Part time - Systems Engineer in Central

Our client is a global aerospace, defence and security company. The 13-week Summer Industrial Placement Programme Are you ready to make an impact and gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects from day one? We're looking for summer placement students who want to be part of something extraordinary shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. Our placements are designed to help you apply your studies in a practical setting, develop your technical skills, and gain valuable insight into how our business operates. We have created a programme across our UK sites that not only increases your technical skills, but gives you the opportunity to work on meaningful real-life projects, alongside experienced engineers and graduates across our business. Our aim is to see you through your undergrad years and successful placements may result in an offer to return for further placements or for an offer on our Graduate Development programme. What you'll do as a Summer Placement Systems Engineer Systems Engineers are involved in all aspects of design and development; Our Systems Engineers can also actively engage in R&D, developing new concepts and conducting fundamental research into our future technologies. As a Summer Placement Systems Engineer, you will work on real engineering problems within either the Radar or the Advanced Targeting business area. You will have the opportunity to be involved in supporting a wide range of tasks across multiple projects/products, such as: Core activities within Systems Engineering include: Performance modelling; building physics-based models to test our designs through computer simulation. Data analysis; end-to-end systems analysis using synthetic and ‘real world' data. You will work with an experienced engineer who will provide day-to-day guidance and on-the-job training. You will be introduced to systems engineering processes, methods, technology and tools, with particular emphasis placed on learning practical skills that may not be easily gained or experienced in the academic environment of a university. Be a self-motivated individual, willing to take on new challenges and drive continuous personal development Strong communication skills across a variety of mediums i.e. written, verbal, digital, etc. Offer novel ideas and methods for solving technical problems, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge learned during academic studies All of our Summer Placement roles require you to be currently studying a relevant degree discipline such as Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, or other STEM subject degrees. This should be a minimum of a Bachelors level degree. All successful candidates must be returning to university after their Summer Placement, i.e. not in their final year. Coding/programming. Relevant project work and/or placements in industry. Security Clearance As a result, and in line with the UK Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) requirements, all successful applicants will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record declaration information and employment and/or education history verification for the previous five years. As part of this process, a range of factors may be considered, including an individual's background, travel history, nationality, previous nationalities held and other information relevant to the vetting assessment. In some circumstances, time spent overseas may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports your wellbeing, learning and development, and work–life balance: Our employees are entitled 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays. As a Summer Placement student you will receive this allowance pro rata. Award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity) Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn learning. For a full list of our company benefits please visit: are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people, communities, and customers. Contract Type: Fixed term Hybrid Working: Hybrid