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Systems Engineer – Permanent £28,000 – £52,000 + Competitive Bonus/Benefits and Excellent Career Progression Stream Resourcing are currently working with a world leading Defence company that play a critical role in the design, development, integration and support of next-generation technologies, that aid the fight capability of the nation’s defence services. They are seeking Systems Engineers, across all levels of seniority, to join their team. This is an opportunity to work on one of a variety of programmes and projects, providing technical expertise for in-service and future naval platforms. You will work with other engineers and technical specialists in a rapidly evolving and competitive market, providing an ample number of opportunities and continuous professional development. As a Systems Engineer your main responsibilities will include: Ensuring that the technical requirements of the systems and products are correctly identified, documented and managed, ensuring that it can be demonstrated that the work carried out meets contractual, safety and environmental obligations. Certifying that design proving evidence is comprehensive and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority to support technical and business milestones. Supporting the definition and acceptance criteria of a project through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities. Providing technical support to the team, through having or developing an understanding of the customer Operational Defect (OPDEF) and maintenance processes to be able to provide specialist technical advice as required. Skills and Qualifications: Essential: Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) in relevant STEM subject (Engineering/ Physics/ Maths/ Science) Understanding of the system engineering lifecycle and be able to apply good systems engineering practices to your work. Recognition of the need to apply relevant engineering standards, including safety and environmental regulations Desirable: Knowledge and experience of requirements management processes and tools, such as DOORS. Understanding and knowledge of validation& verification, or test and acceptance activities and processes. Understanding of system design techniques such as Object Oriented Analysis/Design, Model-Based Systems Engineering.stream is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
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LOCATIONS
LAND
25 Oct 21. UK opens two new Defence IT service centres in Scottish Highlands. The facilities will look after UK MoD’s 200,000 IT customers and support them throughout the year. The UK Government has announced the opening of two new defence IT service centres in the Scottish Highlands. The sites are located in Highland council areas Nairn and Inverness of Scotland and will create 250 full-time jobs in Scotland, boosting the area’s local economy. The centres have been built as part of a five-year contract worth £225m set up by defence with technology company Capgemini. According to work by global HR consulting firm Robert Half, cloud migration and project management experience are top of the tech list for hiring managers in 2021, with DevOps engineers, programme leads and network architects all in high demand. But with requirements – and technology – evolving at breakneck speed, and fierce competition between enterprises to attract the best candidates, how does one secure the personnel required to thrive in a crowded market? In a similar vein, how can ambitious tech professionals ensure they are joining an employer that gives them the opportunities to grow, while also being an attractive place to work? The deal with Capgemini was announced last year and aims to boost the Highlands’ status as a major ‘IT centre of excellence’.
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said: “The opening of these two centres in the Highlands are further examples of how defence is boosting prosperity through the investment and skills footprint it brings. Part of a £225m modernisation, supporting hundreds of jobs, including providing employment for ex-forces personnel, these sites will help ensure our armed forces have the IT tools they need to succeed.”
The new facilities will manage all the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) 200,000 IT customers, providing around-the-clock assistance throughout the year.
UK Defence Minister Jeremy Quin said: “Effective and reliable Information Technology is vital for all areas of Defence, whether at home or across the globe on military operations, and our brilliant new service centres will be providing a critical service to boost our service resilience.
“It is fantastic that our investment has been able to provide 250 full-time, high-quality jobs in Scotland, including for a number of ex-service personnel.”
The Scottish investment in the new centres is also part of an additional £1.5bn spending by the UK’s Strategic Command ‘Defence Digital’ over the next ten years to support digital transformation.
In May 2019, the UK MoD announced £22m in financing towards creation of new British Army cyber operations centres across the nation.
(Source: army-technology.com)
MARITIME
28 Oct 21. US Navy’s San Antonio-class ship LPD-28 completes builder’s trials. LPD 28 was christened as USS Fort Lauderdale in August. The trials included a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that will enable the US Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding Division to evaluate the vessel’s readiness before it begins acceptance trials. US Navy Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships programme manager captain Scot Searles said: “The completion of Builder’s trials is a great first step in ensuring operational readiness of the vessel and the capabilities it will soon bring to the fleet.
“The collaboration between the navy and our industry partners ensures that we’ll have a capable and ready ship for our sailors.”
The San Antonio-class vessels are capable of conducting a variety of missions, including amphibious assault, special operations, expeditionary warfare, or disaster relief. They can also be used for transporting marines and their equipment.
