MBDA

defence

PrincipalIntegrationandSystemValidationEngineer

Bristol, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Principal Integration and System Validation Engineer at MBDA. Skills: Integration, System Validation, Ground Based Trials, Equipment Qualification, Acceptance, Problem Solving, Stakeholder Management, Requirements Management, Configuration Management, Defect Reporting. Functional testing. Equipment qualification”

Industry & Context.

defence
Problems you'll solve

Problem identification and resolution; Investigate and resolve design issues; Analyze and report on system behavior; Conduct and support failure investigations; Fault finding; Route cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

British Citizen Only Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply, Undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), Opportunities to travel abroad

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Good verbal and written communication, Experience communicating at an appropriate level with a wide and varied range of both engineering and management, Experience working within a large team, across multiple sites and with multiple, Experience with V&V lifecycle, requirement and configuration management and defect reporting

Nice to Have

Wireshark network monitoring tool, Network systems and protocols, experience of switch and router configuration, DOORS & Engineering Test Management (ETM) requirements, Basic understanding of network / cable assembly, Fault finding and route cause analysis at subsystem integration, Experience in customer facing roles

What You'll Do.

Equipment qualification

Problem identification and resolution

Hands on experience with real equipment

Support testing and demonstrations of capability

Work with stakeholders to plan trials

Gather evidence to qualify MBDA Weapon Systems

Liaise with systems engineering and design teams

Ensure adequate trials data is acquired

Investigate and resolve design issues

Analyze and report on system behavior

Deliver trials in various environments (lab-based integration

system of systems integration

Conduct and support failure investigations

Support safe and reliable trials

Develop and maintain risk assessments

Management of hardware and software assets

Control of hardware and software configuration

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with stakeholders across the project; Work with partner companies; Work with the customer community; Liaise with the systems engineering team; Liaise with design teams; Working within a large team; Working across multiple sites

Communication Scope

Good verbal and written communication; Experience communicating at an appropriate level with a wide and varied range of both engineering and management; Customer facing roles

Process & Methodology

Trials planning, Risk assessment development, Management of hardware and software assets, Control of hardware and software configuration

Full Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the growing Integration and Systems Validation team supporting the Land Ceptor project with Ground Based Trials activities for a large export programme. **Salary:** up to £50,000pa (depending on experience) **Dynamic (hybrid) working** : typically, 3-5 days per week on-site, due to workload classification (depending on testing) **Security Clearance** : British Citizen Only 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:** A varied role that consists of a mix of functional testing, equipment qualification and acceptance, plus problem identification and resolution. An opportunity to gets hands on experience with real equipment, and support testing and demonstrations of capability to MBDA’s customer across sites in the UK, Poland and the USA. As well as working with other external stakeholders to deliver the wider weapon system to the customer. We are looking for a broad-based Systems Integration and Proving Trials Engineer who will be able to: * Work with stakeholders across the project, from withi

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