Land Ceptor Functional Delivery Lead

Join the Networked Land Ceptor (NLC) Systems team and work to support the UK and Poland in realising the full potential of its latest Ground Based Air Defence capability, or help tailor this capability for the needs of emerging export customers

Job Title: Land Ceptor Functional Delivery Lead

Salary: £45,000 to £55,000 depending on experience

Location: Bristol

Dynamic (hybrid) working: Where possible, we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working. Typically this role will require 2-3 days on site per week, with temporary deviations from this to be agreed with your Line Manager.

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.

The opportunity:

You will be working on some of MBDA's highest profile and largest programmes, building on world-class design: incorporating new ideas, functionality and technology to deliver to our customers.

This is a high profile role, suited to an ambitious individual who will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the software development program from a systems perspective, co-ordinating the delivery of functionality within the key sub-systems and consolidating the various development programs into a coherent functional delivery plan.

This role will provide career developing opportunities including exposure to internal stakeholders within MBDA and external customers such as, UK MoD & Army and the Polish Armed Forces.

Day to day responsibility of the role includes analysing software defects, supporting focussed progress reviews and facilitating agreement and management of functional change within the system, escalating emerging risks to the delivery plan to senior stakeholders, gatekeeping the functionality required of each drop of software and marshalling them through to delivery.

You will be comfortable adapting themselves and their approach to the challenge at hand, while working across a number of programmes; they will maintain vision amongst complexity and be adept at communicating this vision to drive, engage and influence key stakeholders.

The role will have real impact on what we deliver to our customers, current and future, and in return will provide you the opportunity to work independently across the company; genuine engineering challenges, and broad professional growth.

What we're looking for from you:

•    Strong interpersonal and communication skills to in order to lead forums with technical specialists, partner teams and senior management;
•    A driven Systems Engineering practitioner, ideally with experience across the full Systems Engineering lifecycle;
•    Ideally, experience of the writing, management and verification of requirements, including the use of IBM DOORS software
•    Past experience coordinating a team from diverse engineering would be highly beneficial
•    Ability to work confidently in the face of ambiguity and multiple conflicting priorities, to be able to identify the priority tasks and communicate effectively to the team. 

Interested? Click Apply Now!

Our company:

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.

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 Available

Our Business:

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 an equal opportunity to reach their potential.   MBDA is proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity 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. We also welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), Twitter (@MBDAcareers), Instagram (lifeatMBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.