ISV Strike Weapons Systems Integration and Proving engineer

MBDA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking Systems Integration Engineers to join their Integration and System Validation team. This role offers the chance to work on exciting projects involving the qualification of strike weapons on new platforms. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in systems integration and communication skills, ensuring effective collaboration with various stakeholders. The position includes dynamic hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary, alongside a range of benefits such as a company bonus and flexible leave. If you're passionate about contributing to national defense and enjoy a collaborative work environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension contribution up to 14%

Opportunity for paid overtime

Up to 15 additional days of Flexi Leave

Enhanced parental leave up to 26 weeks

Subsidised meals

Free car parking

Qualifications

• Experience in Systems Integration and System Qualification is essential.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement are required.

Responsibilities

• Plan trials to demonstrate integration and gather evidence for qualification.
• Conduct failure investigations and support safe trials.

Skills

Systems Integration

System Qualification and Proving

Good verbal and written communication skills

Network Integration and Proving

Software Test

Automated System Verification and Analysis

Tools

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management

Jira

Job description

MBDA are looking a number of Systems Integration Engineers to join the Integration and System Validation Strike Weapons team.

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 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: 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 a broadly skilled Systems Proving Engineer, who will be able to:

• Work with stakeholders across the project, from within partner companies and from the customer community, to plan trials to demonstrate integration and gather evidence to qualify MBDA strike weapons on new platforms.
• Analyse and report on in-depth analysis of the system behaviour across its internal and external interfaces.
• Deliver trials in a number of environments, including:
• Virtualised software platforms
• Lab-based integration and functional rigs
• Platform integration and acceptance trials
• System of Systems integration trials
• Platform firing trials
• Conduct and support failure investigation and isolation activities across the system
• Supporting safe and reliable trials, including developing and maintaining risk assessments, management of hardware and software assets and control of hardware and software configuration.

This role will involve travel within the UK, with opportunities to travel abroad likely to be available.

What we're looking for from you:

We are looking for experience from these environments:

• Systems Integration
• System Qualification and Proving
• System Assessment and Acceptance
• Software Test
• Network Integration and Proving
• Automated System Verification and Analysis

We are looking for an engineer with the following skills:

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience communicating at an appropriate level with a wide and varied range of both engineering and management stakeholders.

Experience in these areas would also be beneficial, though formal and on-the-job training will be available:

• Experience with the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management toolset
• Experience with the Jira management toolset
• Experience with software and script writing, for either analysis or developing tooling

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