Do you have a background in acoustic analysis and the operation of Sonar Systems in the underwater domain?
Do you have a passion for excellence, a drive to identify areas for change with innovative solutions and a desire to seek opportunities for continuous improvement?

Could you bring your analysis and operating experience to our talented and diverse teams to protect our Armed Forces? If so, we want to hear from you.
You will be joining a team of professional analysts; civilian and military. Analysts are responsible for the track reconstruction and analysis of acoustic signatures produced by surface ships, submarines and maritime patrol aircraft. This will include the identification of sources of noise and assessment of acoustic vulnerabilities. Data basing of the acoustic signature and production of analysis reports are essential to the role.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

In this role you will:

• Provide timely, impartial, evidence-based advice to enable informed decisions representing “best value” and a maximum return on investment.
  

• Conduct in-depth acoustic analysis of target signature data
  

• Be required to conduct track reconstruction to support analysis output.
  

• Present precise results and findings in an agreed format.
  

• Data basing the results of analysis.
  

• Be responsible for delivering work packages, often within finite time frames, to support maritime operational capabilities.
  

• Support acoustic analysis and modelling solutions and studies by collating and exploiting acoustic datasets.
  

• Support broader acoustic analysis effort during times of lean manning.
  

• Develop an understanding of related capabilities within Dstl, other government departments/agencies and third party external providers.

We are looking for someone who has:

• The aptitude to see opportunities when analytical output can be used to help inform decisions in the Research (Science & Technology) domain.

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners. This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.