Principal Design Engineer / Technical Lead

MBDA Missile Systems - Deliver for a more secure tomorrow

Salary: £45,000 to £52,000 DOE plus bonus and excellent benefits including paid overtime

Full or Part time working considered

MBDA has entered the next phase of its exciting evolution as a world-class European missile company. The growing workload within MBDA has created exciting opportunities within the Electronic Engineering function for Electronic Engineers to work as Technical Leads within our Electronic design team, designing, developing, proving and integrating both analogue and digital circuit cards for equipment and subsystems within MBDA’s missiles and missile system products, spanning air, land and sea.

What we’re looking for

• Ideally, degree qualified with significant post qualification experience in Electronic Design, development and delivery; preferably in defence or related industry.
• Someone who can demonstrate the capability to lead significant Electronic design work packages and have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team with the awareness and understanding of the challenges that this may bring.
• Excellent problem solving skills and knowledge of a wide range of electronic technologies and products.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders across the business.

What’s in it for you?

This role provides an opportunity to lead the development and delivery of complex and technologically advanced projects and products while also providing a wide scope of tasks and a unique opportunity to broaden your interpersonal, technical and leadership skills.
Working with highly talented and motivated individuals and teams, in a friendly and supportive environment, provides one of the best environments for personal development and career progression.   You will also have the opportunity to travel and work as part of an international team.

What would you get?

*Flexible working *opportunities for career progression *paid overtime (subject to level) *great bonus scheme *comprehensive pension scheme *annual salary review *fantastic working environment and site facilities *social, charitable and sporting activities.

The Role

You will be responsible for the management of the overall cost, schedule, quality and performance of the electronic elements of a missile sub-system, including electronic design, development and proving tasks. This will include the development of electronic technical solutions in liaison with other skill domains e.g. Software, Mechanical Engineering etc. and working closely with the Engineering Project Manager.
You will take ownership for ensuring robust electronics design, using common development techniques such as DFMEA and all proving activities to ensure compliance against requirements. This role will cover the Product Life Cycle from concept through to transfer to Production.  

Join a great team!

The Electronic Engineering function is a friendly and supportive environment that encourages personal growth and career progression. Within the function, you will be working with other engineers who have a collective wealth of experience across a wide range technologies and products and are happy to share their knowledge to support one another, ensuring opportunities for improvement are identified and best practice is upheld.
The experience you bring will be met with enthusiasm and you will be encouraged to share any learning.


Why us?
MBDA is an award winning company; committed to providing an inclusive working environment where our employees can be themselves and everyone has equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We value difference and know that a diverse community makes for greater innovation and brings a breadth of skills, experience and perspectives.

We’re here to help and want to ensure you have a positive experience throughout our recruitment process. We recognize that everyone is unique and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments.

MBDA is a proud member of Working Families – the UK’s work-life balance organisation. We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements. 

We understand that flexibility benefits our people, our teams and our business; wherever possible we will seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working.

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Please Note: MBDA UK requires all employees to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to the role.