Industrial Placement Analytics Engineer

Our Central London team is looking for talented and enthusiastic Industrial Placement Analytics Engineer to help perform weapon system assessments for our UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) customer. The role will suit those with a STEM background who wish to apply their abilities in a technical analysis and systems assessment environment. 

• Customer Integration: You will be a member of a weapons project team within our larger Defence Analytics Group working in Central London. The group is integrated into a joint unit with government employees, members of the armed forces, and other contractors.
• The Challenge: To conduct analysis to assess the performance and capability of weapon systems. Problems are solved through the application of scientific methods, physical principles, and analytics to complex data sets. This process may involve new techniques and their encapsulation in improved tools.
• Collaboration: You will be working in close liaison with similar teams within the UK and partner nations, with the opportunity to contribute, influence, challenge and improve joint ways of working and knowledge.
• Breadth: You will be working in an environment where both the complexity and capabilities of the systems are continually evolving throughout the world.

• Conduct analysis through the application of physical principles to real world problems. This will be facilitated using the suite of in-house software tools and the occasional development of ad-hoc software, primarily in Python.
• Production of reports and presentations of your work and presentation of them to local MOD customers and the wider community both within the UK and partner nations.
• Provide ad hoc advice and support to MOD customers, often at short notice.
• Travel for technical exchanges with our partners, in the UK and potentially abroad.

• A STEM background with an emphasis on numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to apply these to real world problems.
• A good understanding of scientific methods and their use through the application of fundamental physical principles.
• Good Interpersonal skills to facilitate collaborative and effective working within an inter-disciplinary team.
• Ability to problem solve and self-steer, work to deadlines as necessary, sometimes at short notice.
• Ability to communicate, both in writing and verbally, with audiences of differing technical backgrounds and seniority.
• The ability to work office-based in central London.