Missile Mechanical Architect

Our client is a long-standing partner of the UK Ministry of Defence. They are currently searching for a highly experienced Missile Mechanical Architect to spearhead the gathering and managing missile mechanical architecture requirements. The primary objective of this role is to ensure that missile performance is achieved efficiently within the allocated time and cost while strictly adhering to layout requirements.

The selected individual will expertly handle the verification evidence for missile performance, ensuring successful certification and robust defence of the design. This role entails supervising the mechanical architecture requirements and other associated responsibilities of the missile.

What we’re looking for:

• Degree-level education with 10 years’ experience in mechanical engineering or equivalent qualification with significant experience
• Technical management of internal and sub-contract activities
• Strong leadership skills, establishing clear engineering vision and strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Knowledge and experience in mechanical missile design, including static and dynamic analysis, planning for the environment, and thermal management
• Understanding of broader engineering disciplines, including aerodynamics, testability, and production
• Experience in developing proving logic and managing compliance evidence for Certificates of Design
• Full product life cycle experience
• Ability to influence senior managers and stakeholders

What you’ll get to do as a Missile Mechanical Architect:

The individual is responsible for establishing the Missile Airframe Task Requirements Specification (TRS) to ensure a structured and coherent mechanical response to the overall Missile TRS. They manage the mechanical interface with the launcher to ensure compliance and define the optimal mechanical architecture and interfaces for all missile variants to meet requirements. They implement GMA Policies for modularity and reuse objectives and develop proving logic for validating the Airframe, ensuring mechanical compliance, and obtaining a missile certificate of design. Additionally, they interface with customers to manage their expectations throughout the development process, produce Statements of Work and plans for activities within their assigned responsibility, provide direct technical supervision to engineers in the team and indirect management to engineers in the extended project team, and control assigned budgets, manage personal workload, and identify resource needs.

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 our clients Security Team.

More about the role:

Our client’s relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.

This role is based at their headquarters site in Stevenage which plays a key part in missiles operations. The site also offers excellent transportation links and boasts an onsite gym and coffee shop. Training and development are offered to all employees.

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.