Senior Algorithm Engineer

Job Description Hours:37 hours per week We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Algorithm Engineer with knowledge of Guidance & Control Algorithms to join an ambitious, highly regarded, scientific engineering / manufacturing business that are in a position of sustained growth.As a Senior Algorithm Engineer, you will develop your expertise both at a detailed Guidance & Control design level, and up through the higher architectural levels, where you can demonstrate a capability for rigorous system analysis and management of complexity.You will influence the current and future direction for design and testing of sophisticated Guidance & Control (G&C) systems, spanning specialist algorithms, real-time architecture, and complex equipment including RF & IR sub-systems, inertial sensors, and actuators, amongst others.You will have the opportunity to collaborate widely across departmental, directorate and national boundaries, and to be involved across multiple programmes at various points in their respective lifecycles, from the early research and concept stages through to full-scale development and trials.Benefits of working here:State of the art technology & innovationExternal learning and development encouraged. Light and airy university type campus.Friendly environment!RestaurantOn site Medical CentreParking / Easy Access to train stationCoffee Shops & Onsite ShopSports & Social Club and MoreSkills RequiredDegree qualified in a physics, mathematics, or similar subjectTheoretical knowledge and extensive experience of aerospace guidance, control and navigation specification, analysis, algorithm design & implementation, real time architecture and verification Ability to bound the scope of an engineering problem and to communicatethe design challenge in terms of clear unambiguous design requirements/goalsAbility to manage complexity by identifying major drivers in a large, inter-connected engineering systemAbility to cross-verify complex systems and system models against underlying theoryAbility to connect and communicate complex or conceptually difficult ideas clearly and elegantlyAbility to diagnose abnormalities in an engineering system both physically and virtually through computer modelling and simulation (MATLAB & Simulink)Influencing technically when there are other factors driving teamsA particular interest in applications with control experience, preferably applied flight control, bit this is not essentialYou will need to be either a full UK citizen or dual national with British citizenship, as you will need to secure UK security clearance, potentially to DV level in the future.Cirrus Selection offers the services of an Employment Agency for permanent recruitment and the services of an Employment Business for contract recruitmentJBRP1_UKTJ

Created: 2025-12-16