Interfacing with customers collecting data and reviewing it
Internship situated within the GCN department Daytoday work included lots of MATLAB Simulink and Python programming Designing autopilots guidance loops AI to name a few Work for the placement was a joint summer project with some other disciplines
Using modelling software to run various simulations
Completing programme tasks Work in a team with different skill sets and levels of experience Had a good level of responsibility Cant explain in detail due to security reasons
Sitting in on meetings training to get to grips with software and defence industry coding and researching topics to help the department and writing technical memos
Systems architecture
Contributed to the development of computer models for two missile programmes Each day started with a status update for one of those projects followed by selfmanaged work on two separate tasks Most of the day was spent working in MATLAB often collabor
Support senior management with tasks and prepare cost reports
Undergraduate Systems Engineer in Systems Analysis I have been part of customer meetings and reviews of my work for the customers along with have a big part in my department work wise Multiple different projects including organising and taking part in
Developing test strategies and programs for testing circuit card assemblies Investigating problems that arise and work through them to find a solution to the failure and how to prevent it repeating Working with different testing equipment such as fl
In the Electro Optics group I build on existing models which are used for research purposes I also partake in lab experiments using new equipment and sometimes even go on trial On a daytoday basis I would be adding to a model writing up documents de
Within my role I worked across a variety of projects Some would take a handful of days with others taking months I would help with interface design and user centred design on top of admin roles for specific projects A few trips were called on for exter
Writing and employing software in order to assess the performance of products and offer methods of improving performance Day to day there is a signifncant amount of coding using MATLAB as well as report writing
Supporting customer focused solutions such as spares training and manuals
Technical office based role working on models and systems predominantly in a SimulinkMATLAB environment Planningattending meetings usually a few times a week Working both individually and collaboratively
In charge of verification and validation of missile systems Frequently testing new software updates to ensure smooth working and that they adhere to the engineering requirements Also connecting the systems engineers to the software engineers so that fut
Helped ground trials manager deliver a particular phase of a set of missile trials Mostly documentation work lots of documentation needs to be produced before a trial phase Also tracking of different processes that needed to be completed pretrial
System design engineer A varied role which included things such as generating requirements for systems conducting parametric studies to assess suitability assessing legacy technology and its usages collaborating with other departments to gain insight
Working on requirements safety and architecture deliverables on a real project alongside fulltime systems engineering teams This includes working with other specialisms such as hardware safety and software engineers in order to set good requirements
Taking a Human Centred Design HCD approach to the development of sophisticated systems Supporting the planning and conduct of User Experimentation and trials with military users on prototype through to real weapon system equipment and software Carryi