Launch Management System Lead Engineer

Weapon System Equipment plays a key role in the development and delivery of MBDA's products to our customers. We operate across the full range of operational commands including land, naval, airborne and increasingly novel capability domains to keep MBDA’s systems at the forefront of defence capability.

We specialise in providing physical design coherency across weapon systems for all phases of the development cycle. The element we develop will ultimately be used by end users day‑to‑day and initiatives undertaken in this area have transformed the way the company delivers products. Our presence is expanding and we want engineers who are eager to grow their knowledge and network with like‑minded colleagues.

The roles we offer are tailored to meet the needs of the business, projects and individuals, matching knowledge, skills and experience to enable you to perform at your maximum potential. You will be expected to develop a wide stakeholder community within MBDA UK and, as your career progresses, across the European defence community to not only deliver our products today but help prepare for the future.

Salary: Circa £49,000‑£57,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3‑4 days per week on site, depending on workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions may apply; successful candidates will undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS) 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: 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 more

The Opportunity

The role of a Lead Engineer is to work across the systems, software and hardware domains to manage the activities which support certification of the product(s) and deliver evidence to support critical deliveries to customers. You will be involved in requirements capture and verification activities and support the resolution of queries from customers and other areas of the business.

This is a varied and exciting role that includes development of test procedures against systems and software requirements, contributing to requirements definition and fault finding, creation of test strategies, operating within laboratories with the hardware and test systems, supporting the acceptance and certification of the product, stakeholder management and ensuring technical publications are valid.

Main Responsibilities

• Understand and perform the verification stages of the design lifecycle, defining clear test procedures and strategies.
• Work within a multi‑discipline engineering team (e.g. Systems, mechanical, electrical, software).
• Log and track defects found during V&V activities and those resulting from customer queries, collaborating with development teams to resolve them.
• Own tasks and deliver results, managing schedule, cost, quality and performance metrics for assigned work packages.
• Work with the Head of LMS, LMS Architect and LMS verification teams to use DOORS and IBM Rhapsody (and similar engineering requirements capture tools) to manage requirements, verification scenarios, test procedures and evidence collection.
• Work within a laboratory environment with software, test equipment and the electronic equipment under test.

Future Opportunities

• Run documentation peer reviews.
• Grow your professional network through our multi‑national defence organisation.
• Validate technical publications against product requirements and behaviour.

What we're looking for from you

• Experience with requirements and verification management tools such as IBM DOORS.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, processes and practices.
• Appreciation of requirements engineering at system, subsystem or component level.
• Knowledge associated with the design and build of hardware.
• Awareness of test procedures required to verify products and the gathering of evidence to enable certification.
• Confidence in presenting technical engineering information and promoting decision making.
• Experience of technical report writing and use of configuration management tools.