Land Ceptor Functional Systems Engineer

Position Overview

Here at MBDA, the Land Ceptor Systems Engineering team is growing in order to help the British and Polish Armies fulfil the full potential of the system and to extend and tailor the capability for existing and emerging export contracts.

Salary:
Up to £57,000 depending on experience.

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 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.

• 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.

• Helping the customer understand and capture their needs
• Deriving suitable system, subsystem and software requirements to meet the needs
• Informing product line approaches to allow a common suite of products to meet different customer needs
• Determining and managing processes and procedures to manage change in a controlled way
• Acting as customer for specific software items

• Requirements management and derivation experience (ideally in defence)
• Experience of system engineering tools e.g. DOORS/DOORS NG/Rhapsody
• Ability to disseminate/share technical information to customers in an understandable manner
• Engineering change control and management experience
• Ability to initiate/undertake and drive trade studies and system development activities
• Experience of developing complex systems (ideally in defence)
• Ability to communicate architectures and ideas at all levels
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Experience of working with product lines would be beneficial