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MBDA • Stevenage | Bolton | United Kingdom

Senior Electronics Engineer

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £42,000 – £48,000 per annum
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Job Description

We are Electronic Engineering. We are growing, dedicated, and we work as a team to design & develop our advanced electronic solutions for MBDA products.

Salary: Circa £42,000-£48,000 depending on experience

Location: Bolton

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 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: 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:

- We are Electronic Engineering. We are growing, dedicated, and we work as a team to design & develop our advanced electronic solutions for MBDA products.

- Your role as an Electronics Engineer is to develop electronic solutions for cutting-edge systems. This will mainly include; Design, qualification and certification activities across the whole product lifecycle for Land, Sea, and Air platforms

- This role offers various types work, challenges, and a multitude of applications; typically this includes: reviewing requirements; generating a concept solution, schematics, and manufacturing data packs; involvement in component & COTS (commercial off-the-shelf product) selection; design, test, qualify to meet high-reliability & harsh environments; technical report writing; involvement supporting investigations and our colleagues in manufacturing. You can work in our labs and get hands-on working on bread-board demonstrators through to flight standard hardware.

- This is a fantastic opportunity to shadow our more experienced Electronics Engineers & Technical Leads, learn from them and the teams around you before leading your own projects and developing to a Senior Electronics Engineer or Tech Lead.

- We respect new perspectives and experiences, and we value our collaborative ways of working. We are committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has equal opportunity to reach their potential. We believe that any individual with a learning mindset and belief in what we do can make a difference here.

What we're looking for from you:

- We are looking for proactive individuals who are motivated to develop within their Senior Electronics Engineer role;

- Candidates would be ideally degree qualified (electronics engineering, science, physics) or HND equivalent experience, have been involved in development of electronics products, and ideally, have a background in complex electronics and working in a multi-functional team (e.g. with mechanical, firmware, and software).

- You will have a sound track record in electronic design capability throughout the product life cycle, i.e. early concept through to production; be organised with an eye for detail and a sense of pride in what you deliver.

- Most important for us is that you have the right attitude and a passion to develop - we can offer the training and support you need to enable you to broaden your skills and experience and take steps towards senior roles and onwards. We offer a clear progression path and will give you support for career growth and development.

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.

Company benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – up to 26 weeks
Annual bonus – all employee bonuses paid in Feb/March
Annual pay rises – performance (+ inflation) increases each year
Bike parking – secure parking at all sites
Buddy scheme – buddies when onboarding
Buy or sell annual leave – buy up to 5 extra days
Coffee discounts – discounted on site cafes and canteens
Company shutdown periods – Christmas closures and bank holidays
Compassionate leave
Cycle to work scheme
Dental coverage – salary sacrifice options
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – MyCarScheme - including electric vehicles
Electric vehicle charging unit loan – electric charging points at all UK sites
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave – up to 26 weeks
Enhanced paternity leave – available after 26 weeks service
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Enhanced sick pay – increases with length of service
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – salary sacrifice options
Gym membership – Discounted gym on site in Stevenage, or discounts for local gyms across UK
Health insurance – salary sacrifice options
In house training – In house L&D team
L&D budget
Language lessons
Learning platform – access to multiple learning resources
Mental health first aiders
Mentoring – available to all employees. Includes women in leadership options
Neo-natal leave – up to 12 weeks
On-site catering
On-site gym
On-site wellness room – reflection rooms available to employees
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Personal development budgets – up to £150 towards non-work training courses
Professional subscriptions – full membership funding available
Referral bonus – up to £3,000 for a successful referral
Restaurant discounts – discount/cashback employee platform
Salary sacrifice
Share options
Shared parental leave – up to 26 weeks
Teambuilding days
Technology Loan – salary sacrifice options available
Time off in-lieu
Travel loan – season ticket loans for public transport
Volunteer days – up to 2 days a year for team-based volunteering
Reservist leave – up to 3 weeks off for training (2 weeks on full pay)

Working at MBDA

Company employees:

6000

Gender diversity (m:f):

73:27

Hiring in countries

United Kingdom

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