The ships also feature a flight deck and hangar to operate different Marine Corps helicopters and the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (MV-22). Two other vessels, the future USS Richard S. McCool (LPD 29) and the future USS Harrisburg (LPD 30), are currently under construction. (Source: naval-technology.com)
26 Oct 21. Portuguese Navy’s first modernised M-class frigate arrives in Lisbon. The first of the Portuguese Navy’s two Bartolomeu Dias (M)-class multipurpose frigates returned to the Lisbon Naval Base on 25 October after completing its mid-life upgrade (MLU) in the Netherlands, the service has told Janes. First-of-class NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F 333) sailed to Den Helder in May 2018 for the start of its upgrade programme, which was carried out by the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Naval Maintenance and Sustainment Agency under the lead of the Dutch Ministry of Defence’s Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO). The MLU of the ship was initially scheduled to be completed in 2020. Sister ship NRP D Francisco de Almeida (F 334), meanwhile, has been undergoing an identical MLU since July 2020, with completion scheduled for 2022. The modernisation of Portugal’s two M-class ships was formally approved in September 2016 and aims to extend their service lives until 2035 and address obsolescence issues. The two ships were acquired by Portugal from the DMO in November 2006 for EUR240m and were recommissioned in January 2009 and January 2010 to replace Comandante João Belo-class frigates dating from the 1960s. (Source: Janes)
22 Oct 21. Naval Group hands over third OPV to Argentine Navy. The Argentine Navy’s multimission offshore patrol vessel (OPV) programme marked another milestone on 14 October when French shipbuilder Naval Group handed over the third Bouchard (OPV 87)-class vessel, Storny (P 53), in Concarneau, Brittany. The delivery is part of a EUR319 million (USD380 million) contract signed by Naval Group with Argentina in 2018 to deliver four multimission OPVs. The first vessel, ARA Bouchard (formerly L’Adroit ) (P 51), was handed over in December 2020, followed by delivery of the second, ARA Piedrabuena (P 52), on 13 April. The fourth and final vessel, Cordero (P 54), was launched on 13 September. Storny was built by Kership, a joint venture between Naval Group and Piriou. The ship was partly built in Lanester by Kership Lorient and assembled in Concarneau by Piriou Shipyards. The vessel features the same capabilities as Piedrabuena and is better armed and equipped than Bouchard . It is ice-capable, fitted with a bow thruster and an active stabilisation system. Other features included include Naval Group’s Polaris combat management system and NiDL tactical data link system. The OPVs have an overall length of 87m, a displacement of 1,650 tonnes, a top speed of 20 kt, and are armed with a 30 mm Marlin-WS gun, as well as two 12.7mm and two 7.62 mm machine guns. It can accommodate a crew of 59 and has an endurance of 7,000n miles. (Source: Janes)
22 Oct 21. South Korean navy receives second upgraded KDX-I-class destroyer. The second upgraded Gwanggaeto Daewang (KDX-I)-class destroyer has been returned to the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) after completing a modernisation programme aimed at improving the vessel’s combat management system (CMS) and other sensors. South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a statement that Gwanggaeto Daewang (pennant number DDG 971) was returned to the service on 22 October during a ceremony held at the Jinhae Naval Base in South Gyeongsang Province. The first destroyer of the three-vessel KDX-I class to have completed the upgrade was Yang Manchun (DDG 973), which returned to service in September 2020. The third destroyer, Eulji Mundeok (DDG 972), is currently undergoing upgrades and is expected to return to service in December, according to DAPA. The agency noted that the RoKN’s Performance Improvement Programme (PIP), which began in September 2016, includes replacing the ships’ ageing combat management system (CMS) with a modern, locally developed one that can not only handle three times as much data as the previous CMS but also process the information 100 times faster. To enhance their anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the 135.4 m-long destroyers are being fitted with a much more advanced towed array sonar system that is similar to the one found on the RoKN’s FFX-series frigates. Moreover, RoKN officials told Janes that the vessels are being equipped with the Link 16 tactical datalink system as well as with more advanced external and internal communication and identification friend-or-foe systems. The vessels were commissioned between July 1998 and July 2000 and have a full-load displacement of 3,900 tonnes. (Source: Janes)
AIR
22 Oct 21. Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain on Sept. 30. Bell delivered the first of 12 production aircraft to Naval Air Systems Command as part of the 2019 foreign military sales (FMS) contract. Foreign military sales of the AH-1Z bring the advanced, dedicated capabilities of the aircraft directly to international operators and help increase interoperability and amplify effectiveness of allied forces. The helicopter will be prepared for shipment to Bahrain with the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) before being transported to Bahrain in 2022.
“This is an extraordinary achievement by the H-1 Program and brings the Royal Bahraini Air Force a step closer to fielding the advanced capabilities of the AH-1Z,” said Mike Deslatte, Bell H-1 vice president and program director. “The men and women of Team Viper, a group of premier suppliers, have done an exceptional job of delivering to the U.S. Government, on time and on contract.”
