Portfolio Systems Engineer

MBDA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 42,750 - 52,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension

Overtime

Flexi Leave

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Facilities

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA UK is seeking a Portfolio Systems Engineer in Bristol to join the Portfolio Management Team and deliver engineering coherence for the UK Portfolio. You will work with senior stakeholders across MBDA and MOD to define requirements and verify design effectiveness, contributing to the strategic development of complex weapon systems.

The role offers hybrid working with 2-3 days on-site, opportunities to present work at senior levels, and UK travel.

Qualifications

• General understanding of weapon systems and missile design across a product life cycle.
• Comfortable engaging with stakeholders and building effective working relationships across the Portfolio enterprise and the wider business.
• Ability to work with, influence, and where required, challenge senior management.
• Flexible mindset to tackle problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Ability to take a big picture view and focus on key tactical issues.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering approaches; familiarity with requirement management.

Responsibilities

• Support the Portfolio Engineering Design Record (EDR) and related work packages within the Portfolio Systems team.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across the business and with MOD to define, agree and verify portfolio requirements.
• Present work at Joint MOD/MBDA Portfolio Engineering Working Group and travel within the UK to MBDA sites.
• Contribute to wider portfolio factors such as platform integration, financial efficiencies and operational performance.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Systems Engineering

Requirement management (DOORS)

Autonomy

Strategic thinking

Tools

DOORS

Job description

Salary

Up to £47,500 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
• 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

This is an exciting opportunity, in a stakeholder rich environment, to be part of the Portfolio Systems Team within the Portfolio Management Team (PMT) supporting the delivery of the Engineering aspects of the UK Portfolio. This role provides the opportunity for an individual to challenge themselves in a fast moving and wide-ranging environment. This is an excellent opportunity to apply previous skills & knowledge, develop a strategic understanding and wider awareness of MBDA & MOD business practices, as well as the MBDA UK products.

The PMT provides a leading role in evolving the way MBDA develops and delivers our products in a joint working environment with MOD. The Portfolio seeks to provide greater levels of capability within the UK budget, with increased UK sovereign control and better value for money than our competitors.

The Portfolio Systems team supports this vision by developing the engineering coherence through Commonality, Modularity and Reuse across the UK Portfolio of Complex Weapons - current and future - by managing and delivering the Portfolio Engineering Design Record (EDR). This includes engaging with senior stakeholders across the business to define, agree and verify the Portfolio requirements on Programmes, Equipment Teams, Centres of Excellence and Functional teams. The role will allow the individual to broaden their skillset through a range of supporting Systems Team work packages; such as Intellectual Property, Test & Evaluation Facilities, MBDA Supplier Databases, Systems Studies exploring technical trades-offs, etc.

There will be opportunities to present your work at the Joint MOD/MBDA Portfolio Engineering Working Group as well as travel within the UK to other MBDA sites. The successful individual will also get exposure to wider Portfolio factors such as platform integration, financial efficiencies, operational performance, exportability and Freedom of Action to the UK MOD.

What we're looking for from you

• A general understanding of weapon systems, missile systems and design process throughout a product's life cycle.
• Is comfortable engaging with stakeholders and building effective working relationships across the Portfolio enterprise and the wider business.
• Ability to work with, influence, and where required, challenge senior management.
• A flexible mindset, able to tackle problems and develop genuinely innovative solutions for a given challenge.
• An ability to take a big picture view and then select the key tactical issues to focus in on.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering approaches and practices, ideally familiar with using DOORS, and in particular requirement management.
• Ability to develop and work a System Design / Requirement Trade, including requirement acceptance with stakeholders.
• Ability to operate with autonomy and effectively manage their priorities when presented with issues from multiple stakeholders.