Electrical Architect - Weapon System Equipment

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Electrical Architect to join the MBDA Weapon System Equipment team and work to support the delivery of a range of product capabilities for the needs of domestic and emerging export customers. You’ll be working as part of a  world-class design team to sustain and develop our products, both in-service and development: incorporating new ideas, functionality and technology to deliver to our customers.

Salary: Up to £65,000k dependent on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 to 3 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…

• 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:

Your role will be to develop and define the electrical architecture and requirements of the equipment for all areas of the Weapon System solution, supporting analysis and decomposition to the lower-level sub-system elements and managing all technical elements of the Electrical Power and Control Equipment. Customer requirements in the Land and Maritime Domains will be challenging you to deliver within the constraints of limited physical space and harsh operating environments. Through your regular interaction with stakeholders and customers, using your communication, influencing and leadership skills you will be developing the product development demands with the delivery team, whilst focusing on the overall product picture to enable the ‘On Time, On Cost, On Quality’ of the technical solution.

Maintaining an adaptable outlook in an ever-changing, competitive and challenging working environment will be an advantage.

An Electrical Architect within the Weapon System Equipment Capability team will be responsible for:

• Designing the initial electrical architecture for emergent and early lifecycle projects;

• Maintaining the electrical definition and requirements at later stages of the lifecycle, including production

• Delivering the technical and certification documentation, including safety related certification and UKCA/CE declaration;

• Supporting the functional integration of the hardware within the wider sub system definition;

• Promoting the wider capability definition of electrical architects within MBDA.

• Providing certification and sign off expertise for electrical architecture in projects delivered internally and to external customers at all project lifecycle phases.

What we're looking for from you:

The successful candidate will hold a qualification equivalent to or greater than a City & Guilds Level 3 award covering the requirements for Electrical Installations. Educated to HND Level 4 (or an equivalent qualification) will be advantageous and with appropriate experience, in electrical engineering, having obtained practical application knowledge in the following areas:

• Electrical Installation Design (in areas other than Building Regulations Part P), covering Extra Low and Low Voltages, and grounding/earthing, screening, and bonding schemes;

• Certification of installations in accordance with wiring regulations (BS 7671 or equivalent) - specifically for mobile or transportable systems;

• Design of electro-mechanical machinery and handling equipment in safety critical and complex electromagnetic environments;

• Platform and Vehicle based power supply, distribution, and management (civil or military);

• Design and implementation of “Uninterruptable” power systems (desirable);

• Hands on experience with electrical installations, machinery, testing of electrical installations, testing of equipment(s), trials work.

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

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, Disability 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.

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