cloud computing concepts
• Basic knowledge of security incident management or risk management
• Familiarity with vulnerabilities, phishing, ransomware, or identity and access management
• Awareness of information security principles such as confidentiality, integrity, and availability

 

To be considered

Please either apply through this advert or emailing me directly via robin.muirhead@searchability.com. For further information please call me: 07719 065949.

 

By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

 

 

Key skills: SOC Analyst, Cyber Security, SIEM, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Cloud Security, Information Security, NSD

 

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:08:00 GMT

Cyber and Information Assurance Security Consultants

Cyber and Information Assurance Security Consultants

Salary: £50,000 – £85,000 + bonus
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucester (Hybrid Working)
Clearance Required: eDV clearance

Join a Leading Consultancy Driving National Security Innovation

FR Secure is partnering with a rapidly expanding consultancy that delivers cutting-edge cyber and information assurance solutions for high-security government and industry clients. We’re looking for multiple Cyber Security & Information Assurance Consultants to support long-term, mission-critical programmes in the National Security sector.

Your Role

As a Cyber Security & Information Assurance Consultant, you will:

• Deliver expert security advice for BAU, technical refresh, and new project initiatives.
• Implement and improve governance models aligned with client business needs.
• Identify cyber risks and propose risk-based mitigation strategies.
• Conduct compliance assessments across systems and processes to evaluate cyber and information assurance posture.
• Develop, refine, or review security policies and procedures to align with corporate and regulatory standards.
• Build strong relationships with clients and internal teams to enhance the value of Cyber Security & Information Assurance services delivered.

What You Bring

We’re looking for people who can make a real impact. You should have:

• Proven experience in Cyber Security & Information Assurance within Defence or UK Government environments.
• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks
• Familiarity with government and defence security standards such as:
  • HMG/NCSC IA Policies and Guidelines
  • JSP440 and other MoD IA standards
  • Cyber Essentials
  • NIST, NIS-D

• You will ideally hold CISM / CISSP or similar higher level recognised and current Information Security or Assurance certification
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills – you can clearly explain complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Security Clearance

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, all applicants must hold valid eDV clearance.

Ready to advance your career in national security?

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:29:00 GMT

DevSecOpsEngineer

DevSecOps Engineer
Poole / Hybrid 

My client is looking for an experienced DevSecOps Engineer leading to Cloud Architect to join a growing UK technology business delivering secure cloud and software solutions into the national defence sector.

This is an opportunity to work on high-impact programmes supporting some of the UK’s most complex and interesting security challenges. It would suit someone with deep cloud architecture and DevSecOps experience who enjoys working closely with customers, shaping secure cloud environments, and solving real-world problems in high-assurance settings.

Benefits

• £80,000 - £100,000 basic starting salary
• Bonus
• Hybrid working
• Pension
• Private healthcare
• Electric car scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Friendly, knowledgeable, peer-sharing culture
• Career progression
• Opportunity to work on meaningful programmes in a highly secure environment

The role and responsibilities

You will join a team designing and delivering secure cloud environments for customers operating in complex, high-security environments. The successful candidate will combine strong cloud architecture, customer-facing consulting, and DevSecOps capability, helping shape secure platforms, influence design decisions, and support delivery across a range of programmes.

Responsibilities will include:

• Designing and delivering secure cloud environments to meet customer challenges
• Working across a mix of greenfield and brownfield projects
• Leading architecture discussions and design exercises
• Applying DevSecOps and cloud security best practice in high-assurance environments
• Building deep customer relationships and working closely with technical and operational teams
• Helping customers understand, shape, and solve cloud and security challenges
• Making pragmatic engineering trade-offs while maintaining strong technical quality
• Collaborating with customers and partner suppliers to gather and shape requirements
• Supporting secure delivery practices across cloud infrastructure, platforms, and engineering teams
• Promoting knowledge sharing, technical leadership, and engineering excellence

