Future Products Missile Architect

MBDA UK; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 21%

Pension up to 14%

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Facilities: meals & parking

Healthcare cash plan

Job summary

MBDA UK in Stevenage is seeking a Missile Architect within the Future Products team to shape the next generation of defence systems. You will help translate a system design intent into a credible product concept, balancing requirements with feasibility, and leading a small, multidiscipline team.

You will define overall product structure, interfaces and architecture; facilitate trade studies; support policy deployment; and engage with stakeholders across S&BD, MOD and industry partners to ensure

Qualifications

• Systems Engineering knowledge required.
• Degree or equivalent experience expected.
• Ability to manage a broad range of activities and planning.
• Experience in mechanical and/or electronic design or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Define product structure, interfaces and architecture.
• Facilitate architectural trade studies.
• Support deployment of modularity and reuse policies.
• Assess technology application and maturity using assessment tools.
• Support product reviews through development phases.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Planning & management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

As a Missile Architect within the newly formed Future Products team you will 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…
• 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.

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 wide range of stakeholder’s 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 an opportunity to lead a small and multidiscipline 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:

• Relevant Systems Engineering knowledge
• Ideally educated to degree level, or equivalent experience
• The confidence to embrace the uncertain nature of early concept development
• Desire to utilise new techniques methods to develop concepts and system trade studies
• Ability to manage a broad range of activities and experience of planning and task management
• 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, examples include: 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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What we do matters. Because defence matters.

As a leading company in the defence industry we support our nations by delivering essential military capabilities, both for today and the future.

We are proud to be an award-winning employer and are proud of the growing diversity of our workforce.

Our people are the ones who drive our constant innovation and deliver against challenging targets.