MISSION SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Mission Systems Engineer
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Warton

You will be part of the Mission Systems Delivery Team (MSDT) delivering the Assessment Phase of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. The team uses an agile work planning process to develop mission system concept options, architectures and designs for the various components of a future combat air system.

Vacancies are available for systems architects and systems engineers in the following areas:
• Survivability
• Cockpit/HMI
• Stores Management
• Communications
• Navigation
• Sensors and Non-Kinetic Effects
• Electronic Warfare
• EM Interop
• Safety
• Health Management
• Mission Management
• On-board Computing
• Cyber Security

Your main responsibilities will involve:
You will get the opportunity to develop the next generation of mission systems across the engineering lifecycle, from requirements through to design, development and implementation.
The successful candidate could be expected to support the following activities for mission systems as part of a multi-functional engineering team:
• Concepting
• Architecting
• Requirements management
• Design
• Testing
• Safety
• Cyber Security
• Qualification and certification

You will be positioned as and where needed on any of these activities.
The role will also require you to:
• Support team meetings / DSUMs / Agile reviews
• Support the creation of Engineering documents that form part of the Systems Engineering process
Responsibilities
• Knowledge of systems engineering methods and tools (e.g. UML/SysML, MoDAF, MOOD, Matlab)

What we’re looking for in you:
• Ability to work in a changing and evolving environment
• Innovative approach to problem solving
• Ability to work in a multi-partner / multi-national environment
• Holding a UK driving licence (or working towards obtaining one)
• Existing UK SC/DV clearance without caveats (or willingness to be put forward for these level of clearance as a condition of employment)
Some of the following would be useful:
• Some experience of working in an agile environment
• Presentation skills