Physical Domain V&V Lead — Systems Verification

MBDA UK; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension contributions

Overtime opportunities

Flexi Leave

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Healthcare plan

Job summary

MBDA UK is seeking an experienced Verification and Validation Lead for the DragonFire physical domain. You will coordinate physical functionality, performance, and constraints with the weapons system team to ensure the product meets requirements and commitments.

The role involves certifying physical design across environmental, EMC, power, storage, and transportability aspects, coordinating internal and external suppliers, and developing appropriate verification strategies.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, processes and practices.
• Appreciation of requirements engineering at system, subsystem or component level.
• Knowledge related to hardware design and build.
• Awareness of test procedures required to verify products and gather evidence for certification.
• Confidence in presenting technical engineering information and enabling decision making.
• Experience with technical report writing and configuration management tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide physical design compliance statements and CM for system level review.
• Design change impact assessment.
• Log and track defects found during V&V activities and coordinate with development teams to resolve them.
• Manage Design Verification Plan and requirements in Application Lifecycle Management.
• Lead technical progress meetings and milestone reviews with suppliers.
• Coordinate internal and external sub-contractor management.
• Contribute to engineering lifecycle activities such as design reviews (PDR/DDR/CDR).
• Manage schedule, cost, quality and performance metrics for work packages.
• Collaborate in a multi-disciplinary engineering team (systems, mechanical, electrical, software).
• Apply mitigation strategies to limit technical risks.
• Design reconciliation activities with design changes and verification/validation strategies.
• Support uplift of regulatory documentation such as CE marking.
• Assist documentation updates, e.g., technical publications.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements engineering

Hardware design

Test procedures

Technical reporting

Configuration management

Job description

MBDA UK is seeking an experienced Verification and Validation Lead for the DragonFire physical domain. You will coordinate physical functionality, performance, and constraints with the weapons system team to ensure the product meets requirements and commitments.

The role involves certifying physical design across environmental, EMC, power, storage, and transportability aspects, coordinating internal and external suppliers, and developing appropriate verification strategies.