Stevenage
MBDA is looking for a Functional Design Lead Engineer to develop Missile Concepts, support bids, understand technology roadmaps and deploy a range of working practices, such as Agile.
Salary : Circa
£55,000
depending on experience
What we can offer you: Company bonus of up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year) Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% Annual salary review Paid overtime Up to 15 days flexi leave 25 days annual leave (plus holiday purchase) Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking Excellent career progression and development opportunities
Hybrid working pattern:
Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working.
Key Responsibilities: As a Functional Design Lead Engineer working on a Future Air Dominance project within the Future Products department; part of Missile Design UK, you will be assigned to work on the Future Air Superiority Effector (FASE) project. Demonstrate and develop early phase design cycle skills combining core System Engineering, Business development, Customer & User engagements, technology applicability and new functionality areas. Develop & nurture skills for Concept Phase activities, including using System Design tools, such as DOORS for requirements, Rhapsody for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Design Maturity Assessments. Tackle a variety of activities to develop Missile Concepts, support bids, understand technology roadmaps and deploy a range of working practices, such as Agile.
What we are looking for from you: The confidence to embrace the uncertain nature of early concept development and technologies to progress towards defining solutions and system concepts. Good Systems Engineering knowledge, alongside the ability and desire to test new techniques and use new methods to develop concepts and complete system trade studies. Experience of weapons systems and missile design, particularly functional design and systems trade studies. A solid understanding of weapon systems, platforms and missile sub-systems. Ability to negotiate and influence a broad range of internal and external partners to secure the right outcome. Experience of planning and task management. Knowledge of DOORS, Rhapsody and systems design analysis tools e.g. Pugh Matrix / QFD.
Typical Activities include: Core Systems Engineering activities including exploring Customer needs to develop and elicit requirements. Support and influence the design of new concepts, refining them with a multi-discipline team. Concept capability analysis and competitor product technical performance analysis. Conduct Trade Studies and assessments. Develop and deploy systems engineering methods and technical authorisation. Technical bid generation and support to contract award. Support customer-focused Experiments, using a wide range of techniques and tools including war-games and synthetic environments. Support future weapon system planning and product roadmaps. Exploiting and influencing Research and Technology activities. Technically coordinate & drive activities across the Design Domain to ensure coherent & mature embodiment of the required system-level behaviour to time quality & cost. Perform functional analysis to decompose functional requirements into lower-level functions. Identify and conduct studies to mature understanding of required behaviour/performance and support requirement maturation. Support the performance team to develop any modelling required. Manage Functional and Performance Requirements and Functional Design at system and subsystem level. Identify and capture Functional Risks, Opportunities, Issues and Assumptions and their associated Mitigation strategies. Conduct Functional Trade Studies. Mature Functional Architecture & generate Functional Interfaces.
Our company:
Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given.
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, such as Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more. We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information. #LI-SD1 #J-18808-Ljbffr
MBDA is looking for a Functional Design Lead Engineer to develop Missile Concepts, support bids, understand technology roadmaps and deploy a range of working practices, such as Agile.
Salary : Circa
£55,000
depending on experience
What we can offer you: Company bonus of up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year) Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% Annual salary review Paid overtime Up to 15 days flexi leave 25 days annual leave (plus holiday purchase) Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking Excellent career progression and development opportunities
Hybrid working pattern:
Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working.
Key Responsibilities: As a Functional Design Lead Engineer working on a Future Air Dominance project within the Future Products department; part of Missile Design UK, you will be assigned to work on the Future Air Superiority Effector (FASE) project. Demonstrate and develop early phase design cycle skills combining core System Engineering, Business development, Customer & User engagements, technology applicability and new functionality areas. Develop & nurture skills for Concept Phase activities, including using System Design tools, such as DOORS for requirements, Rhapsody for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Design Maturity Assessments. Tackle a variety of activities to develop Missile Concepts, support bids, understand technology roadmaps and deploy a range of working practices, such as Agile.
What we are looking for from you: The confidence to embrace the uncertain nature of early concept development and technologies to progress towards defining solutions and system concepts. Good Systems Engineering knowledge, alongside the ability and desire to test new techniques and use new methods to develop concepts and complete system trade studies. Experience of weapons systems and missile design, particularly functional design and systems trade studies. A solid understanding of weapon systems, platforms and missile sub-systems. Ability to negotiate and influence a broad range of internal and external partners to secure the right outcome. Experience of planning and task management. Knowledge of DOORS, Rhapsody and systems design analysis tools e.g. Pugh Matrix / QFD.
Typical Activities include: Core Systems Engineering activities including exploring Customer needs to develop and elicit requirements. Support and influence the design of new concepts, refining them with a multi-discipline team. Concept capability analysis and competitor product technical performance analysis. Conduct Trade Studies and assessments. Develop and deploy systems engineering methods and technical authorisation. Technical bid generation and support to contract award. Support customer-focused Experiments, using a wide range of techniques and tools including war-games and synthetic environments. Support future weapon system planning and product roadmaps. Exploiting and influencing Research and Technology activities. Technically coordinate & drive activities across the Design Domain to ensure coherent & mature embodiment of the required system-level behaviour to time quality & cost. Perform functional analysis to decompose functional requirements into lower-level functions. Identify and conduct studies to mature understanding of required behaviour/performance and support requirement maturation. Support the performance team to develop any modelling required. Manage Functional and Performance Requirements and Functional Design at system and subsystem level. Identify and capture Functional Risks, Opportunities, Issues and Assumptions and their associated Mitigation strategies. Conduct Functional Trade Studies. Mature Functional Architecture & generate Functional Interfaces.
Our company:
Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given.
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, such as Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more. We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information. #LI-SD1 #J-18808-Ljbffr
