What are we looking for?

• Passion and Persistence to get a job done and done well
• Great communication skills are a necessity in order to communicate with all levels of the project and disseminate technical information to customers in an understandable manner
• Experience dissecting and understanding "the real" customer requirements and disseminating them down into lower level subsystem requirements
• Experience proving system level functionality, SW/FW integration and proving
• An understanding of model based design, proving techniques and approaches
• Consistent ability to deliver required output within agreed timescales
• Ability to build excellent working relationships with team members and external departments, suppliers and customers and other key collaborators
• Experience with Systems engineering tools like DOORS/DOORS NG/Rhapsody is desirable
• Knowledge of RF/microwave and electronic systems is desirable
• Familiarity with radar and control systems and digital signal processing is desirable

What's in it for you?

• You will be part of a close-nit, hardworking, and highly motivated team striving to develop one of the worlds most advanced Seeker and Missile technologies
• You will be a key part of this cutting edge development, seeing your hard work and determination drive the product successfully into service with the armed forces
• MBDA is the highest ranked technical company in the Times UK top 25 Employers survey, career development is a key priority, career progression through both formal and on the job training is provided
• You will gain experience in weapon technologies both at system and hardware levels
• There will be opportunities for travel both within the UK to other MBDA sites and trials sites

What would you get?

Competitive salary, flexible working, paid overtime (subject to level), a comprehensive pension scheme, employee funded voluntary private healthcare, sporting activities, fantastic site facilities, bonus schemes (subject to level), superb learning and development opportunities and more….

The Role:

• Supporting the Seeker proving strategy; engaging with customer representatives to ensure proving activities address all stakeholders' needs
• Design and definition of lab and flight trials activities along with the definition and procurement of necessary equipment to perform those trials
• Integration and testing of seeker sub-systems to ensure full system functionality and compliance against requirements
• Support the development of the seeker system functionality from modelling activities through to full production standard hardware
• Carrying out technical investigations to provide data for problem assessment, design improvements and support development of solutions to technical issues
• Influence system design to facilitate design proving and certification through close working with the requirements and functional design teams
• Producing and maintaining test documentation associated with seeker sub-unit and seeker system level testing including development test schedules and test result sheets
• Participating in design reviews including assessing design maturity and trials preparation
• Arranging test facilities to perform development and qualification activities, supporting facilities to perform trials
• Supporting the planning and reporting of integration activities, providing input to the Systems Design and Certification lead and Chief Systems Engineer on a regular basis