Key skills

• Strong commercial experience as a DevSecOps Engineer, Cloud Architect, Cloud Security Architect, or similar
• Proven experience leading large AWS implementations or migrations in secure or high-assurance environments
• Hands-on expertise in designing and building cloud environments running critical workloads
• Strong understanding of cloud security, DevSecOps, and secure architecture principles
• Ability to lead architectural discussions and influence technical direction
• Strong customer-facing consulting skills, including the ability to gather requirements and manage ambiguity
• Ability to build strong relationships with customers and challenge established thinking where needed
• Strong presentation, communication, and knowledge-sharing skills
• Team leadership experience
• Active MOD SC clearance
• Willingness to undergo DV clearance

Desired skills

• AWS certifications at Associate level or above
• Experience in the national defence sector or other highly secure / regulated environments
• Broader cloud knowledge across Azure and/or GCP
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with secure cloud migrations and modern platform design
• Familiarity with containerisation, platform engineering, and secure CI/CD environments

Strong understanding of cloud governance, observability, and operational security practice
Please note: candidates must hold active MOD SC clearance and be willing to undergo DV clearance. This role also requires regular on-site presence in Hereford

If you would like more details then please apply via the link.

All the best,

Charlie Syrett
Richmond Square Consulting Ltd

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:15:00 GMT

Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect 
Poole / Hybrid

My client is looking for an experienced Cloud Architect to join a growing UK technology business delivering secure cloud and software solutions into the national defence sector.

This is an opportunity to work on high-impact programmes supporting some of the UK’s most complex and interesting security challenges. It would suit someone with deep cloud architecture experience who enjoys shaping secure environments, leading technical discussions, and working closely with customers to solve real-world problems in high-assurance settings.

Benefits

• £100,000 - £120,000 basic salary
• Bonus
• Hybrid working
• Pension
• Private healthcare
• Electric car scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Friendly, knowledgeable, peer-sharing culture
• Career progression
• Opportunity to work on meaningful programmes in a highly secure environment

The role and responsibilities
You will join a team designing and delivering secure cloud environments for customers operating in complex, high-security settings. The successful candidate will combine strong cloud architecture, customer-facing consulting, and secure engineering capability, helping shape cloud strategy, influence design decisions, and support delivery across a range of programmes.
Responsibilities will include:

• Designing and delivering secure cloud environments to meet customer challenges
• Working across a mix of greenfield and brownfield projects
• Leading architecture discussions and design exercises
• Defining secure cloud solutions in high-assurance environments
• Building deep customer relationships and working closely with technical and operational teams
• Helping customers understand, shape, and solve cloud and security challenges
• Making pragmatic engineering trade-offs while maintaining strong technical quality
• Collaborating with customers and partner suppliers to gather and shape requirements
• Supporting secure delivery practices across cloud platforms, infrastructure, and engineering teams
• Promoting technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence

Key skills

• Strong commercial experience as a Cloud Architect, AWS Architect, Cloud Security Architect, or similar
• Proven experience leading large AWS implementations or migrations in secure or high-assurance environments
• Hands-on expertise in designing and building cloud environments running critical workloads
• Strong understanding of cloud security, secure architecture, and modern cloud delivery principles
• Ability to lead architectural discussions and influence technical direction
• Strong customer-facing consulting skills, including the ability to gather requirements and manage ambiguity
• Ability to build strong relationships with customers and challenge established thinking where needed
• Strong presentation, communication, and knowledge-sharing skills
• Team leadership experience
• Active MOD SC clearance
• Willingness to undergo DV clearance

Desired skills

• AWS certifications at Associate level or above
• Experience in the national defence sector or other highly secure / regulated environments
• Broader cloud knowledge across Azure and/or GCP
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with secure cloud migrations and modern platform design
• Familiarity with containerisation, platform engineering, and secure CI/CD environments
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, observability, and operational security practices

Please note: candidates must hold active MOD SC clearance and be willing to undergo DV clearance. This role also requires regular on-site presence in Hereford.

