Facility Systems Engineer - HWIL

MBDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence organisation in Stevenage seeks a HWIL Facility Systems Engineer to support complex simulations for missile testing. The role requires broad engineering experience, particularly in hydraulic systems and CAD, with opportunities for hybrid working. Successful candidates will maintain advanced facility control systems and provide engineering solutions within a passionate team. The position offers a competitive salary up to £46,000 and various employee benefits including a company bonus and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension contribution up to 14%

Paid overtime opportunities

Up to 15 additional days of leave

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• Broad engineering experience with deeper experience in some specified skill areas.
• Ability to adapt to new engineering situations and comfort in understanding facility simulation systems.

Responsibilities

• Support simulations by ensuring facility control systems are fit for purpose.
• Provide engineering skills to maintain hydraulic motion tables and positioning systems.
• Conduct planned and corrective maintenance as needed.

Skills

Understanding of Hydraulic systems

Computer Aided Design experience (CREO an advantage)

Ability to interpret mechanical and electrical drawings

Workshop skills (hand and electrical tools)

I.T. literate and capable of using Management Information Systems (MIS)

Psychomotor skills and dextrous

Control system theory

Able to work on own initiative

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering/Mechatronic & Robotic/Aeronautical/Electronic

Tools

CREO

Job description

Exciting opportunity for a HWIL Facility Systems Engineer, in our Hardware-in-the-Loop Team

Salary: Up to £46,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 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: 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:

We are looking for an ambitious engineer with a growth mind-set to join our unique team. If you’re the right person for us, you will seek a supportive environment, surrounded by passionate experts, in a driven team delivering a capability to support and optimise missile development.

The Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL/ HIL) team conduct the most complete test of missiles other than a firing and are MBDA’s Missile test track. We design complex, real-time simulations that surround real missile hardware to allow us to ‘fire missiles indoors’.

As a HWIL Facility Systems Engineer you will be responsible for supporting the simulations, by ensuring facility control systems are fit for purpose. You will be reactive and proactive, providing engineering skills to maintain multiple axis hydraulic motion tables and positioning systems. There will be planned maintenance activities and corrective maintenance in response to unforeseen issues, where flexibility will be required. This is a hands-on role where physical activity is inherent. Missile testing is varied and the skills you will develop will be wide ranging.

You will be able to adapt to new engineering situations and be comfortable in abstracting detail in order to understand the facility simulation systems and equipment.

What we're looking for from you:

Broad engineering experience with deeper experience in some of the following skill areas:

• Understanding of Hydraulic systems
• Ideally qualified with a Bachelor’s Degree (2:1) in Mechanical Engineering/ Mechatronic & Robotic/ Aeronautical/ Electronic.
• Computer Aided Design experience (CREO an advantage)
• Able to interpret mechanical and electrical drawings
• Workshop skills (hand and electrical tools)
• Psychomotor skills and dextrous
• Capable of working at height
• I.T. literate and capable of using Management Information Systems (MIS)
• Control system theory
• Able to work on own initiative but contribute ideas to team performance.

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