The UK's trusted Ministry of Defence partner, MBDA, are looking for a skilled Missile Systems Architect based at the Stevenage site to deliver systems engineering abilities to major programmes developing the latest Complex Weapons capabilities for the UK Armed Forces in response to advanced threats in all domains (Air, Land, Sea).
As a Systems Architect, the successful candidate will foresee assignment to concept, assessment phase or demonstration phase contracts, developing one of the many MBDA product lines.
What we're looking for:
- Practical application of systems engineering processes to develop and define the systems architecture and functional design for complex, safety-critical and high integrity products, ideally within the defence, aerospace, or transport industries.
- Use functional modelling tools, such as Rhapsody to define the architecture.
- Experience in managing the delivery of the system architecture definition, including guiding other systems engineers and co-ordinating supporting engineering disciplines and subject matter experts
- Interfacing with stakeholders, including customers or suppliers
Additional knowledgeable skills:
- Knowledge of defining software requirements, software interfaces and architectures
- Understanding of missile-related functionality: Launch, Separation & Gather, Mid-Course Guidance, Guidance and Homing
- Recognised systems engineering expertise
- Degree in Stem subject or equivalent with relevant experience
- Experience of working in AGILE teams and applying AGILE frameworks
"Please Note: MBDA UK requires all employees to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to the role"
What you'll get to do as a Systems Architect (L4):
- Requirements and Use Case analysis
- Functional modelling using SysML language (or equivalent) to define Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, State Diagrams and Block Diagrams
- Interfaces definition; System architecture design
- Model-based engineering techniques, including MBSE
More about the role:
MBDA's relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.
This role is based at MBDA's headquarters in Stevenage which plays a key part in missiles operations. The site also offers excellent transportation links and boasts an onsite gym and coffee shop. Training and development are offered to all employees.
Guidant Global (Airbus) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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