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About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Lockheed Martin team in Havant, Hampshire as a Sonar Systems Engineer.

We’ll provide you with meaningful work and education opportunities that will allow you to develop your skills and enhance your career with us, but equally important you can also enjoy a strong work life balance. To ensure this we offer a flexible work schedule and a comprehensive benefits package to enable you to live a healthy fulfilling life in and outside of work.

Our 4 Flex working fortnight is a particular favourite amongst the team, giving you every Friday off, to spend more time doing the things you enjoy.

You will work mainly within the engineering team on Airborne and Maritime Mission Systems, with particular focus on Sonar, across multiple programmes. The focus will be on becoming an in house subject matter expert on Sonar. In addition, you will have opportunities to work both on our existing portfolio of programmes and future capabilities, which we want you to help shape.

You will primarily be home based with occasional travel to the Havant office, supplier sites and customer sites.

You will experience a wide range of engineering activities including:

• Becoming the Cognizant (responsible) Engineer for sonar within a programme or across multiple programmes.
• Performance Analysis
  • Analysis of sonar detection performance requirements, performance of candidate designs and investigation of shortfalls/anomalies/potential improvements.
  • Predication of sonar performance; conduct of sonar-related operational analysis including development, verification and validation of high- and low-fidelity sonar, target and environmental models for modelling and simulation.
  • Analysis of operational and trials data to assess sonar behaviour and performance.
• You will be responsible for leading the sonar element of system design, particularly with regard to architectural integration of sonar processing and information presentation with wider mission system architecture and data. This will include being responsible for overall performance of the acoustics system within the mission system as a whole.
• Review, advise and approve system test plans and acceptance test documentation
• Leading Design efforts and integration of Sonar into mission systems.
• Translate business requirements into appropriate technical specifications
• Manage your time to develop effective solutions to cost and quality targets
• Provide technical input to programme management and commercial staff and support where required in the use of LM and industry tools
• Any additional Programme related tasks assigned that are within area of expertise, competence and skill set.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and suppliers across all levels of the organisation both internally and with the customer

What’s in it for you?

• To be part of something challenging that gives you a chance to make a difference
• Working with a supportive team who wants to see you thrive and grow
• The opportunity to learn and master new skills
• Inspiring and mentoring others to develop the next generation of system engineers

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• Fully familiar with sonar sensor technology, processing techniques, processing modes, performance characteristics and display formats. This could be in either airborne or submarine sonar processing, but ideally both.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering tools processes and practices. (TOGAF, UML/SysML, DOORS)
• Requirement analysis
• Ability to direct other more junior staff to achieve technical objectives and solutions.
• Solid Understanding of requirements definition and interface documentation required to support the development and acceptance of solutions.
• Understanding of Test and Qualification procedures and practices, especially with regard to requirement sell off.
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to write in a clear and concise manner
• Positive attitude, and willingness to get involved with tasks across the System Engineering lifecycle
• The ability to manage tasks and priorities to ensure that assigned workload is delivered when required.
Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences on sometimes complex issues, topics and engineering principles and practices.

Desired skills, qualifications and experience

• Experience of working in a highly regulated industry
• Experience as a Tech lead or similar position.
• Experience with being the technical approver or similar role.
• Degree in Engineering or other STEM subjects
• Experience of the Airborne Systems with experience of Merlin Mk2 platform
• Ability to analyse technical problems and provide pragmatic solutions
• Proven ability to produce cost effective and technically compliant solutions
• Practical experience of Model Based Systems Engineering (SysML, Rhapsody, Enterprise Architect)

12104BR

Full Time

37.5

4xFlex

United Kingdom (UK)

SC

No

At Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.
We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.
We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pension
• Dental
• Critical Illness
• Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance
• Employee discounts for top high street shops
• Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counselling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
• Internal training and development alongside out Education assistance programmes
• Reimbursement for a professional membership
• Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) provides systems engineering, software development, training solutions and complex program management for global security, civil and commercial markets. Simply stated, our mission is to be the world’s leading global security and aerospace company. To achieve this mission, RMS draws on its core capabilities in advanced platforms and weapons, C4ISR, global sustainment, training and sensors.

Lockheed Martin recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Discrimination on any of these grounds is expressly forbidden. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community.

22/11/2023