Ground Trials Engineer

Essential skills:

Ability to work autonomously or as part of a wider specialist team

Taking responsibility for the quality of work undertaken (deliver value to the team)

Proactive in finding solutions to problems (identifying improvements and proposing innovative ideas)

Ability to report/communicate technical aspects to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Useful (but not essential) experience:

Ordnance Munitions and Explosives trials and test (areas may include: mechanical/climatic, EMC, insensitive munitions, chemical analysis).

Knowledge and use of military safety regulations, policies and standards (particularly those relating to Safety and Suitability for Service).

Knowledge of safety assessment processes and risk management approaches.

Practical knowledge (mechanical, electrical or software) and/or in a trials/test environment (e.g. use of test equipment, process and procedures)

Project management processes (and how to incorporate into the work environment with a wide range of stakeholders)

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