S

Subsea Craft

Develops modular maritime and amphibious platforms

Integrated Logistics Support Engineer - Maintenance Planning

Full-Time
£50k/yr+ DOE + Annual discretionary bonus scheme
Mid
Bachelor's
Portsmouth, UK
In Person
Mechanical Engineering
UK Top Secret Clearance Required

About the job

Requirements
  • Demonstrable experience developing Integrated Logistics Support or Through-Life Support outputs for new products or major upgrades, ideally in military/defence, aviation, or marine environments.
  • Strong maintenance-planning experience, including developing maintenance concepts, scheduled maintenance plans, and task work instructions for entry into service.
  • Knowledge of maintenance analysis and supportability methods, including Reliability-Centered Maintenance or MSG-3-style logic, maintenance task analysis, Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis, and Logistics Support Analysis.
  • Experience working with engineering data sets such as bills of materials, drawings, and specifications, and with digital tooling to create and manage Integrated Logistics Support products.
  • Understanding of supportability requirements management and traceability, including contributing to design reviews and verification or acceptance evidence.
  • Experience working in a safety-critical environment, with an appreciation of compliance evidence and safety-case impacts on maintenance policy and procedures.
  • Ability to collaborate with design and systems-engineering teams to influence design for maintainability, assess maintenance impacts of change, and control updates through configuration management.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, including working with incomplete data and developing assumptions, sensitivities, and evidence as designs mature.
  • Ability to work autonomously and drive allocated tasks or projects independently and as part of a team.
  • A degree or HNC/HND in engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • Existing right to live and work in the United Kingdom.
  • Ability to meet the position's security requirements, including Baseline Personnel Security Standard and, for certain roles, UK National security clearance.
  • Satisfactory DBS, driving-licence, and reference checks are required as conditions of employment.
Responsibilities
  • Derive and baseline the Planned Maintenance Schedule and associated task instructions using engineering analyses and evidence such as Reliability-Centered Maintenance logic, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis or Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis inputs, reliability and maintainability data, original equipment manufacturer data, system descriptions, and computer-aided design models or drawings.
  • Define maintenance-task resource profiles covering spares, consumables, support and test equipment, manpower, skill levels, facilities, and access requirements, and identify design risks and raise supportability issues early.
  • Influence design for maintainability by working with engineering to improve access, modularity, diagnostics, and safe maintenance procedures, and contribute to design reviews with a supportability focus.
  • Support verification and acceptance activities by providing evidence that Integrated Logistics Support outputs meet requirements through reviews, audits, demonstrations, and readiness assessments as applicable.
  • Engage with internal stakeholders, including systems and design engineering, supply chain, operations, and safety, and external parties, including suppliers, contractors, and customer representatives, to ensure assumptions, analyses, and support products are coherent and deliverable.
  • Support construction of bespoke support packages tailored to customer needs using digital tooling and engineering software, including generating supportability artefacts where required.
  • Ensure maintenance-planning guidance reflects safety and environmental standards and supports compliance and safety-case evidence as applicable.
Desired Qualifications
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain maintenance concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience in military/defence, aviation, or marine environments.

About the company

SSC creates maritime and amphibious technologies to give naval forces an operational edge by speeding up research, development and delivery of modular platforms. Its products combine discreet manned and unmanned systems across subsurface, surface and air, designed for rapid prototyping and end-user driven customization with modular hardware and adaptable software. The company differentiates itself through continuous collaboration with end users, fast development cycles and multi-domain, future-proof designs that work in contested or denied environments. Its goal is to provide practical technologies that can be quickly validated and deployed to meet mission needs and maintain operational advantage.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Founded

2014

Get referred to Subsea Craft

See people who can refer or advise you

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • September 2026 Mississippi hub adds 56 jobs and U.S. production near Gulf maritime infrastructure.
  • June 2026 Greece approved ten VICTA units, validating export demand and production scaling.
  • September 2026 ALTIUS launch proves MARS payload integration, strengthening sales into autonomous warfare programs.

What critics are saying

  • MARS cassette complexity creates reliability and watertightness risk after September 2026 field changes.
  • Program concentration on defense customers, especially Greece and U.S. expansion, exposes revenue to procurement delays.
  • If VICTA and MARS miss operational trials, prime contractors and militaries will shift to Anduril.

