Job Description:

The Opportunity

• Are you a systems-thinker?
• Does solving complex problems interest you?
• Would you thrive in a collaborative environment?
• Do you want to apply your skills to a complex problem domain?

Then we want to speak to you!

We are recruiting for a number of Systems Engineering roles, but wherever you go, you will work on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products.

Your work may be exploited into:

• The protection systems for current and future RAF aircraft, including Typhoon and Apache
• The technology development platforms being developed by the UK’s Team Tempest to support the development of a new 6th generation aircraft within the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).
• Concept demonstrators for future Electronic warfare technologies and systems
• Air Platform Protection systems for export customer aircraft
• Technology to draw insights from the vast amounts of data collected by our electronic surveillance systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The Division researches, designs, develops and builds complex electronic systems, products and services for the global defence market of varying technical maturity from research through to in-service.

Dependent on the role, phase of work we are able to offer roles that allow hybrid working, although some roles will require on-site working, talk to us to discover more.

What you’ll do as a Systems Engineer

Our Systems Engineers work in multidisciplinary teams spanning a range of activities that help pull together all the necessary engineering and technology strands into a high-performance system. As a Systems Engineer, you will bridge the gap between the theoretically possible and the practically implementable.

We are recruiting for a number of roles from a variety of backgrounds and skillsets. Based upon your skills and foundation knowledge, we will assess where your knowledge and skills would best fit and discuss the options with you.

Typical work you might be involved in:

• Contribute to an early concept studies investigating the application of new technology on future platforms
• Engage with stakeholders to define requirements for a new system
• Conduct cost and functional performance trade-offs and evaluation of alternative solutions
• Upgrade in-service equipment to provide enhanced capabilities and performance
• Design and integrate new functionality into an existing sub-system
• Design and prototype a detailed model of a system to understand observed simulated performance
• Prototype algorithms, taking into account limitations and constraints of the target hardware
• Investigate the cause of anomalies observed during integration or evaluation activities, using real trials data
• Design and conduct testing activities to prove equipment function and performance, including trials
• Dependent on experience, you may lead technical activities and initiatives, or you may mentor and coach other engineers
• Contribute to and deliver reports, presentations and proposals for customers and industry
• Actively support knowledge sharing and exploitation of good practice

What we need from you

Ideally, you will have a science-based Honours degree or equivalent experience. You will have worked in industry, or will have advanced academic research experience. We are not expecting you to have electronic warfare domain knowledge as we can provide support for that. What we are looking for are systems engineers with applied engineering experience that we can build upon through training, team working and mentoring.

Whether you specialise in a part of the systems engineering lifecycle or have a broad breadth of knowledge across it, we want to hear from you if you have experience in any of the following areas.

• Systems Engineering specialisms, e.g.
  • Problem definition
  • Systems Architecture
  • Synthetic Environments
  • Systems Modelling and Analysis
  • Integration
  • Verification and Validation
  • Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Able to apply systems thinking to customer problems and propose innovative solutions
• Experience of working with related specialisms such as safety, security, reliability etc to deliver robust systems
• Domain specialisms, e.g.
  • Digital signal processing
  • RF systems
  • Multi-sensor data fusion and tracking
  • Real time data simulation/generation
  • Military Electronic systems
  • AI / ML techniques to draw insights from large data sets
  • Operational Experience in Electronic Intelligence or Electronic Warfare

Security Clearance

You must be eligible for full security clearance.  For more information and guidance please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle:  Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
• Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below

For a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.

At Leonardo UK, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment unlocks our people’s full potential and drives innovation and creativity. We work hard to offer a welcoming, accessible and inclusive place to work for all of our people, creating a culture where everyone can thrive, feel safe and have a sense of belonging and connection.

This is a great opportunity to bring your talents and form an integral part of Leonardo’s future. We can help you develop your skills and offer great opportunities to develop and grow, so why not join us.