Algorithm Engineer
- Bristol
- £55,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
You'll contribute to high-impact programmes across the full engineering lifecycle - from early-stage research and feasibility studies through to development, trials, and in-service enhancement. Focus areas include navigation, guidance, tracking, sensor/data fusion, and machine learning.
Key requirements:
- Proficiency in MATLAB and/or Python for algorithm development and simulation
- Degree or PhD in a technical discipline such as Aerospace Engineering, Control Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
- Experience in one or more of:
- Autonomous decision-making and control systems
- Navigation, estimation, or tracking algorithms (e.g. Kalman filtering, SLAM)
- AI/ML, including real-time implementation and model validation
- Verification & validation of complex algorithms in mission-critical systems
- Hybrid/flexible working and multiple career pathways (technical or managerial)
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration on critical national defence programmes
- Exposure to complex systems: RF/IR seekers, inertial sensors, thrust vectoring, and more
Apply now to work at the forefront of defence innovation.If you are interested please apply ASAP. The People Network is an employment agency and will respond to all applicants within three - five working days. If you do not hear within these timescales please feel free to get in touch.