Ground Trials Engineer
// Role Summary
Join a dynamic team as a Ground Trials Engineer on a critical FCAS/W program, contributing to system safety and test activities. This role offers a challenging opportunity to expand your skills on a significant future project.
// Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and implementation of system safety proving plans and test activities.
- Collaborate with various MBDA teams and national authorities across the UK, France, and Italy.
- Gain exposure to diverse technical disciplines including Electromagnetic Compatibility, Mechanical & Climatic, and Engine testing.
- Work autonomously or as part of a specialist team, taking responsibility for work quality.
- Proactively identify solutions and propose innovative ideas.
- Opportunity for paid overtime and flexible working arrangements.
// Role Specification
Ground Trials Engineer - FCAS/W Programme
A challenging, stimulating, and dynamic opportunity has arisen within Integration and System Validation (ISV) for a Ground Trials Engineer to join the FCAS/W team. The programme is entering a critical phase of expansion and thus looking for additional committed team members.
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
- 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
- Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.
The opportunity:
The ISV Ground Trials Engineer carries out a range of technical, engineering, and scientific activities. They will analyse, interpret, and evaluate technical information, concepts, and ideas.
This specific role reports into the Ground Trials Team Lead and is primarily expected to contribute (applying existing knowledge, or input from senior team members, of underlying Ordnance Munitions and Explosives principles) to the development and implementation of long-term system safety proving plans and test activities. The role involves working with various teams across MBDA and with UK, French, and Italian national authorities.
Joining the Ground Trials team includes additional opportunities to develop in and contribute towards other exciting test activities such as Electromagnetic Compatibility, Mechanical & Climatic or Engine test.
This role would suit an engineer with practical experience looking to build on existing (or to develop new) skills on an important and significant future project with wide exposure to a variety of technical disciplines and teams.
What we're looking for from you:
Essential skills:
- Ability to work autonomously or as part of a wider specialist team
- Taking responsibility for the quality of work undertaken (deliver value to the team)
- Proactive in finding solutions to problems (identifying improvements and proposing innovative ideas)
- Ability to...