Bell designed the AH-1Z Viper specifically to meet the stringent operational requirements of the U.S. Marine Corps, which focus on full marinization and a reduced logistical footprint. The aircraft has a fully integrated glass cockpit and the ability to carry a wide variety of munitions.
The composite rotor system further enhances the Viper’s ability to provide close air support to ground forces in any environment, while the fully integrated Target Sight System (TSS) enhances pilots’ capabilities to identify clearly, acquire, track and engage targets beyond maximum weapon range.
“The Viper will provide significant benefits to the Bahrain Defence Force as they modernize their fleet of attack helicopters,” said Deslatte. “Having a proven state-of-the-art platform will help contribute to the security of Bahrain while improving interoperability with U.S. forces.”
Bell continues to work to deliver aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps, Bahrain and Czech Republic. The company also keeps the H-1 up to date with planned capability improvements designed to ensure the Viper maintains its strategic technological edge throughout its service life.
MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT
PERSONNEL
27 Oct 21. DISA director announces agency reorganization. Defense Information Systems Agency earlier this month underwent a major reorganization, according to its director.
“The reason that we did the reorganization on 1 October, the reason we did the strategy on 1 October was to align the strategy, the resources and the organizational structure and design all around the same priorities,” Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of DISA, said during a keynote presentation as part of TechNet Cyber in Baltimore Oct. 27, also referring to the organization’s new strategic plan. “Is it 100 percent? No. But where it’s not, we’re continuing to move forward.”
DISA’s organizational design was previously too complicated, Skinner said.
Over the last year, he said, DISA’s deputy director led a mission analysis team to focus on what the organization needed to change, devising an organizational structure to reduce complexity and enable greater interaction and collaboration with industry.
Over the last four or five months, DISA made the changes and moved from two main centers to four.
The first center is focused on enterprise capabilities and security, including efforts like the Defense Enterprise Office Solution and spectrum operations.
The second is aimed at hosting and computing and houses DISA’s cloud computing office. The third is focused on operations and infrastructure, including transport, field commands and field offices.
The fourth center is focused on innovation. Skinner said his organization realized it wasn’t paying attention to this area before, noting it didn’t have a chief data officer. This center is called enterprise integration and innovation.
Skinner also noted that as part of aligning DISA’s efforts with the strategy and reorganization, the organization will also be conducting a zero-based review of every program over the next year.
“Every single resource, to include dollars and positions, to make sure that we are aligned with the priorities,” he said. “More importantly, that we understand where the requirement came from, how that requirement has changed over the years depending on how many years it is and where the gaps and the shortfalls are. That’s what we’re doing over the next year to make sure we are really focused on those priorities, but also setting us up for Fiscal Year [20]24 and the [Program Objective Memorandum] process.” (Source: C4ISR & Networks)
INDUSTRY
26 Oct 21. Significant contract wins and export orders lead to expansion and new job creation for WFEL Stockport-based WFEL, a leading worldwide supplier of military equipment, is creating a number of new jobs at its specialist manufacturing site, to meet demand for its products, both in the UK and overseas. The company – affectionately known by both current and past employees as ‘Fairey’s’ in recognition of its heritage name of Fairey Engineering – is particularly well known for its precision engineering of Military Bridging systems, which have already been supplied to more than 40 Armies around the world. The bridges are manufactured from military-grade lightweight aluminium, specially manufactured for WFEL, allowing them to be quickly deployed, which is a necessity when used in areas of flooding and other natural disasters. New jobs immediately available incorporate a number of Supervisory roles, as well as Production and Machine Shop personnel including Welders and Fitters, to work on the manufacture of WFEL’s DSB Dry Support Bridges, which are the longest non-reinforced bridges of their class anywhere in the world. The company offers long-term employment opportunities and more details on the individual vacancies can be found on the WFEL web site: https://www.wfel.com/page/wfel-careers/1021
PERSONNEL
25 Oct 21. Lockheed Martin’s Greenville Site to Add More Than 300 New Jobs by End of 2022. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will add more than 300 new jobs for F-16 production and sustainment to its Greenville, South Carolina site by the end of 2022. The company is actively hiring today, and interested candidates can apply on LockheedMartinJobs.com. Select roles are eligible for new hire incentives, including up to $2,000 sign-on bonuses and up to $5,000 relocation lump-sum payments. Aircraft-specific experience is desired, but not required for some positions. Robust, on-the-job training is available as needed, and employees will have the opportunity to learn new automation and digital engineering technologies as Lockheed Martin continues to invest in the F-16 program.
The new positions are in the categories listed below:
- Airframe and power plant mechanics
- Avionics technicians
- Painters
- Quality inspectors
- Sheet metal mechanics
- Tool makers
- Engineers
- Planners
- Supervisors
“These new roles represent Lockheed Martin’s long-standing commitment to meet our customers’ current and future needs, and to bring more jobs to the Greenville area,” says Danya Trent, vice president, F-16 program. “Many of these positions are on the leading edge of our digital engineering efforts on our F-16 production line. This is an incredibly rewarding opportunity to join the team that sustains and produces the F-16 for armed forces around the world.”
