What are we looking for?

• 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, including systems trade studies is beneficial;
• A solid understanding of weapon systems, platforms and missile sub-systems;
• To be able to negotiate and influence a broad range of internal and external partners to secure the right outcome;
• Experience of planning and task management important;
• Knowledge of DOORS, Rhapsody and systems design analysis tools e.g. Pugh Matrix / QFD / etc, beneficial.

What's in it for you?

• This is a highly dynamic role with lots of joint working across our business including the other key functions (Aerodynamics, Guidance, Control & Navigation, Mechanical Design)as well as key business elements, such as Sales & Business Development and Strategy.
• Work with new technology to develop brand new capabilities and designs;
• This is a new department, so there is significant opportunity to both shape it and grow with it;
• The role will develop, including functionally within Systems Engineering, with a broad skill base, across technology and systems engineering processes;
• The outcomes you deliver will directly influence MBDA's future solutions to our Customers;
• Opportunity to lead small and multidiscipline teams in order to achieve the goals of the projects;
• Support the development of the systems engineering concepting skills within Future Products.

Typical activities include:

• Core Systems Engineering activities including:
• Exploring Customer needs to develop and elicit requirements;
• Support and influence the design of new concepts, to the refine them with a mutli-discipline team;
• Concept capability analysis and competitor product technical performance analysis;
• Trade Studies and assessment.
• Develop and deploy systems engineering methods and technical authorisation;
• Technical bid generation and support to contract award;
• Supporting customer focused Experiments, using a wide range of techniques and tools including war-games and synthetic environments;
• Supporting future weapon system planning and product roadmaps;
• Exploiting and influencing Research and Technology activities.