Autonomous Systems Development Consultant

Salary range: £40,000 - £80,000 dependent on experience

We provide our people with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews.
• 25 days holiday, with the opportunity to buy five additional days.
• Flexible working options.
• Enhanced parental benefits.
• Company pension scheme.
• Targeted professional development and support towards professional registration.
• Life assurance and private healthcare membership.
• Bonus scheme linked to company performance.
• Paid membership fees for a professional institution.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and season-ticket loan.
• Further optional benefits that can be tailored to individual requirements.

Title: Autonomous Systems Development Consultant

Frazer-Nash is seeking an Autonomous Systems Development Consultant to support the development, integration and assurance of autonomous and uncrewed systems. Based in the Midlands, you will work with clients and multidisciplinary teams to turn operational needs into practical, safe and credible system solutions.

The role suits someone who combines strong systems thinking with hands-on development experience. You will help shape concepts, architectures, software-enabled capabilities and evidence across the lifecycle, from early experimentation and prototyping through integration, verification and deployment support.

You may contribute across uncrewed systems, mission systems, autonomy functions, control and decision-making, simulation, digital engineering and test environments. The exact balance will reflect your experience and client demand.

• Work with clients and end users to understand operational needs, constraints and measures of success.
• Translate needs into clear requirements, concepts of operation, system architectures and development plans.
• Support the development and integration of autonomy functions for systems, including interfaces with platforms, sensors, effectors, communications and mission systems.
• Develop, adapt or assess algorithms and software for areas such as guidance, navigation, control, planning, decision-making, perception or human-autonomy teaming.
• Use modelling, simulation, digital engineering, software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop approaches to explore performance and reduce technical risk.
• Plan and support integration, verification, validation, trials and test activities, producing clear evidence and traceability.
• Identify technical, safety, security, regulatory and programme risks, and help teams select proportionate mitigations.
• Communicate complex technical issues clearly to both specialist and non-specialist stakeholders.
• Contribute to bids, client relationships and the growth of Frazer-Nash capability in autonomous systems.
• Connect the right specialists across disciplines, recognising when another person is better placed to lead a particular activity.

Location: Midlands. We will consider suitable candidates across the region, with access to a Frazer-Nash office and client sites as required.

Working pattern: Flexible hybrid working, with time split between the office, client sites and home working.

• Curious and pragmatic, with the judgement to know when deeper analysis is needed and when good is good enough.
• Comfortable working with uncertainty and turning ambiguous problems into a clear, proportionate plan.
• Commercially aware and focused on delivering value and outcomes for the client.
• Willing to take ownership of delivery, personal resource planning and professional development.
• Committed to building trust, sharing knowledge and helping others succeed.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken by Frazer-Nash Consultancy, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy the clearance criteria applicable to UK National Security Vetting and individual client assignments.