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System of Systems Design Definition Group Lead
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System of Systems Design Definition Group Lead – GBAD Export
Salary & Working Arrangements
Salary: Circa £72,000 depending on experience
- Location: Hybrid model (3 days per week on-site due to workload classification requirements)
- Nationality/Security Clearance:
- British citizen or dual UK national with British citizenship
- Successful candidates will undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks post-offer
Benefits
- Company Bonus: Up to 30% of base salary
- Car Allowance: £300 per calendar month
- Pension: Employer contributions up to 14% (total match cap)
- Flexible Working: Supported arrangements
- Parental Leave: Up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave; extended enhancements for paternity, neonatal leave, and fertility treatments
- Facilities: Subsidised meals, free car parking
- Private Medical Insurance: Automatically provided for eligible employees
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The Opportunity
Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams in integrating an MBDA land product into a Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD) Weapon System, balancing physical/functional integration with deep systems expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee MBDA’s support for system-level requirements, verification planning, SoS design studies, and interface definitions
- Deliver SoS task packages on time, on budget, and to quality standards
- Oversea native and external teams (across Europe & the US), reporting progress and budget updates
- Mandate customer & partner engagement—managing technical interactions, liaising with stakeholders
Travel
- Overseas travel expected once per month (requirement)
What We’re Looking For
An experienced defence engineer adept at:
- Complex systems integration (especially defence sector)
- Systems thinking (ability to lead trade studies)
- Stakeholder management: Clarity to present technical details to internal/external audiences (customers, government, System Design Authorities)
- Proven ability to negotiate/finalise requirement sets collaboratively
- Proven team management & development experience
- Work package delivery expertise (budget adherence, scope control)
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