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Working at MBDA

  • Company employees
    7000
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    74:26

Hiring in

  • Spain
  • United Kingdom

Office locations

Join MBDA as a Manufacturing Electronics Engineer in Bolton on a Full-Time basis with a salary of circa £45,000. This role involves supporting all stages of product assembly, integration, and test by servicing electrical and electronic test equipment.

Requirements

  • HNC/HND with relevant experience.
  • Experience and knowledge in the calibration of test equipment and maintenance of test systems to component level.
  • Good understanding of calibration principles and processes.
  • British Citizen with the ability to pass BPSS security clearance.
  • Understanding of SAP and experience working on Environmental Chambers are desirable.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Calibration and Maintenance: Service, calibrate, and maintain electrical and electronic test equipment, including Special to Type Test Equipment, across all stages of product assembly.
  • Fault Finding and Repair: Conduct appropriate measurements and repairs down to component level using technical instructions, handbooks, and drawings.
  • Testing and Commissioning: Support routine calibrations, commissioning, drift analysis, and resolve complex issues within manufacturing test platforms.
  • Technical Guidance: Utilise technical documentation to provide advice and guidance, and mentor junior staff when requested.
  • Potential transition routes: People from electronics technician, maintenance engineer, or test engineer roles may bring relevant fault-finding and calibration skills, alongside meeting the HNC/HND and security clearance requirements.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Manufacturing Electronics Engineer to join our manufacturing team in Bolton. Fantastic opportunity to support across all stages of product assembly

Salary: Circa £45,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 5 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 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…

The opportunity:

We are seeking an Electronics Engineer to service Electrical and Electronic Test Equipment, including Special to Type Test Equipment (STTE).The work is extremely varied, interesting and challenging. You will be joining a dynamic and focussed team, responsible for the support of the manufacturing function across all stages of product assembly integration and test. The team are self-motivated and work directly with support functions and engineers across MBDA to resolve routine and non-routine tasks arising within the business. These tasks include supporting routine calibrations, commissioning, drift analysis, fault finding and repair of test equipment.

You will be working within an experienced team of Engineers supporting complex test platforms in the manufacture and test of complex missile systems. You will be trained to calibrate and support special to type factory test equipment using a range of technologies, DC to Microwave. Annual reviews assess and plan any future development opportunities and needs to widen your overall engineering knowledge. Teamwork and knowledge sharing is an essential part of the team ethos as is the understanding of workload and throughput achievements.

What we're looking for from you:

  • HNC/HND with relevant experience
  • Experience and knowledge in the calibration of test equipment and maintenance of test systems to component level.
  • Able to utilise instructions, handbooks, drawings or specifications to provide technical advice/guidance. Able to use this information to conduct appropriate measurements and repairs down to component level.
  • Good understanding of calibration principles and processes.
  • Able to mentor other or more junior staff when requested by line manager.
  • Able to deal with multiple issues, tasks and priorities concurrently.
  • Analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Good communication skills with the ability to tailor communication to the relevant audience.
  • A good understanding of SAP would be desirable.
  • Experience of working on Environmental Chambers an advantage.

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

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MBDA

Manufacturing Electronics Engineer

Bolton
On-site
Circa £45,000 / year

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