Products Missile Architect

Job Overview

Within Future Products, your role will be to help realise the system design intent into a feasible and credible product concept that balances the requirements placed upon it.

• Define overall product structure, interfaces and architecture.
• Facilitate architectural trade studies.
• Support deployment of generic policies (e.g., GMA, modularity & re‑use, design for assembly).
• Assess technology application and maturity using design assessment tools.
• Support product technical and programme phase reviews.

You will work with and have wide exposure to a wide range of stakeholders (S&BD, Future Systems, MOD, DSTL, key industrial partners). You will work on new technology to develop brand new capabilities and designs, making this role an exciting prospect. You will have the opportunity to shape and grow in line with your personal development, with an opportunity to lead a small multidisciplinary team.

This role provides a deep understanding of early‑phase missile and weapon system design.

• Ideally educated to degree level, or equivalent experience.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment.
• Confidence to embrace the uncertain nature of early concept development.
• Desire to utilise new techniques and methods to develop concepts and system trade studies.
• Ability to manage a broad range of activities and experience of planning and task management.
• Solid understanding of missiles, subsystems and platforms.
• Relevant Systems Engineering knowledge.
• Ideally experienced in mechanical and/or electronic design (or broader engineering fields such as Aero, Control, Structures, System Design, Software etc.).

• Company Bonus: up to 21% of base salary.
• Pension: up to 14% employer contribution.
• Flexible working: flexible arrangements welcome.
• Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity, neonatal leave and fertility treatments.
• Facilities: site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and more.

Salary:
Circa £65,000 per year (dependent on experience).

Contract:

Permanent, full‑time, based in Stevenage.

Work arrangement:
Dynamic (hybrid), 3 days per week on‑site.

Security Clearance:
British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Successful candidates will undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).

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