A broad range of responsibilities include:

• Development of a coherent weapon system design baseline, including identification and management of design queries, and ensuring a coherent and consistent system design alongside the wider evolving Sea Viper design;
• Development of a qualification strategy;
• Management of the project requirement baseline, ensuring flow-down and agreement of sub-system requirements;
• Management of the key interface baselines, including the data exchange specifications between Sea Viper C2 and the combat management system and radar, requiring management of the relationships with the C2, CMS and radar design authorities;
• Management of technical analyses and investigations of system-level issues and opportunities, including conduct of trade-off studies, and any key supporting system design studies required to de-risk the system design;
• Management and conduct of key design reviews;
• Management of the system design verification and validation activities for the project;
• Management of complex relationships, both at a customer interaction level and the industry partners and suppliers, including management of relevant customer working groups;
• Management of key relationships with sub-system design authorities;
• Management of the systems team resource required to support the delivery of the above responsibilities.

What we're looking for

• Broad systems engineering background covering phases of the CADMID cycle from concept to manufacture, including generating TRSs, interface definitions, V&V planning, trials planning, qualification evidence generation and collation, generation of certification documents;
• Detailed knowledge of MBDA's system engineering processes;
• Broad knowledge of weapon system design concepts; experience working on air defence systems desirable; knowledge of C2, missile and radar design desirable;
• Ability to establish and maintain efficient and effective working relationships with stakeholders including MoD PT, WECA, MWC, DSTL, QinetiQ, BAES (Naval Ships and Maritime Services);
• Ability to communicate effectively across numerous levels of the stakeholder community;
• Ability to communicate effectively with subordinates, peers and seniors across MBDA;
• Ability to produce concise, coherent and detailed technical reports of a high quality;
• Ability to work autonomously and proactively, with minimal management support;
• Ability to lead and motivate a high performing team;
• Ability to work confidently in the face of ambiguity and multiple conflicting priorities to be able to identify the priority tasks and communicate effectively to the team.

What's in it for you?

• You would be one of the lead engineers responsible for delivering a high profile and key capability to the Royal Navy;
• The role covers a wide range of engineering experience, including weapon system, C2, radar and missile design; you would be working at the cutting edge of weapon system design;
• The wider Sea Viper programme works in a dynamic environment with its customer, with a host of different day-to-day activities;
• MBDA offers flexible working between the office and home, agreed as required and to meet the business needs.