If you would like more details then please apply via the link.

All the best,

Charlie Syrett
Richmond Square Consulting Ltd

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Date Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:18:00 GMT

Technical Architect

This role is a perm position.

Clearance: BPSS

Location: Didcot, England, United Kingdom – full time onsite.

Description

Review of Existing Architecture

• Conduct an in-depth analysis of the current high-level architecture, ensuring a clear understanding of each key component.

• Examine the implementation of the service-oriented architecture, focusing on core services, established interfaces, and the deployment strategy.

• Identify architectural strengths, highlight gaps, assess risks, and pinpoint areas of emerging technical debt.

• Evaluate how the architecture aligns with strategic objectives, with particular emphasis on non-functional requirements such as reliability, determinism, maintainability.

• Consider the effectiveness of realising hybrid solutions with the existing Java-based GDA application.

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Date Posted: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:10:00 GMT

Principal Software Engineer

We are looking for a ‘bare metal’ embedded software engineer to join our clients team developing the next generation of airborne integrated communication system for the Global Combat Air Programme /Tempest aircraft

 

Activities:

Development and coding of software solutions for Embedded, Real Time and Safety Critical application software

In detail:

-Develop software related to solutions for Embedded, Real Time and Safety Critical application

-Coding solutions software related to the above applications

Your impact

We are on the hunt for talented software engineers to support our Integrated Sensors & Protection line of business, working on a range of defence projects.

We want to develop a new generation of features and capabilities using innovative software solutions and we need you to create them. You will be a key part in a community of world-class software engineers who will continuously improve, collaborate and innovate with other engineers to create market-leading products within the defence industry.

What you’ll bring

Understanding and knowledge of one or more of the following:

o Bare metal embedded C++ software development

o Embedded interfaces e.g. CAN bus, I2C, SPI, GPIO

o Familiarity with the tools and approaches to embedded development.

o Experience with developing Windows & Linux applications.

o Experience of using Iterative development lifecycles (for example tailored Agile.)

o Familiarity with development to design and coding standards.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

 

MUST HAVE ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE

6 months

Inside IR35

£63/hr

Hybrid working - 20% onsite

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Date Posted: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:14:00 GMT

Lead SAS Developer

Lead SAS Developer - Government Programme
£800 per day | Hybrid (2-3 days onsite in Newcastle) | SC Clearance Required

Sanderson Government & Defence is proud to be supporting a key government client in the search for a highly experienced Lead SAS Developer to join a major transformation programme within a central UK public sector organisation.

The Opportunity

As a Lead SAS Developer, you will take ownership of designing and delivering complex data integration and software solutions within a large-scale, multi-team environment. Acting as a subject matter expert, you will lead from the front-guiding technical decisions, mentoring engineers, and ensuring best practice across the development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance SAS-based software solutions across enterprise systems

• Lead the implementation of robust ETL pipelines and data integration processes

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless system integration

• Take ownership of technical decision-making and contribute to programme-wide strategy

• Conduct testing, debugging, and optimisation to maintain high-quality deliverables

• Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of continuous improvement

• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry best practices

Skills & Experience Required

• Advanced expertise in SAS Data Integration Studio

• Strong experience in custom application development and software engineering principles

• Proven capability with SAS DataFlux ETL tools

• Experience with SAS Event Stream Processing (highly desirable)

• Demonstrated leadership experience within complex delivery environments

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Essential Requirements

• Active SC (Security Clearance), or eligibility to obtain clearance

• Ability to work onsite in Newcastle 2-3 days per week

Why Apply?

• Competitive day rate of £800 per day

• Opportunity to contribute to a high-impact government transformation programme

• Work within a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering environment

• Long-term contract potential within a secure and stable sector

If you are a seasoned SAS professional ready to take on a leadership role within a high-profile government programme, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Sanderson Government & Defence for more information.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

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Date Posted: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:13:00 GMT