To fill these positions, Lockheed Martin is working closely with the state and local government, as well as community partners, such as Greenville Technical College. The company is also participating in several virtual and local career events, including some events that are exclusive to transitioning military service members and veterans.
“Lockheed Martin continues to be committed to military hiring,” says Walt Lindsley, Greenville site director. “Currently at the site, approximately 35% of our employees are veterans, and we aim to keep growing that number.”
With approximately 700 jobs currently at the site and hundreds more to come, Lockheed Martin remains embedded in the local community, as it has been for more than 37 years. The company has given millions of dollars in philanthropic donations, contributes an average annual economic impact of $100m to the area and its employees have volunteered thousands of hours with local organizations.
EUROPE APPOINTMENTS
26 Oct 21. Louis Catala joins aerospace & defence arm of EFESO Consulting. Global management consultancy EFESO Consulting has strengthened its team with the hire of Louis Catala. Appointed a Vice President, based in Paris, Louis Catala brings over two decades of experience to the firm, most of which gained at leading consulting firms. After starting his career as an engineer in oil & gas at Total and healthcare at General Electric Medical Systems, he subsequently spent around fifteen years at Accenture, Sia Partners, Mazars and a boutique French consulting firm. Having grown the ranks, and gained consulting experience across sectors (energy, aerospace & defence, transport & logistics, private equity), most recently at Mazars Catala was Head of its Energy & Industry division in France, leading a team of around 140 consultants. (Source: Google/https://www.consultancy.eu/)
U.S. APPOINTMENTS
27 Oct 21. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is pleased to announce that Remco Zwetsloot, a research fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), will be joining the CSIS International Security Program as a trustee fellow. His work at CSIS will focus on the U.S. technology workforce, STEM immigration, research security, and technology competition with China.
25 Oct 21. KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today the appointment of Sonia Galindo as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Ms. Galindo joins KBR from FLIR Systems, Inc. (now, Teledyne F LLC, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies), a global technology company with applications in government & defense, industrial, and commercial markets, where she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. Prior to FLIR, Ms. Galindo served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Rosetta Stone Inc., an education technology software company. She has also held roles of increasing responsibility in the public and private sector including at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., and McCormick & Company, Inc.
27 Oct 21. Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a leader in trusted, secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense, today announced that Debora A. Plunkett, former director of information assurance at the National Security Agency, was elected to its Board of Directors at the annual meeting of shareholders. Mercury also announced that Vincent Vitto, Chairman of the Board, retired from the Board effective with the annual meeting on October 27, 2021, and current director, William K. O’Brien has been appointed as new Chairman. Mr. Vitto, the former President and CEO of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and former Vice Chairman of the Defense Science Board, joined the Mercury Board in 2006. He was elected Chairman of the Board in 2010 and has chaired the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. O’Brien, former Chairman of Enterasys Networks, has served on the Mercury Board of Directors since 2008, including as Chairman of the Audit Committee. He has thirty-three years of experience in auditing and professional services at PricewaterhouseCoopers including serving as global managing partner of PwC.
26 Oct 21. Photonis Defense Announces the Hiring of Philip (Phil) Otto as Sales Manager. Phil is an experienced sales manager with his most recent experience coming as Outside Sales Manager for CMP Distributors, Inc in Lansing Michigan. Prior to his tenure with CMP, Phil served as Territory Sales Representative for Vance Law Enforcement, Intelligence Analyst for SAIC, Fieldcraft Instructor and Trainer for Mission Essential Personnel, LLC., and as a Defense and Intelligence Contractor for the Central Intelligence Agency. Most importantly, Mr. Otto previously distinguished himself by serving as a Police Office in the City of New Bern, North Carolina and as a member of the United States Marine Corps. (Source: PR Newswire)
26 Oct 21. Michael D. Rich, chief executive and president of the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation for the past decade, announced he will retire in 2022 following a search for his successor. Rich, 68, became RAND’s fifth president in 2011. He began his RAND career as a summer intern in 1975 and went on to hold a number of senior leadership positions. Michael Rich, president and CEO of the RAND Corporation, to retire after 10 years. Since Rich became president RAND has seen annual revenues grow from $250m to more than $350m, raised more than $190 million in philanthropic gifts as part of the Tomorrow Demands Today campaign launched last year, and tackled such policy challenges as health care costs, international security, the COVID-19 pandemic, and gun policy in America. He co-led research efforts to address the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life, known as Truth Decay. (Source: PR Newswire)
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