Strategic Bid & Product Development Engineer

Roxel; Larkhill; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Roxel is an Anglo-French company that designs, develops and manufactures solid propellant rocket motors for tactical missiles. The role reports to the Chief Engineer within the Development team and scopes key aspects of new rocket motor development and production programmes to support customer enquiries.

The successful candidate will also develop cross‑functional tools, templates and systems of working for Roxel UK bid teams to deliver bids faster and more robustly.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Chemistry.
• Experience in scoping, costing and proposing engineering development programmes.
• IT literate with MS Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
• Ability to assimilate technical information from multiple disciplines.
• Ability to present complex information clearly to engineers.

Responsibilities

• Create bids for new engineering programmes (~50% of role).
• Develop an understanding of the NPI lifecycle and customer requirements.
• Produce costed WBS and technical proposal documentation.
• Lead and participate in Technical Proposal Reviews and Bid Reviews.
• Develop and mature bid/production process tools, templates and QMS processes (~50% of role).
• Identify opportunities to reduce time and cost of NPI programmes and improve robustness.

Skills

Engineering product development

Scoping and costing programmes

MS Office proficiency

Technical reporting

Communication of complex information

Cross-functional collaboration

Commercial awareness

Education

Engineering or Chemistry degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Roxel is an Anglo-French company that designs, develops and manufactures solid propellant rocket motors for tactical missiles. The role reports to the Chief Engineer within the Development team and scopes key aspects of new rocket motor development and production programmes to support customer enquiries.

The successful candidate will also develop cross‑functional tools, templates and systems of working for Roxel UK bid teams to deliver bids faster and more robustly.