Lead System Engineer

A fulfilling technical leadership role in an exciting domain of weapon system capability. Salary:
Circa £65,000 depending on experience. Dynamic (hybrid) working: 4 - 5 days per week on-site due to workload classification. Security Clearance:
British Citizen. 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: bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (with enhancements available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments)
• Facilities: fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals and free car parking
• Healthcare Cash Plan: option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more

This is a rare opportunity to join the Air Dominance Group within the Network Communications Department as the Lead Systems Engineer investigating Network Enabled Weapons (NEW) and Battlespace Integration concepts. As a technical leader, you will further develop these Air Dominance capabilities and knowledge in MBDA, apply them on current Air Dominance projects (Future Air Superiority Effector (FASE) and Future Combat Air System (FCAS)), and ensure they are sustained for application to future projects.

• Investigate and manage the strategy for injecting network communication technologies and initiatives from within/outside MBDA into the programmes under the remit of the Air Dominance Group in the Network Communications Department, ensuring cohesive specifications and design options are considered for Sub-system, System, and System-of-System levels across current/future effectors and platforms
• Drive forward and provide knowledge on effector, platform, and wider battlespace network technical challenges and behaviours that will impact Air Dominance programmes across MBDA and industry
• Investigate multi-domain integration and the ability to network assets across the battlespace, and derive characteristics and requirements of future environments
• Partner with multiple technical engineering and future business areas in MBDA to set roadmaps and drive engagements with the Network Communication Air Dominance projects, ensuring exploitation opportunities within the FCAS and FASE network communications projects are captured and acted on swiftly
• Develop a respected position within customer communities, including the MoD and industry partners, during high-profile forums where MBDA are a key implementer/advisor on weapon systems with networked capability
• Build a wider technical capability in the Network Communications Department, including interoperability management, by developing less experienced engineers and conducting knowledge management activities

• Commitment to further develop a sustainable capability in NEW Communications and technology pipeline into Air Dominance
• High level of passion for engineering and communication technologies, project delivery, personal development & learning
• Team spirit: ability to inspire people in your team and external stakeholders, energise forward progress and positively influence others
• Integrity: seen as a key technical leader in NEW Communications and regarded as a role model, gaining trust and confidence
• Innovation: ability to respond positively to continuous improvement and find more efficient ways to deliver inputs to MBDA products

• You will have a pivotal technical involvement in an exciting project at a crucial phase in the product lifecycle
• Networked Weapons are a game-changing capability and you could be part of their development across FASE and FCAS
• You will gain a technical understanding of Weapon System Communications, including Tactical Data Links and future evolutions of TDLs, radio frequency technologies and products
• You will be part of a high performing team with personal and professional development at the centre of the mission
• You will provide technical leadership inside MBDA for stakeholders and the wider Air Dominance communications community, with the role potentially developing into a Technical Expert role
• You will develop strong relationships with all internal and external key stakeholders