Ground Trials Engineer

About the job

Join MBDA's FC/ASW team to work to support the Ground Trials Manager with planning, reporting and problem solving as well as refine and gain customer acceptance of the S3 strategy.

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working, typically 4 days onsite.

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
• 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…
• Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities
• Possible Relocation

The opportunity:

FC/ASW (TP15) is approaching the end of a three year Assessment Phase in Dec-24 (where AP focuses on defining a robust set of requirements and architectures at system/sub-system/equipment level and de-risking key elements).

The primary Ground Trials team AP output is a clear and coherent set of Proving Strategies (e.g. Environmental, EMC and S3) that define the follow-on D&M phase activities as well as ensuring that any preparation defined to support these activities.

Supporting the FC/ASW Ground Trials Manager (GTM), you will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Ground Trials Manager with planning, reporting and problem solving.
• Work with the GTM to refine and gain customer acceptance of the S3 strategy.
• Helping increase preparedness to carry out Proving Strategy activities in D&M phase (e.g. trials equipment, long lead licenses, documentation, gather/apply lessons learned).
• Support the Equipment DAs and RMOs in enacting the EMC and Environmental Strategies at their level (e.g. application of robustness techniques).
• Conduct of trials activities within D&M phase (beyond Dec-24) e.g. mechanical/climatic or EMC (including liaison with design/manufacturing/facilities teams).

What we're looking for from you:

• Experience of working on Environmental/EMC proving trials.
• Experience of working with and applying defence standards.
• Ability to understand technical documentation.
• Ability to operate at various levels within MBDA and external agencies (UK & FR).
• Practical experience of handling equipment (Hardware/software knowledge).
• Use of trials test equipment such as equipment running boxes and telemetry ground stations

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