Hybrid In-Service Support Engineer – Defence Systems

MBDA France société par actions simplifiée; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension (up to 14%)

Overtime opportunities

Flexi Leave (up to 15 days)

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave (26 weeks)

Site facilities

Healthcare cash plan

Job summary

MBDA is seeking an In-Service Support (ISS) Engineer to ensure the continuous operational availability, reliability, and safety of deployed defence systems. You will act as the engineering link between frontline operators and design teams, diagnosing complex faults and overseeing investigations.

The role involves working in a small team with the Product Support Manager while engaging with many internal and external stakeholders. A proactive, mission-critical mindset is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or extensive relevant experience in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, systems engineering or related field.
• 3+ years in engineering support, sustaining engineering or systems integration, preferably defence/aerospace/maritime.
• Strong debugging, fault-finding and root-cause analysis skills across multi-disciplinary systems.
• Familiarity with defence standards, configuration control and safety-critical processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with engineers and military operators.

Responsibilities

• Oversee repairs and fault investigations, or system-level issues reported from the field.
• Provide rapid engineering solutions to ensure minimum downtime.
• Calculate spares and repairs to maintain equipment availability.
• Review data to identify reliability trends and work with design/software/manufacturing teams to address them.
• Review and update engineering documents and repair schemes to high defence standards.
• Monitor and address component obsolescence issues.
• Act as technical point of contact for military end-users and procurement agencies.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Debugging

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical/electrical/aerospace/systems engineering

Tools

PLM software

Configuration management

Job description

MBDA is seeking an In-Service Support (ISS) Engineer to ensure the continuous operational availability, reliability, and safety of deployed defence systems. You will act as the engineering link between frontline operators and design teams, diagnosing complex faults and overseeing investigations.

The role involves working in a small team with the Product Support Manager while engaging with many internal and external stakeholders. A proactive, mission-critical mindset is essential for success.