Systems Engineering Lead

MBDA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence organisation is seeking a Systems Engineering Lead to join their Data Link Systems team in Bristol. This role involves promoting best practices in systems engineering, providing training, and engaging with stakeholders for effective collaboration. A competitive salary around £65,000, with hybrid working options and various employee benefits, is offered. The ideal candidate will have broad systems engineering experience and an understanding of MBSE methodologies.

Benefits

Bonus of up to 21% of base salary

Pension contribution up to 14%

Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals and free car parking

Qualifications

• Broad Systems Engineering experience covering the full life cycle.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering methods and their application.
• Ability to implement MBSE methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Promote best practices across Data Link Systems.
• Provide training and consultancy on system design support.
• Engage with stakeholders to align processes across sites.

Skills

Systems Engineering experience

State of the art Systems Engineering methods

MBSE methodologies

Stakeholder management

Systems architecture design

Colleague development support

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join the Data Link Systems team within the Seekers and Data Link Systems directorate as Systems Engineering Lead.

The role will involve supporting projects in their use of current and emerging systems engineering processes, methods and tools, whilst concurrently being actively involved in developing and promoting best practice usage to improve efficiency and consistency across UK projects.

Job Title: Data Link Systems - Systems Engineering Lead - Datalink Systems

Salary: Circa £65,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: Balance of on-site/off-site working open to discussion, part time can be considered

Security Clearance: British Citizen. 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: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• 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 Systems Engineering Lead to promote and drive best practice across the Data Link Systems group.

You will shape how we approach our programmes, considering the needs and expectations of customers, the capability of technology and third party suppliers.

Day to day you'll be key in providing education, training and consultancy style, system design support to key programmes, tailored to their needs to ensure maximum benefit is obtained from best practice use. Within this role you will be involved in supporting the development of team members as they build their Systems Engineering knowledge - assessing core Systems Engineering techniques, developing and delivering process improvement and behavioural change to teams.

Within in this you will also ensure consideration of a full lifecycle approach to the design of systems into programme teams. Influencing the Systems Engineering approach of new business, supporting established programmes in tailoring process, and shaping the direction during transitions between phases.

You’ll be working with our key partners in MBDA UK (programmes and departments) to improve how we collaborate from a systems engineering viewpoint, to achieve our goals as efficiently as possible, along with engaging with stakeholders across all MBDA National sites (e.g. MBDA France, Italy, etc.) to align processes and approaches.

What we're looking for from you:

• Broad Systems Engineering experience covering the full life cycle.
• An individual with an understanding of state of the art Systems Engineering methods and their application in the domain i.e. experience of lifecycle issues on major projects.
• Ability to understand and implement MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering) methodologies into practicing programmes.
• Capable of working autonomously and proactively, dealing with multiple issues, tasks and priorities concurrently.
• Stake holder management experience.
• Experience of systems architecture design.
• Experience supporting colleagues development.

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