Product Design Lead

MBDA; Bristol; On-site; GBP 51,300 - 62,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to £2,500 company bonus

Maximum 14% pension contribution

Opportunity for paid overtime

Up to 15 additional flexi leave days

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals and free car parking

Healthcare Cash Plan for everyday healthcare expenses

Job summary

A leading defence organisation in Bristol seeks a C2 Product Design Lead to oversee hardware and software design across programmes. You will lead a team, develop software designs, and engage with project stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience in software development, the ability to lead teams, and knowledge of engineering tools like DOORS. Competitive salary up to £57,000 and bonuses based on performance are offered in a dynamic working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing software design definition baselines.
• Ability to lead teams to achieve planned outcomes.
• Proficiency in analysing requirements for functional design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team delivering new equipment software designs.
• Support development of new hardware build standards.
• Engage with project stakeholders in the weapon system design process.

Skills

Software development lifecycle

Leading small teams

Cross-functional teamwork

Technical problem-solving

Proficiency in DOORS or Rhapsody

Education

Degree in STEM field or equivalent experience

Tools

DOORS

Rhapsody

Job description

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop and diversify your skills while working on a flagship program?

Salary: Up to £57,000 depending on experience

Dynamic working: 4 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:

A C2 system is the heart and brains of the weapon system: it has to understand the threats to the protected assets, and plan and then manage engagements of those threats, in a complex and changing situation. C2 systems are central to the user experience and are fundamental to delivering weapon system capability to the customer.

As the C2 Product Design Lead, following a product line approach you will take ownership of and lead the development of the hardware and software design across domestic and export programmes for the C2 product. Recent successes in the export market has yielded a number of new customers bringing significant functional development and integration challenges for the C2 product.

Working as the C2 Product Design Lead within MBDA provides the opportunity to interact with all areas of the company, to see the full product development life-cycle and deliver real capability to the customers to protect their home nation for the future.

What you will be doing:

• Leading a small team delivering new equipment software designs
• Supporting development of new hardware build standards
• Engaging with wider project stakeholders within the Weapon System design process
• Meeting project schedules by reporting accurate progress and predicting completion dates
• Management of change management processes and point of embodiment of new designs

What we're looking for from you:

• An appreciation of the software development lifecycle
• Experience in developing software design definition baselines from requirements to products ready for testing
• Ability to lead small teams to achieve planned outcomes
• Ability to work effectively within cross functional teams
• Ability to analyse requirements and functional interface definitions, to generate detailed functional design documentation to articulate design need
• Excellent technical problem-solving skills in order to lead investigation and resolution of design issues
• Passion for understanding a variety of challenging customer needs and the ability to generate designs for product solutions
• Proficiency in DOORS, Rhapsody or similar engineering or configuration management tools
• Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) preferably in a STEM field

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

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