FMEA Engineer in Bristol

A fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to current and future Land Ceptor customers through improving robustness, testability and maintainability of the in‑service product!

Salary: Circa £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.

The MBDA 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. The increase in orders for Land Ceptor launchers from export customers, alongside a refresh of elements of the hardware solution leads to a need to increase the size of the team. As the system design evolves and the number of units in service increases, there is a need to ensure that the system design is robust and has a high level of reliability and maintainability, particularly in relation to the hardware and software components of the primary electronic subsystems.

The role is placed within the Land Ceptor System Architecture team, and is expected to conduct and maintain an FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) of the Weapon System, propose design changes to improve robustness and testability, and support the development of maintenance/fault diagnostic procedures. This includes analysis of various aspects of the system including:

• Analysis of the system architecture, design and behavioural use cases (both internal to the launcher, and for the launcher operating in the wider system of systems context)
• Analysis of manufacturing and testability processes
• Analysis of feedback from operational/in‑service use of the system

The role is expected to combine systems studies with an opportunity to get involved with investigation and experimentation activities in the laboratories, and would suit someone seeking an opportunity for some hands-on equipment experience. The role will have real impact on what we deliver to our customers, current and future, and in return will provide you: the opportunity to work independently across the company; genuine engineering challenges, and broad professional growth.

We are looking for a broadly skilled Systems Engineer, who is able to work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, supporting system design activities and manufacturing build process, identifying and investigating potential improvements and scoping and undertaking studies and experimentation. Previous knowledge and experience in the following areas would be advantageous:

• FMEA analysis
• Testability
• Fault Diagnostic Flow Charts

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.

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