Detica specialises in collecting, managing and exploiting information to reveal actionable intelligence. We use this capability to help government and commercial clients reveal intelligence, maintain security and strengthen resilience in today’s complex operating environment. We also use our skills to assist clients with other information-intensive problems such as achieving regulatory compliance and understanding customer behaviour.
By combining technological innovation with in-depth industry knowledge, we have developed a range of world-class solutions centred on our expertise in intelligence, security and resilience. This is backed up with over thirty years’ experience of developing solutions to some of the most complex security problems. Our business and technical consultants offer a range of core services from strategy formulation through people and process change to the development, delivery and support of software and hardware technology. Our understanding of today’s information-intensive challenges has also led us to develop a range of specialist services and products based on our unique intellectual property.
Detica delivers projects of significant scale across government and commercial markets in the UK, US and continental Europe. Our principal clients are government agencies responsible for intelligence, security and resilience. We also assist civil government and commercial organisations with a critical national infrastructure remit.
Detica Electronic Systems Group is looking for a Technical Authority to expand our design teams.
Detica’s Electronic Systems Group provides the capability to design, build, install, and support world-leading technology. We develop hardware and software solutions to specific business and operational requirements. Our systems meet strenuous performance criteria and are characterised by innovative design frequently involving the latest FPGA technology for high speed data and signal processing.
Examples of products include gigabit speed packet processing platforms such as custom switches and routers; software radio systems implementing advanced signal processing techniques; and high speed floating point computation engines.
Our customers include a variety of government departments and defence, telecommunications and financial services companies, predominantly in the UK and US.
This is a senior role that will comprise:
- Review and guidance of our development teams as they tackle complex electronic system developments including analogue and digital hardware design together with associated firmware (VHDL & C) and embedded software (C++) for our prestigious client base
- Mentoring and development of our highly motivated and exceptionally qualified engineering staff
- Development of new technical propositions
- Maintenance of our leading-edge capability through research and monitoring of developments in relevant technologies
- Contribution to the continual development and maintenance of our in-house process library
- Input into the technology and capabilities strategy of the group
It is anticipated that the candidate will have the stature to become an acknowledged technical authority for one of our business areas and a member of our leadership team.
The candidate should exhibit most, if not all, of the following characteristics:
- Substantial relevant technical experience in one of our core business areas
- Substantial experience of the oversight of multi-disciplinary development teams in a project based environment
- Substantial client facing experience and influencing skills
- Ability to shape and develop new propositions
- Commercially astute
- Technically flexible and able to “think on his/her feet”
- Enjoys talking to hardware and software developers at a detailed technical level
- Excellent academic record
You need to be able to achieve the highest level of security clearance for this role.
Various – base will be Guildford.
Salary & Benefits
Competitive Basic Salary
Benefits
· Discretionary bonus scheme
· Access to Group Personal Pension scheme
· Access to the BAE Systems Share incentive Plan
· Private medical insurance covering yourself
· Travel insurance / Personal accident
· 25 days annual leave
· Life assurance
· Income protection
· Interest free season ticket loan
In addition, extra benefits outlined below can be purchased using your flexible benefits allowance:
· Pension scheme
· Additional private medical insurance
· Additional income protection
· Additional life assurance
· Life assurance for your spouse/partner
· Critical illness insurance
· Ability to select/exchange holiday
· Childcare vouchers
· Charitable giving
· Bikes to work
· Health assessments
· Dental insurance
· Employee discount scheme
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