Systems Proving Engineer - ISV Naval Based Air Defence (Sea Viper)

MBDA UK Ltd; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 41,400 - 50,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension up to 14%

Overtime paid

Flexi Leave up to 15 days

Job summary

MBDA UK Ltd is seeking a proactive Systems Proving Engineer to join the Integration and Systems Validation team in the Naval Based Air Defence domain (Sea Viper). The role offers up to 4 days on-site in hybrid working and a salary up to £46,000 depending on experience.

Benefits include a company bonus up to £2,500, enhanced pension contributions, paid overtime, flexi leave, and flexible working options. Applicants should be British citizens or dual nationals and be eligible for BPSS clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience in system integration and trials.
• Ability to liaise with internal and external teams across engineering and management levels.
• Experience with model-based systems engineering tools is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Plan, generate and execute trials with systems engineering and design teams.
• Ensure adequate trials data is collected and investigate design issues.
• Generate trials documentation and conduct post-trial data analysis.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Lab management

Risk assessment

Trials execution

Travel willingness

Tools

DOORS

Rhapsody

RTC

Job description

We are looking for a proactive and committed Systems Proving Engineer to join the Integration and Systems Validation team in the Naval Based Air Defence domain (Sea Viper). Due to contracts won and expected, this is an exciting time to join an expanding team.

Salary: Up to £ 46,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: Up to 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:

We are looking for a broad-based Systems Proving engineer who will be able to:

• Work with the systems engineering team and design teams to plan, generate and execute trials;
• Liaise with the systems engineering team and design teams to ensure adequate trials data is acquired and to investigate and resolve design issues;
• Generate trials documentation;
• Prepare, deliver and follow up internal and external Trials Readiness Reviews;
• Conduct post trials data analysis and reporting;
• Conduct and/or support trials including:
• Laboratory based functional integration trials / system trials;
• Ground based trials;
• Harbour trials and sea trials;
• Firing Trials.

In addition, the candidate will assist with:

• Lab Management responsibilities (e.g. maintain risk assessments, asset management, host audits, maintain lab safety etc.);
• Maintaining hardware and software configuration control.

The job will involve opportunities to travel within the UK and possibly abroad.

Experience of working in one of the following environments:

• System Integration
• Design Proving and Trials
• Naval Integration
• Missile Test
• Interface Design
• System assessment and acceptance
• Design Verification
• Electrical / mechanical construction and interfacing
• Electronic design/test
• Network integration

Plus:

• Be able to communicate with a wide range of internal customers, sub-contractors / partners/ suppliers at both engineering and management levels;
• Beneficial to have experience of MBSE tools, e.g. DOORS, Rhapsody, RTC;
• Beneficial but not essential, to have experience of coding, especially Python