Head of Command and Control System - MBDA : Job Details

Many of MBDA's sophisticated weapon systems incorporate a Command and Control (C2) system. Often referred to as the brains of the Weapon System, their primary role is to support the human operator with situational awareness and decision aids, and to plan and coordinate engagements!

Salary: Circa £65,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 - 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification

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: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• 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 much more…

The opportunity:

MBDA has a large portfolio of C2 products in development for a variety of air-defence missile programmes and other new products such as direct energy weapons.

Our C2 services are essential to achieving mission success and maximising performance in challenging and fast-changing threat scenarios, also including management of overall weapon system state and status, data recording and analysis, operator training and more, providing the core of the weapon system functionality and behaviour.

You will be responsible for the development of a C2 product and its integration onto customer platforms. You will lead the team of systems engineers responsible for requirements analysis, co-design of the C2 with software, hardware, human factors and algorithms engineering teams, the proving plan and generation of compliance evidence leading to certification of the product.

What we're looking for from you:

• Proactive with a mind-set for product line development and systems thinking
• Excellent stakeholder engagement
• Systems design / systems engineering experience in complex systems development
• Experience across full product development lifecycles
• Applied experience of work package management and people management

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