Overview
We are looking for a proactive and committed Integration and Missile Validation Engineer to a project team at an exciting stage in the product’s development. This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of system integration and test activities as the programme progresses into its next development phase.
Salary: Circa £35000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-5 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. 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.
Benefits
- 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 more.
- Healthcare Cash Plan: Provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.
Role Overview
Reporting directly to the Chief Systems Proving Engineer or their first reports, you will play a critical part in planning and delivering trials, generating meaningful data, and helping to resolve complex engineering challenges. You will be part of a fast‑paced, highly collaborative project environment, working closely with specialists across systems engineering, software, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, environmental engineering and design teams. The role provides broad exposure to the full integration and validation lifecycle, along with the opportunity to develop innovative testing techniques, influence how validation is delivered and contribute directly to the success of a dynamic engineering programme.
The job will involve travel within the UK and overseas.
Responsibilities
- Work with the systems engineering team and design teams to plan and execute trials.
- Liaise with the systems engineering team and design teams to ensure adequate trials data is acquired and to investigate and resolve design issues.
- Generate trials documentation.
- Prepare, deliver and follow up on internal and external Trials Readiness Reviews.
- Conduct post‑trial data analysis and reporting.
- Support manufacture of trial assets, including:
- Support to our off‑site manufacturing sub‑contractor.
- Subsystem testing.
- Short‑term assignment at suppliers.
- Conduct and/or support trials, including laboratory‑based functional integration trials / system trials.
- Generate a range of electrical tests and software proving tests to meet the Proving Requirements.
- Carry out functional proving activities using Special To‑Type Test Equipment (SSTE) and diagnose using COTS test equipment (DMM, oscilloscopes, etc.), fault‑finding to component level.
- Support environmental testing programmes, including carrying out BIT tests and collating trial conduct reports.
- Support a range of ground trials within compatibility testing labs (including PAS tests) and trial sites.
- Assist with lab management responsibilities, e.g., maintain risk assessments, asset management, host audits, and maintain lab safety.
- Maintain hardware and software configuration control.
- Maintain and control calibrated items and deployed test equipment.
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience working in any of the following environments:
- Functional Integration
- Missile / subsystem build
- Design proving and trials
- BIT Test and Pass‑Out Test
- System assessment and acceptance
- Design verification
- Electronic design / test
- Preferable to have technical data analysis understanding (ideally with experience).
- Practical, hands‑on engineer with a passion for integrating and testing hardware and software.
- Familiarity with general, commercial lab test equipment.
- A keen eye for detail and methodical approach to planning, executing and documenting technical activities.
- Familiarity with data analysis tools and methods for complex technical data.
- Experience or interest in developing skills in scripting and coding (e.g., Python, Matlab and similar).
Opportunities
Work within a fast‑paced project at MBDA, define and develop innovative techniques, collaborate cross‑functionally with software, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, environmental engineering, systems engineering and design teams, and grow professionally and personally across the integration and systems validation skill set.
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