What makes Subsea Craft unique

  • SubSea Craft pairs VICTA covert insertion with MARS modular payloads and field-swappable cassettes.
  • The company controls design, manufacturing, testing, and support in-house across Portsmouth and Mississippi.
  • August 2026 LORILLION investment secures critical battery engineering for VICTA and sovereign supply chains.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Vacation

Wellbeing Program

Parental Leave

Professional Development Budget

Training Programs

Flexible Work Hours

Performance Bonus

Company News

Ocean News & Technology
Oct 6th, 2026
SubSea Craft names Chris White Managing Director of Australian operations.

SubSea Craft names Chris White Managing Director of Australian operations. * 6 October 2026 * Edited By: Ed Freeman SubSea Craft has appointed Chris White as Managing Director of SubSea Craft Australia, strengthening its leadership team as the company expands its Australian presence. Chris White (center) with SubSea Craft CEI Camilla Martin. (Credit: SubSea Craft) The appointment follows the establishment of SubSea Craft Australia's facility at the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania and reinforces the company's commitment to supporting defense capability, maritime innovation, and regional collaboration. As Australia continues to increase investment in advanced maritime capabilities, autonomous systems, and sovereign defense capability through initiatives including AUKUS, SubSea Craft Australia will play an important role in strengthening engagement with defense, industry, and research partners across the region. A Northern Tasmania native, White brings more than 20 years of Royal Australian Navy experience, where he specialized as a Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Officer and served as Commanding Officer of Australian Clearance Diving Team One. Following his retirement from the Navy, he joined the Australian Maritime College, where he established and grew a specialist Autonomous Maritime Systems capability supporting defense training, innovation, and capability development. Most recently, he served as Manager Defense, Autonomous Systems, Engineering & Consultancy before joining SubSea Craft. Camilla Martin, CEO of SubSea Craft, said: "Australia is a strategically important market for SubSea Craft and Chris brings an exceptional combination of operational experience, technical expertise and leadership. His deep understanding of defense capability, autonomous systems and the maritime domain makes him ideally placed to lead our Australian business as we continue to expand our presence in the region." Chris White, Managing Director of SubSea Craft Australia, said: "I'm incredibly excited to be joining the SubSea Craft team. Their focus on innovation, operator requirements mean that their products are world leading and highly operationally applicable. They are a great company doing very exciting things in the maritime domain. I'm looking forward to leading their Australian business and supporting further R&D and product innovation activities from their new facility in Northern Tasmania." Don't miss the headlines. ON&T's top news, every week. More in Milestones

Man Monthly
Oct 6th, 2026
SubSea Craft expands Australian leadership.

SubSea Craft expands Australian leadership. Reading Time: 2 mins read SubSea Craft has appointed Chris White as managing director of SubSea Craft Australia as the company expands its presence in Australia. The appointment follows the establishment of the company's facility at the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania and is intended to strengthen its engagement with defence, maritime innovation and regional collaboration. SubSea Craft Australia will support the company's engagement with defence, industry and research partners as Australia increases investment in advanced maritime capabilities, autonomous systems and sovereign defence capability through initiatives including AUKUS. White brings more than 20 years of Royal Australian Navy experience to the role. He specialised as a Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Officer and served as Commanding Officer of Australian Clearance Diving Team One. Following his retirement from the Navy, White joined the Australian Maritime College, where he established and grew a specialist Autonomous Maritime Systems capability supporting defence training, innovation and capability development. Most recently, he served as Manager Defence, Autonomous Systems, Engineering & Consultancy before joining SubSea Craft. SubSea Craft CEO Camilla Martin said White's experience would support the company's Australian expansion. "Australia is a strategically important market for SubSea Craft and Chris brings an exceptional combination of operational experience, technical expertise and leadership," Martin said. "His deep understanding of defence capability, autonomous systems and the maritime domain makes him ideally placed to lead our Australian business as we continue to expand our presence in the region." White said he was looking forward to leading the Australian business and supporting further research and development. "I'm incredibly excited to be joining the SubSea Craft team. Their focus on innovation, operator requirements mean that their products are world leading and highly operationally applicable," White said. "They are a great company doing very exciting things in the maritime domain. I'm looking forward to leading their Australian business and supporting further R&D and product innovation activities from their new facility in Northern Tasmania." The appointment comes as Australia continues to develop advanced maritime and autonomous capabilities, with SubSea Craft Australia positioned to work with defence, industry and research organisations from its Northern Tasmania facility. Explore autonomous robots for advanced maritime capabilities.

