What we're looking for

• Understanding and background in software development and ideally quality assurance, within a process-based design and development environment. We will consider people from a diverse range of backgrounds and industries.
• Knowledge of systems and software processes including national and international standards and assurance requirements.
• A collaborative but objective approach with an ability to influence change.
• Ability to lead Project Quality Assessments, identify risks and critical issues and provide input to monthly reports.
• You remain calm under pressure, cope well with unexpected changes, can self-manage and enjoy being part of a multi-functional team.
• An engineering degree or equivalent, with an understanding of new and appropriate technologies.
• Experience or knowledge of DOORS, RTC, Rhapsody, MATLAB/Simulink would be beneficial though not essential.

What's in it for you?

• Flexible (Dynamic) working provides you with the ability to agree your working patterns and opportunities to combine remote working.
• Working with talented engineers, managers and quality assurance professionals and have considerable autonomy.
• Opportunities to work on a wide variety of projects and the chance to learn how complex missile systems are designed, proved and delivered
• Access to a huge amount of internal learning and development courses

What would you get?

• *Flexible working *opportunities for career progression *paid overtime (subject to level) *great bonus scheme *comprehensive pension scheme *annual salary review *fantastic working environment and site facilities *social, charitable and sporting activities.
• Authority to provide Quality Assurance across all activities of the Engineering Directorate and to assure activities comply with BMS process requirements and contractual standards.
• Opportunity to work with the projects and functions to improve MBDA's processes by identifying and mitigating risks and issues/problems associated with process application, effectiveness and compliance.
• Responsibility to support the development, production and certification of products.

Join a great team!

Product Assurance Software Quality are specialists within a wider quality and technical assurance community and support engineers and managers across several Technical functional domains. We are part of the UK based Product Assurance function, based in Stevenage and Bristol, working closely with our French and Italian counterparts.

Our role is to provide independent software and systems quality assurance at all stages of development, from initial concept to final qualification. This particular role will be Bristol based but travel to other MBDA sites is possible and on occasion may also include some travel to conduct supplier audits.