Join MBDA as an Effects Optimisation System Architect in Bristol on a full-time, hybrid basis (4 days on-site). This high-profile role offers circa £65,000 base salary with up to a 21% company bonus and involves designing the Global Combat Air Programme.
Requirements
Strong understanding and experience of system architecting for complex systems in early development.
Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools and approaches.
Demonstrated ability to directly lead and manage a team.
British Citizenship and eligibility for HMG Security Clearance (SC).
No specific degree or minimum years of experience explicitly stated in the posting.
Skills & Responsibilities
System architecting: Specify new concepts and algorithms and organise them through the system architecture for complex defence programmes.
MBSE tools and approaches: Utilise model-based systems engineering methodologies to support early technology development.
Technical governance: Provide governance across small team task management, customer demonstrations, and system development lifecycle activities.
Team leadership: Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team and influence the technical direction of the broader programme.
Stakeholder communication: Clearly communicate new concepts and architectures to internal and external stakeholders.
Potential transition routes: People from senior systems engineering or software architecture roles may bring strong modelling and technical governance skills, alongside meeting mandatory security clearance requirements.
Job description
MBDA are at the forefront of the one of the most exciting and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) for the RAF and international partners in record time!
Salary: Circa £65,000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Security Clearance checks (SC), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more*.*
The opportunity:
We are looking for a System Architect to provide knowledge and expertise to an exciting new product as part of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), and Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. The successful candidate will be an analytical systems thinker, able to specify new concepts and algorithms, and organise them through the system architecture.
What we’re looking for:
A strong understanding and experience of system architecting for complex systems, particularly in early development with new technologies.
Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools and approaches.
Strong technical governance abilities across small team task management, support to customer demonstrations, and contribution to system development lifecycle activities.
Demonstrated ability to directly lead and manage a team, and influence the technical direction of the broader programme.
An ability to clearly communicate new concepts and architectures to a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
The ability and cultural awareness to work with multi-disciplinary teams supporting technology and concepting.
Confidence to embrace the uncertain nature of early concept development and technologies to progress towards defining solutions and system concepts.
An understanding of aspects of weapon systems, platforms, mission system software, and battlespace architectures will be beneficial.
Here’s what’s in it for you:
This is a high profile role with joint working across our customers, industry partners, and our business including systems engineering, algorithms, software, experimentation, and sales.
This is a new programme of work, so there is opportunity to shape it as it grows.
The role will develop a broad skill base, across technology and systems engineering processes.
Opportunity to facilitate experiments with the customer community to communicate, explore and test them.
There could be opportunity to travel internationally.
Join a great team!
You will be joining a growing team of highly skilled people working across the breadth of MBDA’s current and future products. Your department is focussed on growing and developing a team of excellent Weapon System Architects. This is a small but experienced team focussed on technical solutions and setting the right design principles with new projects.
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