4 days ago
Bristol, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design and develop Command and Control architectures and implementations for future air defence products.
- Develop safe, secure, and reliable software for advanced missile systems.
- Work across the software development lifecycle from requirements engagement through automated target integration and proving.
- Collaborate with software, systems, and electronics engineers in small, focused teams.
- Maintain effective development documentation and contribute to process and technology improvements.
Requirements
- Strong background in software engineering, software realisation, and system-wide impact.
- Experience working with C++.
- Experience working with software architecture models.
- Collaborative approach and ability to work effectively in a team while maintaining development momentum.
- Knowledge of real-time multithreaded applications is desirable.
- Experience across the full software development process, including requirements, automated target integration, and proving, is desirable.
- Experience with Ada is desirable.
- Knowledge of DefStan 00-55, DO-178C, IEC61508, or restricted coding standards such as MISRA C++ is desirable.
- Applicants must meet the stated British citizenship or dual UK nationality requirements and undergo BPSS checks after offer.
Benefits
- Salary of up to circa £65,000 depending on experience.
- Mostly office-based hybrid working in Bristol, with opportunities to work from home.
- Company bonus of up to £2,500 based on company performance.
- Pension with maximum total employer and employee contributions of up to 14%.
- Paid overtime opportunities.
- Up to 15 additional days of flexi leave.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Enhanced parental leave, including up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with enhancements for other types of leave and fertility support.
- Healthcare Cash Plan covering eligible everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health, and wellbeing costs.
- Site facilities including subsidised meals and free car parking.
- Employee-led inclusion networks and recruitment-process support or adjustments.
About MBDA
MBDA designs and manufactures missiles and integrated missile systems for land, sea, and air forces, selling to governments and prime contractors. Formed in 2001 and headquartered in Le Plessis-Robinson, France, it is jointly owned by Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo. Its portfolio includes well-known systems such as Aster, Meteor, Exocet, and Storm Shadow/SCALP used by European and allied militaries.