SENIOR WEAPON SYSTEM ENGINEER - MBDA
(2025-07)
- Led cross functional engineering workshops with subsystem Design Authorities to assess the impacts of and understand the opportunities of a significant customer requested architectural change impacting multiple weapon system sub systems.
- Developed use case diagrams in IBM Rhapsody to explore concept feasibility, stimulate technical discussions and enable comparison against existing Sea Ceptor Architecture.
- Liaised with New Business team to evaluate the technical impacts, engineering effort, cost, schedule and delivery risks to support programme decision making and system development.
- Engaged with senior stakeholders to brief and communicate the engineering work required for this customer change and to identify business opportunities by making this change.
- Provide support and data analysis reports to resolve issues observed during customer integration events.
- Response to technical queries associated with the Command and Control – Combat System functional interface, whether from internal or external stakeholders.
- Maintenance of a technical query database (across all programmes) to ensure coherency/consistency and efficiency in provision of timely responses.
- Coordinate technical detail for updates to sub-system requirement specifications (TRSs), DESs or ICDs
- Overall accountability for all Systems activity for the respective programme (including Security, Safety and Verification).
- Responsible for management of technical output from the allocated Systems Team task owners and working with corresponding Task group leads to ensure inputs/outputs are managed appropriately.
- Maintain a system plan on primavera P6 to monitor workload forecast for upcoming 18 months, reporting any changes in profiles to functional line management on a monthly basis, highlighting any resource shortfalls and excesses.
- Interface with Project Management and Export Delivery to understand the engineering work required to meet contractual deliverables and the customer needs.
- In cases where issues were found on the programme, produced a sound engineering strategy to mitigate the impact and ensure all senior stakeholders are aware and endorse the approach.
- Managed multiple Sea Ceptor Weapon System PQ DOORS modules, improving traceability and supporting efficient resolution of system issues witnessed during Weapon system trials, customer integration events and verification activities.
- Conducting data analysis to better understand issues during systems proving activities and Interfacing with subsystem Design Authorities and ISV Trials team leads to agree paths to resolution.
- Assessing the impact of each problem against the system requirements compliance matrices and providing support to the V+V team in cases of Non-Compliance and lack of certification evidence.
- Holding monthly PQ panels and investigation sprints to improve efficiency, concentrate effort and discuss proposals with the Chief Systems Engineer and the relevant SME's to close down issues.
ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHEME - UK MISSILE DEFENCE CENTRE - DE&S MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(2024-10 - 2025-04)
- Developed a relational database for the UK Missile Defence Centre to identify and track current knowledge gaps in missile defence, improving task commissioning efficiency and fostering collaboration with industry and international partners
- Applied technical expertise in hypersonic missile systems and complex manoeuvring systems, contributing to threat characterisation and threat reduction workstreams
- Collaborated with key stakeholders including UK industry, NATO working groups and UK armed forces to define research strategies and technical requirements for missile defence applications
- Gained hand-on experience in requirement definition, research and development commissioning, tender evaluation processes and research output reviews
ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHEME – MUNITION LIFE ASSESMENT - DE&S MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(2024-04 - 2024-10)
- Applied shock and vibration principles to assess the safe service life of munitions under varying in-service environments, ensuring compliance with MOD safety standards (DEFSTAN, AECTP, STANAG)
- Conducted data analysis using defined processes and standards to characterise the shock and vibration effects on military platforms, supporting safety case development
- Produced engineering reports which have successfully informed safety case qualification of carriage of munitions on military platforms.
- Awarded the In Time Recognition Award for exceptional contribution to team output quality
ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHEME – SPACE DELIVERY TEAM - DE&S MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(2023-10 - 2024-04)
- Contributed to the development of Engineering Management Plans (EMP's) for UK MOD Space Satellite programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic defence objectives
- Applied systems engineering thinking to produce Information Exchange Requirement documents
- Engaged with key stakeholders such as UK Space Command to define and produce user requirements for JUNO and OBERON satellite programmes, contributing to the UK MOD's ISTARI satellite constellation procurement and strategic planning
- Application of data processing principles (TCPED) to support satellite operation and mission planning
