Land Ceptor Functional Systems Engineer - Requirements in Bristol

Here at MBDA, our Land Ceptor Systems Engineering team is growing in order to help the British and Polish Armies fulfil the full potential of the system and to extend and tailor the capability for existing and emerging export contracts.

Responsibilities

• Helping the customer understand and capture their needs.
• Deriving suitable system, subsystem and software requirements to meet the needs.
• Informing product line approaches to allow a common suite of products to meet different customer needs.
• Determining and managing processes and procedures to manage change in a controlled way.
• Acting as a customer for specific software items.
• Providing requirements management and derivation experience (ideally in defence).
• Experience with system engineering tools e.g. DOORS/DOORS NG/Rhapsody.
• Ability to disseminate/share technical information to customers in an understandable manner.
• Engineering change control and management experience.
• Ability to initiate/undertake and drive trade studies and system development activities.
• Experience developing complex systems (ideally in defence).
• Ability to communicate architectures and ideas at all levels.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with product lines would be beneficial.

This role will have real impact on what we deliver to our customers, current and future, and in return will provide you with the opportunity to work independently across the company, genuine engineering challenges and broad professional growth.

About MBDA

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, Disability 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.

Salary & Working Conditions

• Salary: Up to £57,000 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. All successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

Benefits

• 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.
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

Opportunity

The recent commencement of the NAREW export contract for Poland alongside the support of the British Army system and production of systems for other contracts sees the Land Ceptor functional development team needing to grow to support this varied portfolio.