Portfolio Systems Engineer

Salary: Up to £47,500 depending on experience. Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload. 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. 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.

• 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 treatments.
• Facilities: Subsidised meals, free car parking and more.
• Healthcare Cash Plan: Optional cash back on everyday healthcare expenses (optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more).

This is an exciting opportunity, in a stakeholder-rich environment, to be part of the Portfolio Systems Team within the Portfolio Management Team (PMT) supporting the delivery of the Engineering aspects of the UK Portfolio. This role provides the opportunity to challenge yourself in a fast moving and wide-ranging environment. It is an excellent opportunity to apply previous skills and knowledge, develop a strategic understanding and wider awareness of MBDA and MOD business practices, as well as MBDA UK products.

The PMT provides a leading role in evolving the way MBDA develops and delivers our products in a joint working environment with MOD. The Portfolio seeks to provide greater levels of capability within the UK budget, with increased UK sovereign control and better value for money than our competitors. The Portfolio Systems team supports this vision by developing the engineering coherence through Commonality, Modularity and Reuse across the UK Portfolio of Complex Weapons - current and future - by managing and delivering the Portfolio Engineering Design Record (EDR). This includes engaging with senior stakeholders across the business to define, agree and verify the Portfolio requirements on Programmes, Equipment Teams, Centres of Excellence and Functional teams. The role will allow the individual to broaden their skillset through a range of supporting Systems Team work packages; such as Intellectual Property, Test & Evaluation Facilities, MBDA Supplier Databases, Systems Studies exploring technical trades-offs, etc. There will be opportunities to present your work at the Joint MOD/MBDA Portfolio Engineering Working Group as well as travel within the UK to other MBDA sites. The successful individual will also get exposure to wider Portfolio factors such as platform integration, financial efficiencies, operational performance, exportability and Freedom of Action to the UK MOD.

• A general understanding of weapon systems, missile systems and design process throughout a product's life cycle.
• Comfortable engaging with stakeholders and building effective working relationships across the Portfolio enterprise and the wider business.
• Ability to work with, influence, and where required, challenge senior management.
• A flexible mindset, able to tackle problems and develop genuinely innovative solutions for a given challenge.
• An ability to take a big picture view and then select the key tactical issues to focus on.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering approaches and practices, ideally familiar with using DOORS and in particular requirement management.
• Ability to develop and work a System Design / Requirement Trade, including requirement acceptance with stakeholders.
• Ability to operate with autonomy and effectively manage priorities when presented with issues from multiple stakeholders.

Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given. MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom. We are proud of our employee-led networks, including Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more. We recognise that everyone is unique and encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information. What we do matters. Because defence matters. We are a leading company in the defence industry and we support our nations by delivering essential military capabilities both for today and the future. We are proud to be an award-winning employer and are proud of the growing diversity of our workforce. Our people drive our constant innovation and deliver against challenging targets. Whatever your background, we welcome your application to MBDA UK and look forward to speaking with you soon.