Future Products Missile Architect

MBDA UK Ltd; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence organization in Bristol is seeking a Missile Architect to define product structure and support design assessments. The role offers a competitive salary of circa £65,000, dynamic hybrid working, and an opportunity for personal development while working on innovative defence projects.

Benefits

Bonus of up to 21% of base salary

Pension contribution up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals and free parking

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Must be comfortable working in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to manage a broad range of activities.

Responsibilities

• Define overall product structure, interfaces, and architecture.
• Support deployment of design policies and assess technology application.
• Facilitate architectural trade studies.

Skills

Collaborative working

Systems Engineering knowledge

Understanding of missiles and subsystems

Planning and task management

Mechanical or electronic design experience

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Job description

Bristol

As a Missile Architect within the newly formed Future Products team, you will be working to shape the next generation of MBDA products.

Salary: Circa £65,000 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.

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:

Within Future Products, your role will be to help realise the system design intent into a feasible and credible product concept that balances the requirements placed upon it. This will include:

• Define overall product structure, interfaces, and architecture
• Facilitate architectural trade studies
• Support deployment of generic policies, i.e., GMA, modularity & re-use, design for assembly
• Assessing technology application and maturity using design assessment tools
• Supporting product technical and programme phase reviews

You'll get to work with and have wide exposure to a range of stakeholders, e.g., S&BD, Future Systems, MOD, DSTL, key industrial partners. Along with working on new technology to develop brand new capabilities and designs, making this role an exciting prospect.

You'll have the opportunity to shape and grow in line with your personal development, with a chance to lead a small multidisciplinary team. It's an interesting role that will provide you with a deep understanding of early-phase missile and weapon system design.

What we're looking for from you:

• Ideally educated to degree level, or equivalent experience
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment
• The confidence to embrace the uncertain nature of early concept development
• Desire to utilise new techniques and methods to develop concepts and system trade studies
• Ability to manage a broad range of activities and experience of planning and task management
• A solid understanding of missiles, subsystems, and platforms
• Relevant Systems Engineering knowledge
• Ideally experienced in mechanical and/or electronic design (but broader engineering fields relevant e.g., Aero, Control, Structures, System Design, Software, etc.)

Our Business:

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, including: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability, and more...

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support, or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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