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Working at MBDA

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

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Join MBDA as a Missile Test and Testability Expert in Stevenage or Bolton. This full-time role features a hybrid working arrangement with 3 days on-site per week and a salary of circa £72,000 depending on experience, plus a bonus of up to 27%. You will lead missile test processes, define test strategies, and provide technical leadership across projects.

Requirements

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Significant experience in electronic test across the project lifecycle, including circuit design, testing, and failure analysis
  • Experience in test equipment design, requirements capture, and Design for Test (DfT)
  • Must be a British Citizen or Dual UK national eligible for BPSS security clearance

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Electronic circuit design & testing: Lead failure analysis and test equipment design to improve test coverage and diagnostic instructions.
  • Requirements capture & DfT: Define project test strategies, BIT architectures, and specifications while removing waste.
  • Technical leadership & mentoring: Mentor department members, lead Red-Team reviews, and influence senior stakeholders on technical direction.
  • Data analysis & strategy: Analyze production test data to spot trends, diagnose failures, and deploy department best practices.
  • Potential transition routes: People from senior electronics engineering or test engineering roles may bring circuit design and test experience, alongside meeting the mandatory British citizenship and degree-level requirements.

Job description

An exciting role has become available in our Test Architect team as a Technical expert involved in all aspects of the Missile Test process. If you have experience Electronic circuit design, testing and failure analysis techniques along with Test equipment design then this could be just the role for you!

Salary: Circa £72,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

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: Bonus of up to 27% of base salary
  • Car allowance: £300 per month
  • Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • 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:

As the Missile Test and Testability Expert you will be reporting in to the Test and Testability Department Head and, from a Project perspective, into the Project Chief Design Engineer. As Test and Testability Architects (TTA), we are involved in all aspects of the Missile Test process - from the early feasibility studies to series production and in-service support.

As a Subject Matter Expert for Missile Test and Testability Architecture you will participate in range of missile programmes using your experience and expertise to improve the definition of test equipment technical requirements by focussing on key areas and removing waste. You’ll be managing definition of the project test strategy, Definition of Project BIT architecture including coverage requirements and improving the way we write our specifications across all projects.

As a key member on the team you’ll be assessing and recommending improvements to our ways of working across TTA and lead the analysis of production test data to spot trends and diagnose failures. There will also be a need for you to lead the analysis and modelling our system to understand the test coverage and generate diagnostic instructions. Day to day you could also be involved in -

  • Participating and supporting Red-Team reviews and activities into critical issues during development and manufacture.
  • Supporting new product bid activities.
  • Identify, document and deploy best practice across the department and within projects.
  • Mentor and actively support members of the Test & Testability department.
  • Lead / participate in roadmap development activities.

What we're looking for from you:

  • Educated to degree level (or equivalent) with significant experience of electronic test at all stages of project lifecycle, including:

  • Electronic circuit design, testing and failure analysis techniques.

  • Test equipment design.

  • Experience in requirements capture.

  • Project management and planning.

  • Provide technical leadership to all Test related issues across design projects with proven experience in Test Equipment requirements capture and specification.

  • Experience in DfT and testability

  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders within the business relating to technical direction

  • Support departmental strategy and support the department head with recruitment of the right people into the team.

  • Strong interpersonal and well developed communication skills (written & verbal).

Willingness to travel when required (UK and EU).

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, Disability 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

Missile Test and Testability Expert

Bolton, Stevenage
On-site, Hybrid
Circa £72,000 per year + bonus & car allowance

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