Delivery Lead - Maritime TDP

MBDA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MBDA seeks a skilled Delivery Lead for their Maritime Technology Development Programme, focusing on the Future Air Dominance System. This role offers the chance to lead complex projects in a high-profile environment, requiring extensive experience with weapon systems and effective stakeholder management.

Benefits

Bonus of up to 21% of base salary

Pension contribution up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidized meals and free parking

Qualifications

• Experience with maritime weapon systems desired.
• Delivery experience to the UK MoD is preferred.
• Strong analytical and technical leadership capabilities required.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the Technology Development Programme.
• Engage with stakeholders and articulate complex ideas.
• Develop systems architecture and drive technology development.

Skills

Understanding of weapon systems

Concept generation

Multi-disciplinary team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Delivery to MoD customers

Education

Relevant degree in Engineering or related field

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We have an exciting opportunity to lead the delivery of a Technology Development Programme (TDP) within a broader UK MoD Concept Phase activity for the Future Air Dominance System (FADS) programme in the Maritime domain.

Salary: Circa £65,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 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: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• 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:

This TDP will be collaborative with broader industry, and explore an evolutionary approach in terms of complex weapons capability integrated into both current and future platforms, and in the context of broader UK Customer Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) strategy.

The successful candidate will be a strong technical leader and an analytical systems thinker, able to understand the complexities of integrated system of systems, translate future customer capability needs into coherent systems architecture and design, and drive the development of underpinning technologies and algorithms.

This role requires significant stakeholder engagement, and the ability to articulate complex ideas to a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders, including to senior management, UK MoD customer community, and industrial partners.

You will be joining a team of highly skilled people working across the breadth of MBDA's current and future products. Your department is focussed on growing and developing a team of excellent System Architects. This is a small but experienced team focussed on technical solutions to integrated systems of systems, and delivery across all military domains to provide future capabilities for our Customers.

What we're looking for from you:

• Understanding of weapon systems, platforms, and battlespace architectures, and the UK customer future operating context. Previous experience working in the maritime weapon system domain desirable.
• Demonstrable experience of concept generation from understanding the future context and battle space through to tangible concept products or offerings. This should include work on trade studies.
• The ability and cultural awareness to lead a multi-disciplinary team across technologies and concept development
• Demonstrated delivery experience to the MoD customer, delivering on time, on cost, and to the agreed scope.
• Ability to set expectations, build trust, and represent MBDA effectively with the Customer, User, and Industry Partners
  
  
  

What's in it for you:

• This is a high profile role with joint working across our business including Programmes, Engineering, and Sales & Business Development
• This is a new programme of work, so there is opportunity to shape it as it grows
• The role will develop a broad skill base, across technology and systems engineering
• Opportunity for close collaboration with both the UK Customer community and Industry Partners
• The ability to define, lead, and deliver new operational capability for our Customer
  
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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