Role: FC/ASW Mission Planning & Control Lead ArchitectLocation: Bristol or StevenageDuration: 12-month contractPay rate: 61.54 PH PAYE or 80.00 PH UmbrellaOverview:Join a dedicated and driven systems engineering team as the Lead Architect, becoming an integral part in delivering the Mission Planning & Control products for FC/ASW TP15 a highly complex and critical weapon system providing both future cruise and anti-ship capabilities across UK and multiple international partners.As the Lead Architect, you will be responsible for the generation of all architectural artefacts within the boundary of TP15 Mission Planning & Control through a combination of your own work, as well as guiding other architects within the team. This project, and hence role, covers multiple product offerings, and as the Lead Architect, you will have the opportunity to strive to maximise modularity and re-use across these, as well as heavily support and influence the design process.Responsibilities: Lead the architecture development for Mission Planning & Control products within the TP15 weapon system. Own and maintain the MP&C Architecture VisionSupport the Head of FC/ASW TP15 MP&C capture activity breakdowns / plans and key milestones associated with the MP&C architecture developmentLocal task delegation to MP&C architectsManage the delivery of work packages Ensure coherence of the TP15 MP&C architecture with the broader Weapon System Architecture, including decomposition traceability, interface definition etc.Guide the team in the process and implementation of using the architecture model to support and drive design definition.1st report into the Head of FC/ASW TP15 MP&C Upward reporting of progress, issues etc.Distilling of direction into effective team direction and leadershipSupport to, and effective collaboration with other 1st reports to ultimately deliver on team objectives. Skillset required: Strong background in complex systems architecture including having been a practitioner of MBSE in a relevant environment.Understanding of key architectural principles in a product line environment would be advantageous.Great communication skills, a strong desire to build and nurture effective relationships and work collaboratively across local and wider teams.Ability to influence and lead effectively, including the ability to co-ordinate and drive through activities across multi-skilled teams.Ability to autonomously lead work packages across small to medium teams.Ability to learn rapidly and understand highly complex problems.Proficiency with; Rhapsody (essential) & SysMLIBM Engineering Workflow Management (formerly Rational Team Concert) (essential)DOORS Next Generation (ideal) JBRP1_UKTJ
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FC/ASW Mission Planning & Control Lead Architect