Maritime Long Range Strike Analyst

Job summary

This role provides analytical and decision support to Maritime customers, as well as championing technological and tactical developments to improve the utility of Maritime Offensive Complex Weapons (MOCW). The postholder will collaborate with technical specialists across the defence enterprise to identify how sub-system research could be exploited to improve the capability of the Royal Navy’s long range strike capability. The role focuses on the delivery of technical research and requires the provision of strategic advice and support to key procurement programmes and operational exercises. A key aspect of this will be the understanding and exploitation of industry and academia through the Weapon Sector Research Framework (WSRF) and International Research Collaboration (IRC).

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.

Job description

In this role you will:

• Co-ordinate and oversee engineering research activities within the long-range strike domain (300-1000km+), providing support to the Systems and Technologies Lead in the development of future capabilities.
• Work closely with technical specialists, engineers and subject matter experts to understand, integrate and communicate complex systems-level research and analysis.
• Lead and support research and assessment activities across subsonic and supersonic cruise missile programmes, hypersonic technologies, and maritime capability projects, including those delivered under the European Long-Range Strike Approach (ELSA).
• Be responsible for planning, managing and delivering analytical studies and work packages, ensuring outputs are technically robust, proportionate, delivered to schedule, and aligned with customer requirements and strategic priorities.

Alongside this you will lead and contribute to technical studies supporting both acquisition programmes and the continued development and sustainment of in-service weapon systems.

The coordination of contributions of multidisciplinary teams, fostering effective collaboration and ensuring the successful delivery of agreed objectives, milestones and outputs.

You will provide clear and evidence-based technical advice to stakeholders, supporting decision-making across capability development, technology evaluation and investment activities.

You will ensure that analytical activities are conducted in accordance with relevant quality, assurance and governance standards, maintaining the integrity and credibility of outputs.

Person specification

We looking for someone who has:

• Demonstrable experience in assessing weapon effectiveness, including the evaluation of performance, lethality, survivability and operational impact to inform capability development and procurement decisions.
• A strong understanding of lethality and vulnerability assessment techniques, including the development, application and assurance of analytical models used to evaluate weapon effects against a range of target types.
• Proven experience in the application of modelling and simulation techniques is essential to support evidence-based analysis, technical assessments and decision-making.
• Experience of establishing and maintaining verification, validation, quality assurance and governance processes for analytical models, methodologies and technical tools.
• The ability to lead the development, application or assurance of analytical models, tools and methodologies used in complex technical or operational assessments.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex technical data and draw robust, evidence-based conclusions.
• Strong communication skills is essential, with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and effectively through reports, presentations and briefings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering complex scientific, engineering or analytical studies that have influenced decision-making, capability development, investment decisions or operational outcomes.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

For more information on the essential criteria, please see the job profile attached below.

Important Information

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.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,431, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes £12,002 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Benefits

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).

• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.

• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.

• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

We want you to have your best chance of success in our recruitment process, so If at any stage of the application process you would like help or assistance please contact the Dstl Recruitment Team dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk and we will do all we can to support you.

Sifting will take place week commencing the 14th December with interviews to be arranged from the 11th January 2027

Your interview will consist of behavioural & technical interview to include a 5 minute brief on 'An Emerging Technology, Method or Approach That Will Change My Profession'

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Dstl Recruitment Team
• Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Further information

Should you wish to raise a formal complaint about the Dstl recruitment process you should email dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk stating the nature of the issue. We will respond within 5 working days.

Attachments

L5, Maritime Long Range Strike Weapons Analyst, Systems Integration, S&T Delivery. v3 Opens in new window (pdf, 171kB)Dstl Candidate Pack - S&T Opens in new window (pdf, 3106kB)