Land Ceptor Functional Systems Engineer 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.

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. 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...
• 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.

The opportunity: The recent commencement of new contracts, the Land Ceptor functional development team needing to grow to support this varied portfolio. There are a number of roles within the Land Ceptor team working for the Chief Systems Engineer. As a Systems Engineer within the Functional development team you could be involved in one of the following areas (with opportunity to get experience across all areas):

• Working as part of the requirements team to take customer requirements and deriving suitable system, subsystem and software requirements, systems studies and support system design
• Working as part of the certification team to capture and review evidence, conduct technical investigations and support the delivery of Certificate of Designs to customer deliveries
• Working with the Poland programme lead to organise bids, manage and support the programme delivery activities. This will involve everything from stakeholder engagement to helping manage and deliver the overall Poland programmes in the functional area.

What we're looking for from you:

• General systems engineering experience (ideally in a defence based context)
• Requirements management and derivation experience
• Experience of 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 of developing complex systems
• Ability to communicate architectures and ideas at all levels
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Experience of 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.

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, 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.