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Location: South West
Job type: Permanent
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Contact: Sam Greaves
Sector: Aircraft
Job Role:

Simulation Engineer

Competitive Salary (DOE)

Permanent

Avon

This is an exciting opportunity for a Simulation Engineer to lead a wide range of simulation projects within an innovative organisation aiming to revolutionise the way people fly. The company mission is to make air travel personal to the customer, on-demand and environmentally friendly by being carbon-free.

The role will work with the Heads of department and alongside teams of highly skilled engineers, in order to ensure simulation activities deliver critical information to support product development and influence technical strategy.

The role will also involve hands-on development to extend the core flight simulation into other tools within the business.

Role responsibilities:

Creating a prioritised simulation development plan and managing the delivery
Ensuring a focus on verification and validation of simulation models, coordinating with different teams in the business to manage this.
Engaging effectively across all disciplines to ensure simulation best practice is implemented and understood by people with varied technical backgrounds
Maintaining awareness of simulation technology developments and exercising judgement in determining when and how to adopt these into new working practices
Software implementation to integrate simulation into testing capabilities
Supporting the teams as required to explore and validate technical solutions

Basic qualifications / Experience

Educated to degree level or higher in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent
Excellent Matlab and Simulink skills
Strong knowledge of current and evolving simulation technologies
Be able to apply your experience to small vehicles of novel design and operational characteristics
Good supporting knowledge of multi-physics problems
Passionate about technology and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment where flexibility is essential
Communication of complex ideas so that they are understood by different audiences
Fluent in spoken and written English

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

Worked within a highly regulated environment (aerospace/medical/automotive)
Experience working with multiple types of air vehicle, including rotorcraft/multirotors
Directly involved in flight test programmes
Good supporting knowledge of hardware/software development and system integration
Have run distributed simulations
Working knowledge of Unity/Unreal
Able to demonstrate a commitment to professional development

Company benefits include (but are not exclusive to):

Competitive salary 25 days holiday + bank holidays Flexible benefits scheme

Free breakfast Performance-based bonus Birthday day off

Flexible working hours

This company is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Apply now for more details by sending your CV via the link provided and we will be in touch for a confidential discussion.

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