Principal Integration and System Validation Engineer

Overview

In this role, you will plan and execute trials to demonstrate integration and qualification of MBDA Weapon Systems within a System of Systems context. You’ll collaborate across partner, customer, and internal teams to acquire data, analyze system behavior, and support risk-aware, safe trials across labs, multi-site environments, and live firing demonstrations. This fast-paced, customer-facing position offers hands-on experience with real equipment and exposure to global stakeholders. You will help deliver the latest GBAD programme capabilities while influencing system verification activities.

Pay / Benefits

• Company bonus up to 2,500
• Pension contributions up to 14%
• Overtime opportunities
• Flexi Leave up to 15 days
• Flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute trials to demonstrate integration and gather evidence for qualification
• Coordinate with systems engineering, design teams, and partners to acquire necessary trial data and resolve issues
• Analyze system behavior across internal and external interfaces and report findings
• Deliver trials across lab rigs, System of Systems integrations, acceptance, and firing environments
• Support failure investigations and maintain trial risk assessments and hardware/software assets/configuration control

Key requirements

• Experience with V&V lifecycle, requirements management, and defect reporting
• Effective communication with diverse engineering and management stakeholders
• Experience working in large, multi-site teams across departments
• Familiarity with DOORS and Engineering Test Management (ETM) tools
• Understanding of network concepts; ability to configure and manage switches/routers
• Basic understanding of network/cable assembly drawings; fault finding and root cause analysis at subsystem level
• Customer-facing experience

• Strong verbal and written communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Stakeholder management
• Wireshark network monitoring
• Network systems and protocols; switch and router configuration/management
• DOORS & ETM tools

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