System Design Engineer - Image Processing and Control

Bristol Full-Time 44000 - 66000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

Overview

MBDA is looking for motivated engineers to continue to develop DragonFire into a world class, deployable, LDEW air defence system.

Salary and working pattern

Salary: Circa £55,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you

Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Overtime: paid overtime
Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave; enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

The opportunity

DragonFire has been and continues to be a boundary pushing weapon system development programme that has significant industry and customer engagement. Thus far the programme has been aimed at developing the UK\’s first Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) concept demonstrator, achieving significant success recently with several highly publicised trials activities.

Our ambitious plans involve parallel and interleaved streams of pioneering technology experimentation and rapid weapon system development, providing opportunities across the key weapon system domains of Systems Engineering: requirements, design, performance analysis and certification.

In particular DragonFire are looking for System Design Engineers to work on the Image Processing and Control subsystem.

To be considered

Must be familiar with Electronic Engineering requirements content, and experienced in handling embedded software or firmware requirements.
Must have experience of developing complex systems design requirements, particularly for implementation in software.

What we\’re looking for from you

Ideally experience in some of these areas:

Manage system requirements, verification and compliance evolution against a rapid system baseline release schedule
Be able to generate detailed requirement sets on the basis of a variety of drivers and manage change over baselines
Support system requirement flow-down through to design and implementation teams
Initiate and drive risk quantification and mitigation activities as trade studies
Have the ability to support technical mediation, communicating issues, architectures and ideas at all levels and to varying degrees of specificity
Be a flexible systems thinker
Have the ability to disseminate technical information to stakeholders in an understandable manner
Have proven ability to deliver the required output with agreed timescales
Develop excellent working relationships with partners and key stakeholders as well as team members and other departments
Desire to develop, build and grow the Systems Design team and the people within it as the project develop
Experience of system architecting tools e.g. DOORS/DOORS NG/Rhapsody is desirable
Knowledge of lasers and/or optical physics would be beneficial
Passion and persistence to get a job done and done well

Our company

Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given.

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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System Design Engineer - Image Processing and Control employer: MBDA UK Ltd

MBDA is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration in the defence sector. With competitive benefits such as a company bonus, generous pension contributions, and flexible working arrangements, employees are supported in both their professional and personal lives. The company's commitment to employee growth, alongside its inclusive culture and state-of-the-art facilities, makes it an attractive place for engineers looking to make a meaningful impact in cutting-edge technology development.