Sea Ceptor Technical Support & Weapon System Performance Lead

Job Description

The Sea Ceptor Weapon Systems team continues to expand and seeks a System Engineering leader to work in this dynamic and challenging environment.

This role is responsible for leading analyses and investigation of complex technical issues to provide conclusions and engineering artefacts. The role also provides leadership and direction to the Performance modelling team, being a customer (domestic and export) facing conduit to understand and deliver Weapon System Performance needs.

Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 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 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:

Sea Ceptor is a very successful, growing, innovative, high profile maritime air defence system that has secured multiple UK and export contracts.

This leadership role reports to the Sea Ceptor Chief Systems Engineer (CSE), and is responsible for leading technical planning, analyses and investigations (independently or through leadership of a multi-skilled project team) of complex problems, technical issues, risks & opportunities to provide conclusions & engineering artefacts.

Alongside this, the role provides leadership & direction to the Performance Modelling team, being a customer (domestic & Export) facing conduit to understand and deliver needs. Customer negotiation required to drive new Performance activity.

The successful candidate would be responsible for:

• Sea Ceptor Technical Support
  • Providing support to the CSE in leading technical planning, analyses and investigations (independently or through leadership of a multi-skilled project team) of complex ;problems/tasks, technical issues, risks and opportunities to provide conclusions and engineering artefacts;
  • Leading emerging technical studies to support the CSE, making proposals for technical development and risk reduction activities;
  • Supporting the wider Sea Ceptor Engineering team on design decisions and investigations, advising on best course of action from a technical perspective;
  • Providing technical support to informal and formal peer reviews (chaired by Technical Excellence) as well as Design Reviews;
  • As required, undertaking assessments of design maturity and systems/technical readiness levels (DMA, SRL & TRLs) to enable appropriate assessment of technical risks;
  • Coordinating technical approval of Engineering Management Plan updates & coherency;
  • Work package management accountability on behalf of the CSE, with associated delivery of multiple system design artefacts – focused on Work Load forecast and management of Risks and Opportunities;
  • Budget Management - variable depending on project assignment. Could be acting in technical capacity only advising on scope of work, or responsible for budget and schedule adherence as a Work Package Manager for a technical task package.

• Weapon System Performance Lead
  • Provision of direction and clarity to the Performance Modelling & Assessment teams, managing their technical output; being a customer facing conduit to understand and translate their needs;
  • Responsible for leading all Sea Ceptor Performance investigations and engagement with Domestic and Export customers (including potential customers); liaising with the CAMM Performance Lead and in-service support teams for funding and future requirements.
  • Engaging with Simulation and Modelling team as necessary for modelling capability developments;
  • Coordinating all Sea Ceptor System Performance assessments/studies;
  • Supporting technical queries on Sea Ceptor System Performance and behaviours;
  • Liaising with the customer community (MIAD, dstl) on all Sea Ceptor Performance activity.

• Supporting additional wider Sea Ceptor Systems team activities as required.
• Indirect management (i.e., task package) for the Performance modelling team.

What we're looking for from you:

• Established/Proven experience of working across the Systems Engineering lifecycle;
• Experience of Systems integration and system interface definition;
• Proven experience of technical leadership and ability to engage with senior leadership team;
• Ability and experience in driving technical solutions from cross-functional teams;
• Ability to manage uncertainty;
• Ability to work proactively and balance a number of concurrent tasks;
• An effective team player with good interpersonal and influencing skills, essential to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in building cohesion in the relationships between the Systems team and various interfacing teams.

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