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Junior Electronics Engineer

General Dynamics Missions System International
Hastings
4 months ago
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Company Description

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV's. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.

Job Description

We are recruitingJunior Electronics Engineersat graduate level to work on developing some of the most advanced electronic (Analogue and Digital) computing systems that are critical to providing these aircraft and aircrew with some of the most advanced combat mission computing capabilities.

This role is ideal if you wish to develop your knowledge and skills and apply them to mission management and control systems applicable to the avionics, maritime or naval domain.

Although the role identifies a Electronics Engineer, there will be opportunity to specialize into other specific engineering domains such as firmware or remain within the electronics design domain.

Typical activities include:

  • Producing initial and maturing to detailed electronic designs through the product development phases.
  • Generation of drawings, circuits and associated documents to capture electronics design aspects.
  • Testing and integration to ensure the design meets its requirements.
  • Modelling and simulation - Firmware, Electronics or System.

Qualifications

To apply for these entry level Electronics Engineer roles, you will need degree-level education in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering or similar.

Professional registration as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng, IET or equivalent) is desirable, but not essential. We actively support employees in attaining professional registration status.

Additional Information

This role has a salary of up to £32k, depending on experience and qualification plus our flexible benefits package.

We are open to this role being spent with time working from home and in the office (hybrid - typically 3 days working in office) on a weekly basis or fully in our offices.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:

  • A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
  • A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
  • A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits.

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please email if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme. For more information on the Disability confident scheme in General Dynamics, please refer to our website.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.

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