CAMM Systems Design Engineer in Stevenage

MBDA is looking to recruit a Systems Design Engineer to work on their CAMM product.

Salary: Up to £57k depending on experience.

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site dependent on 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: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers 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…

Overview of the department:

As one of two System Design Functions in Missile Design UK, System Design Missile Systems (SDMS) is primarily focused on providing Systems Engineering skills to programmes that already have Missile Systems in-service, enabling sustainment and enhancement of our Customer's capabilities through the delivery of product increments and spirals. Both systems design functions provide systems engineering skills to the project teams to establish requirements, system architectures and to guide the Verification & validation process leading to product certification and acceptance by the Customer and their assurance agencies. As part of the system level assurance role we provide system level performance, security and safety assurance.

The opportunity:

You will join the CAMM Family Systems Design team working within the Design and Certification team. The role requires the individual to work across multiple business functions, leading the development of technology that covers the entire design lifecycle. The team works on the full systems lifecycle of programmes, from the requirements, architecture, proving strategies and generation of evidence in support of certification. The team delivers activities for CAMM and CAMM-ER across the multitude of variants and programmes under development Obsolescence phase 1, Obsolescence phase 2 and Export Contracts. The role is to conduct these engineering activities for CAMM family products, and there is the opportunity to take a role leading the tasks for a particular contract for the right candidate. The team is growing so there is scope to grow whilst developing your own technical knowledge and competencies as you progress within MBDA.

What is the role:

• Responsible for the Systems Design activities at Missile level for the CAMM Family
• Responsible for the bid strategy for Systems dependent on experience
• Coordination of multiple sub-system stakeholders to deliver the Design Assurance and Certification plan.
• Technical management: successfully leading the systems design and technical trade studies dependent on experience

What we're looking for from you:

• An appreciation of the Systems Engineering lifecycle, specifically with proven experience in formal verification and certification processes.
• Experience in system engineering, especially in the areas of:
• Requirements management and Use Case analysis
• System architecture design, justification and traceability
• Interface definition
• Design assurance and verification planning
• Certification
• A keen delivery focus, enabled by an ability to work proactively and flexibly across a number of variant programmes for which relative priorities can change quickly;
• Proficient Rational DOORS user, able to create and manage requirement modules as well as associated requirement verification modules, within formal change processes.
• Possess excellent analytical and problem solving skills and the capability to write clear, concise engineering documentation.
• Good verbal communication, listening and time management skills.
• An effective team player with strong interpersonal and influencing skills, essential to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in building cohesion in the relationships between the Systems team and various interfacing teams;
• An ability to respond quickly when programme priorities change.

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.

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