MARITIME SIGNATURES MODELLING SPECIALISTS – WE NEED YOU!

Title: MARITIME SIGNATURES MODELLING SPECIALISTS – WE NEED YOU!

Role: MARITIME SIGNATURES MODELLING SPECIALISTS – WE NEED YOU!

Salary range: up to 100k per annum depending on experience

Location: Bristol, Leatherhead, Burton or Glasgow

Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home.

Are you prepared to play a crucial role in the UK’s underwater defence strategy? With major new-build ship and submarine programmes, and a range of cutting-edge R&D technology development initiatives — we’re expanding our Maritime Signatures team, and we want skilled experts like you.

About the Role

As a Maritime Signatures modelling specialist, you’ll contribute to a diverse portfolio of exciting and technically challenging projects. You’ll deliver high‑value technical insight and strategic guidance to clients across the defence sector. Working alongside multi‑disciplinary teams — and in close partnership with other stakeholders — you’ll help shape projects that play a direct and vital role in supporting the UK’s defence.

We’re Looking for Experts with Experience in any of the following areas:

• Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Signatures
• Sonar Modelling and Data Processing
• Ocean Physics and Oceanographic Data Analysis
• Knowledge and Understanding of the Underwater Battlespace Signature Aspects of Maritime Platform Engineering for Crewed and Uncrewed Assets

If you have a comprehensive understanding of the relevant physics, engineering concepts and an inquisitive mind for solving complicated problems, we’d like to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality engineering analysis, modelling, design support, and operational advice.
• Engage with clients across industry and government
• Deploy excellent communication and report writing skills to make an impact
• Contribute to bids, proposals, and strategic consultancy work
• Work as part of diverse, technically capable project teams
• Support development of junior engineers and promote best practice
• Help shape technical solutions that improve safety, reliability, and performance

Requirements:

• Degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related STEM field.
• Experience in maritime signatures for the defence industry
• Knowledge of modelling and simulation for maritime signatures, including strong first principles understanding of the underlying physics
• Highly developed problem-solving abilities coupled with effective communication skills
• Ability to manage tasks and collaborate across teams
• Excellent communication and report writing skills
• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
• Eligibility for UK security clearance (SC or DV)
• Progressing toward Chartership or already chartered (desirable)
• Due to the nature of the work that Frazer‑Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre‑employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.
• Happy to talk flexible working
• Enhanced parental benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket loan
• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements

Frazer-Nash is a leading systems, engineering and technology company. We help organisations deliver innovative engineering and technology solutions to make lives safe, secure, sustainable, and affordable. With over 1000 employees, we work from a network of nine UK and four Australian locations. Our people apply their expertise to develop, enhance and protect our clients' critical assets, systems and processes. We use our skills and talents to ensure a sustainable future for society. Our work helps deliver a safe and secure world, where natural resources are conserved, and clean energy is available to all. And we focus on actions to reduce climate change; supporting rapid and far-reaching transformations in the delivery of energy, security, industry, and transport.

At the heart of our business are a set of self-defined core values. These are part of our DNA and we’re committed to upholding them – internally as part of our Frazer‑Nash family; in the way we work with our customers; and when we engage with the wider world. We care At Frazer-Nash, we care about each other; always looking to collaborate and see things from the other person’s point of view We offer mutual support, learn from one another, and work as a team to deliver the best results Everyone has a voice, and we all make the time to listen We will work with openness and collaborate effectively – thinking about our clients and our people, and responding to their needs We care about the difference we make to the wider world. We are trusted Effective collaboration is founded upon trust. We earn the trust of our customers and colleagues by delivering on the commitments we have made to them. We deliver success We deliver value and success to our customers and to our business. We continually strive to be the best at what we do. We want to do things that matter We seek out interesting and satisfying work that helps makes a difference in society We use our expertise to provide trusted, impartial professional advice to our clients By making a difference to today, we benefit the world of tomorrow – so we can all go home each day knowing that we’ve done something that really mattered.