Join MBDA as an Integration and Systems Validation Lead in Bristol for a full-time, hybrid role. You will manage testing trials for RF Directed Energy Weapons and Stealth projects, earning a salary of up to £56,000 depending on experience, alongside excellent benefits and security clearance requirements.
Requirements
Understanding of trials processes and safety management.
Appreciation of the verification and validation process delivering a programme in accordance with the DVP.
Ability to work flexibly to adapt to programme milestones and timescales.
Desirable: IoT or electronic design experience (safety, control, diagnostics, and measurement).
Mandatory: Must be a British Citizen and willing to undergo BPSS and Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance processes.
Skills & Responsibilities
Trials management: Plan, prepare safety documentation, and lead on-site and offsite trial conduct ensuring personnel health and safety.
Test hardware development: Design and build test hardware and small screened room tests.
Documentation and reporting: Agree on testing requirements and write comprehensive technical reports.
Capability evolution: Maintain and evolve world-leading testing capabilities as a secondary role.
Potential transition routes: People from systems engineering or test engineering backgrounds may bring strong verification, validation, and safety management skills, alongside meeting security clearance requirements.
Job description
An opportunity has arisen to join the Sparkworks RF Directed Energy Weapons and Low Observability (Stealth) Integration and Systems Validation Team, due to an increasing workload. The role involves providing a world leading and business winning trials and testing capability to the UK MoD.
Salary: Up to £56,000 depending on experience
Location: Bristol (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 - 5 days per week on-site, due to workload classification (depending on testing)
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 Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
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:
You will be involved in the whole lifecycle of a multitude of differing projects, typically running for only a year or two at a time. Whilst the primary focus is testing of hardware and model validation, a lot of work is involved is getting to the point of testing.
Agreeing testing requirements, producing planning and safety documentation, developing & building test hardware and report writing all form part of the job as well as the trial conduct itself. During trials, as the Trials Lead, you will be responsible for the trial conduct as well as the health and safety of all personnel during these activities. The test phases also vary in size, from small screened room tests in Filton to offsite (UK and overseas) multi week deployments.
Each team member also has a secondary role to do with maintaining and evolving our world leading testing capability.
What we're looking for from you:
IoT / Electronic design experience would be desirable (safety, control, diagnostics and measurement)
An understanding of trials processes and safety management
An appreciation of the verification and validation process delivering a programme in accordance with the DVP
Ability to work in a flexible manner to deal with adapting programme milestones and timescales
For this role, candidates must be willing to undertake the DV (Developed Vetting) security clearance process
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