An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the growing Integration and Systems Validation team supporting the Land Ceptor project with Ground Based Trials activities for a large export programme.
Salary: up to £50,000pa (depending on experience).
Dynamic (hybrid) working: typically, 3-5 days per week on-site, due to workload classification (depending on testing).
Security Clearance: British Citizen Only. 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...
The opportunity
A varied role that consists of a mix of functional testing, equipment qualification and acceptance, plus problem identification and resolution. An opportunity to get hands on experience with real equipment, and support testing and demonstrations of capability to MBDA's customer across sites in the UK, Poland and the USA. As well as working with other external stakeholders to deliver the wider weapon system to the customer.
We are looking for a broad based Systems Integration and Proving Trials Engineer who will be able to:
- Work with stakeholders across the project, from within partner companies and from the customer community, to plan trials to demonstrate integration and gather evidence to qualify MBDA Weapon Systems into a wider System of Systems environment
- Liaise with the systems engineering team and design teams to ensure adequate trials data is acquired and to investigate and resolve design issues
- Analyse and report on in depth analysis of the system behaviour across its internal and external interfaces
- Deliver trials in a number of environments, including Lab based integration and functional rigs, System of Systems integration trials, Acceptance trials, Firing trials
- Conduct and support failure investigations
- Support safe and reliable trials, including developing and maintaining risk assessments, management of hardware and software assets and control of hardware and software configuration
This is a UK based role, with opportunities to travel abroad. This role provides a great opportunity to work in a fast paced, customer facing environment with guaranteed diverse work.
What we're looking for from you
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Experience communicating at an appropriate level with a wide and varied range of both engineering and management stakeholders
- Experience working within a large team, across multiple sites and with multiple departments
- Experience with V&V lifecycle, requirement and configuration management and defect reporting
Experience in these areas would also be beneficial, though formal and on the job training will be available:
- Wireshark network monitoring tool usage
- Network systems and protocols, experience of switch and router configuration and management
- DOORS & Engineering Test Management (ETM) requirements tools
- Basic understanding of network / cable assembly drawings
- Fault finding and route cause analysis at subsystem integration level
- Experience in customer facing roles
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.
Because defence matters. As a leading company in the defence industry we support our nations by delivering essential military capabilities, both for today and the future. We are proud to be an award winning employer and are proud of the growing diversity of our workforce. Our people are the ones who drive our constant innovation and deliver against challenging targets.
Whatever your background, we welcome your application to MBDA UK and look forward to speaking with you soon.
Principal Integration and System Validation Engineer in Bristol employer: Mbda Uk
MBDA UK is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Stevenage where innovation meets collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, the company provides extensive training opportunities and a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance. Additionally, employees enjoy competitive salaries, a generous benefits package including bonuses and pension contributions, making it a rewarding place to advance your career in systems architecture.