Australian Defence Magazine
Oct 6th, 2026
SubSea Craft appoints new MD.

SubSea Craft appoints new MD. 6 October 2026 2 / 3 free articles left. SubSea Craft has appointed Chris White as Managing Director of SubSea Craft Australia. The appointment follows the establishment of SubSea Craft Australia's facility at the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania. A Northern Tasmania native, White brings more than 20 years of Royal Australian Navy experience, where he specialised as a Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Officer and served as Commanding Officer of Australian Clearance Diving Team One. Following his retirement from the Navy, he joined the Australian Maritime College, where he established and grew a specialist Autonomous Maritime Systems capability supporting defence training, innovation and capability development. Most recently, he served as Manager Defence, Autonomous Systems, Engineering & Consultancy before joining SubSea Craft. "Australia is a strategically important market for SubSea Craft and Chris brings an exceptional combination of operational experience, technical expertise and leadership. His deep understanding of defence capability, autonomous systems and the maritime domain makes him ideally placed to lead our Australian business as we continue to expand our presence in the region," Camilla Martin, CEO of SubSea Craft, said. "I'm incredibly excited to be joining the SubSea Craft team," Chris White, Managing Director of SubSea Craft Australia, said. "Their focus on innovation, operator requirements mean that their products are world leading and highly operationally applicable. They are a great company doing very exciting things in the maritime domain. I'm looking forward to leading their Australian business and supporting further R&D and product innovation activities from their new facility in Northern Tasmania."

Drimble Media
Oct 1st, 2026
England-based SubSea Craft expanding operations, locating U.S. facility on Mississippi Coast

England-based SubSea Craft expanding operations, locating U.S. facility on Mississippi Coast brandonsup Thu, 10/01/2026 - 10:56 AM

Ocean News & Technology
Sep 25th, 2026
SubSea Craft establishes US autonomous maritime production hub at Port Bienville.

SubSea Craft establishes US autonomous maritime production hub at Port Bienville. * 25 September 2026 * Edited By: Ed Freeman Advanced maritime technology company SubSea Craft is locating operations in Hancock County. The project represents a corporate investment of nearly $6.1 million and will create 56 jobs. (Credit: Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission) Headquartered in Portsmouth, England, SubSea Craft develops and delivers advanced maritime platforms and autonomous technologies for customers across defense, security, and commercial markets, with growing operations in the United States. The company is locating in an existing facility at Port Bienville, where it will establish its primary US commercial production center. From the Bay St. Louis location, the company will manufacture advanced composite components for autonomous surface vessels, conduct testing and software validation, and provide maintenance and technical support for customers across the country. The Mississippi Development Authority is providing assistance through the Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive, or MFLEX, program. Hancock County and AccelerateMS are assisting with the project, as well. SubSea Craft expects to begin operations in the second quarter of 2027 and plans to fill the 56 jobs by 2028. "After considering multiple locations for this project, SubSea Craft found what it needed in Hancock County to move fast and get to work," said Mississippi Development Authority Executive Director Bill Cork. Port Bienville offers existing space and strong infrastructure that can turn a site decision into an operating facility without wasting time, plus Gulf access that is crucial for advanced maritime and defense technology. Ocean News has the assets and the workforce to compete in the blue economy, and SubSea Craft's decision proves it." "The United States is a key market for SubSea Craft, and Hancock County provides an ideal location to meet growing demand for autonomous maritime systems," said Camilla Martin, Chief Executive Officer, SubSea Craft. This facility will enable Ocean News to manufacture, integrate, test, and support advanced autonomous maritime systems at pace, strengthening its ability to support both US and international customers while creating highly skilled jobs in the region. Ocean News is excited to join Mississippi's growing maritime and advanced manufacturing community and look forward to being a long-term partner in the state." Don't miss the headlines. ON&T's Top 10, every week. More in Milestones