Defence Tech Programme Analyst — Jira & Delivery Lead

ARX Robotics GmbH; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ARX Robotics GmbH is seeking a Business Analyst to bridge engineering rigor, operational complexity, and process governance. You will design and build programme infrastructure across distributed UK, German, and Ukrainian teams, ensuring field realities reach central product teams for prioritisation and realistic commitments.

You will translate inputs into structured, testable requirements, govern change, and drive planning, dependencies, and milestones within hybrid work setups across Europe.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading complex technical programmes in defence, robotics, autonomy, automotive, or similarly regulated environments.
• Ability to build and implement programme and engineering processes from scratch.
• Strong track record delivering mission-critical systems in high-pressure operational environments with full ownership of scope, schedule, and execution.
• Skilled at translating ambiguous operational and engineering inputs into structured, actionable outputs.
• Strong stakeholder and engineering management skills, including enforcing quality standards, readiness criteria, and Jira-based workflows with evidence-driven decision making.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field desirable.
• Willingness to travel within EU, especially Germany.
• Excellent English; German is a plus.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement programme processes across engineering, product, and mission operations teams.
• Establish and enforce a Jira-based operating model, including workflows, ticket standards, and definitions of done.
• Own deliverable gates and readiness criteria for milestones, releases, and deployments, ensuring evidence-based sign-off.
• Drive planning, tracking, and execution of exercises and demonstrations, including feedback capture and post-event closeout.
• Manage integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and critical paths across hardware, software, and integration workstreams.
• Translate operational and engineering inputs into structured, testable requirements with clear acceptance criteria and traceability.
• Govern feedback and change processes between local integration activities and centrally prioritised product development teams.

Skills

Programme leadership

Stakeholder management

Requirements translation

Decision-making with evidence

Jira-based workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jira

Job description

ARX Robotics GmbH is seeking a Business Analyst to bridge engineering rigor, operational complexity, and process governance. You will design and build programme infrastructure across distributed UK, German, and Ukrainian teams, ensuring field realities reach central product teams for prioritisation and realistic commitments.

You will translate inputs into structured, testable requirements, govern change, and drive planning, dependencies, and milestones within hybrid work setups across Europe.