Simulation Project Lead
MBDA
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Stevenage
Contract type: Full time
Stevenage
Join a department that has advanced the use of distributed simulation in weapon system design and development!
Salary: Up to £65,000, depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: typically, 3 days per week on-site, due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen
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:
The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisation, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.
The successful candidate will use an agile methodology to lead the delivery and development of simulation components for MBDA's weapons systems.
You will guide a team of engineers, leveraging the advancement and exploitation of synthetic environments as a key enabler for systems exploration and development. We use IEEE standards and military standards, to exploit a number of environments and visualisation tools to deliver.
You will be responsible for a multidisciplined team, to deliver innovative solutions, whilst utilising the latest technologies, to support MBDA across the whole project lifecycle, using software and hardware to represent / simulate MBDA weapon systems. We are looking for people who can deliver complex solutions, whilst balancing technical benefits, business costs and operational constraints.
Ideally, you will be able to demonstrate.
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…
We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.
Join a department that has advanced the use of distributed simulation in weapon system design and development!
Salary: Up to £65,000, depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: typically, 3 days per week on-site, due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen
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%
- 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…
- Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities
The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisation, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.
The successful candidate will use an agile methodology to lead the delivery and development of simulation components for MBDA's weapons systems.
You will guide a team of engineers, leveraging the advancement and exploitation of synthetic environments as a key enabler for systems exploration and development. We use IEEE standards and military standards, to exploit a number of environments and visualisation tools to deliver.
- Demonstrators (SE representations of weapon systems)
- System Simulators (Operator in the Loop environments)
- Emulators (early representations of systems to supporting integration and proving)
- Training Simulators (User and Maintenance) ( demonstrations
- Experimentation (Performance in context, system of systems)
- We use agile scrum methodologies to develop real-time software components to simulate weapon systems, including the Integration of hardware to provide true representations of our systems.
You will be responsible for a multidisciplined team, to deliver innovative solutions, whilst utilising the latest technologies, to support MBDA across the whole project lifecycle, using software and hardware to represent / simulate MBDA weapon systems. We are looking for people who can deliver complex solutions, whilst balancing technical benefits, business costs and operational constraints.
Ideally, you will be able to demonstrate.
- A proven record of accomplishment delivering software and or hardware solutions, for Simulated and Synthetic environments/solutions
- Project definition and management using agile principles (planning, milestones, critical path)
- Excellent client facing and internal communication skills
- Stakeholder Influence and management
- Team leadership/people management
- The ability to manage requirements and change. management
- A proactive approach to managing and mitigating risks
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…
We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.
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