Product Design Lead

As the C2 Product Design Lead, following a product line approach you will take ownership of and lead the development of the hardware and software design across domestic and export programmes for the C2 product. Recent successes in the export market have yielded a number of new customers bringing significant functional development and integration challenges for the C2 product. Working as the C2 Product Design Lead within MBDA provides the opportunity to interact with all areas of the company, to see the full product development life‑cycle and deliver real capability to the customers to protect their home nation for the future.

• Leading a small team delivering new equipment software designs
• Supporting development of new hardware build standards
• Engaging with wider project stakeholders within the Weapon System design process
• Meeting project schedules by reporting accurate progress and predicting completion dates
• Managing change management processes and point of embodiment of new designs

• Experience in developing software design definition baselines from requirements to products ready for testing
• Ability to lead small teams to achieve planned outcomes
• Ability to work effectively within cross‑functional teams
• Ability to analyse requirements and functional interface definitions, to generate detailed functional design documentation to articulate design need
• Excellent technical problem‑solving skills to lead investigation and resolution of design issues
• Passion for understanding a variety of challenging customer needs and the ability to generate designs for product solutions
• Proficiency in DOORS, Rhapsody or similar engineering or configuration management tools
• Degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) preferably in a STEM field
• Appreciation of the software development lifecycle
• Knowledge of defence and security clearance requirements (British Citizen or Dual UK national with British citizenship)

• Company bonus:
  Up to £2,500 (based on company performance)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave:
  Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (enhancements for paternity, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments)
• Facilities: subsidised meals, free car parking and more
• Healthcare Cash Plan: claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing

Salary:
Up to £57,000 depending on experience. Dynamic working: 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification.

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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.