Senior Systems Engineer (System Architecting)

You will join a department with a team of highly skilled Weapon System Architects working across MBDA UK’s current and future weapon systems. The department focuses on growth and developing a team of high-performing experienced System Architects, comfortable working in the problem space. You will be a member of the STRATUS LO project team, reporting to and working closely with the STRATUS LO Weapon System Architecture Lead. You will work on a multinational (UK, France and Italy) next generation cruise-missile weapon system development project for MBDA. The project features challenging technical scope and delivery timescales, with agile thinking and lifecycle engineering, architecting and model-based systems engineering approaches in place to meet those challenges. This is an opportunity to contribute to MBDA’s values and develop into a skilled MBDA Weapon System Architect., * Learning and understanding of STRATUS LO Weapon System capabilities from the developing architecture implemented as a federated set of architecture models.

• Become a key contributor to the further development and maturation of the architecture to support design and integration of STRATUS LO onto various launch platforms (Air and Naval) and deployment locations.
• Become a practitioner of MBDA’s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) toolset, integrating requirements, architecture, design, implementation and proving.
• Develop a holistic understanding of the constituent Sub-Systems that make up a Weapon System and the information flow through the system.

• A Systems Engineer/Architect with an understanding of complex systems (ideally Weapon/Missile Systems), their sub-systems, platforms, and their systems architecture.
• Practical experience modelling systems using model-based methods, processes and tools with understanding of the system development lifecycle.
• Ability and cultural awareness to work with multi-disciplinary, multinational teams supporting technology and design collaboration and communication.
• Self-belief, confidence and conviction to identify and pursue ideas and opportunities, while being supportive and team-oriented.
• Ability to clearly present and walk through concepts and technical content to a variety of internal and external, technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 - 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. After offer, all successful candidates will undergo BPSS checks managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and varies 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: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (enhancements available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility treatments)
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and more
• Healthcare Cash Plan: Option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses