Chief Engineer

Chief Engineer

Location: Farnborough

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Role Overview:

Leidos is expanding in the National Security and Defence domain and are looking for a DV cleared Chief Engineer to support delivery programmes and bids based in the UK working mainly in Farnborough but with occasional travel to sites across the UK.

The Chief Engineer has overall responsibility for all engineering activities on the project and is part of the project leadership team. You will be leading a team of highly skilled and highly motivated individuals delivering solutions based on a large range of technical capabilities and technologies including hardware, software, networks, cloud, IT services and cyber security.

Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets.

What Will you Be Doing?

The Chief Engineer has responsibility for all engineering activities on the project and are part of the project technical leadership team. Their responsibility and accountability extends from project start up through to operations and closedown and includes on contract growth

Note: The National Security and Defence (NS&D) portfolio includes programmes and opportunities that cover a range of customers focused on the operational and mission areas of UK MOD and UK Homeland security. It would be beneficial if you have prior experience in these domains.

Required Skills:

Responsibilities include:

• Delivery and technical assurance of the solution within the quality, cost and schedule constraints
• Achieving acceptance of the solution by the customer
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship across the project
• Ensuring that the engineering processes within the project are commensurate with the requirements of the contracted standards and Leidos corporate governance
• Identifying the skills and staff required to deliver the engineering solution
• Defining the engineering processes, practices and resources required to deliver the project and services within the constraints of the company engineering policies
• Managing the effectiveness of engineering activities across the project

Mandatory Requirement:

• British - Non-dual national – many of our projects have nationality restrictions
• Current DV clearance

Essential Requirement:

• Experience in delivering solutions based on a large range of technical capabilities and technologies including hardware, software, networks, cloud, IT services and cyber security.
• Understanding of the controlling processes for, and experience of a significant portion of, the systems engineering lifecycle (e.g. requirements management, configuration management)
• Understanding of different lifecycles/methodologies (incremental, SAFe agile, DevOps)
• Strong architecture skills, alongside process and leadership skills
• Experience in leading large multi-discipline technical teams 70+ people on programmes above £100M
• Experience in Enterprise IT and Service Management programmes
• Understanding of Zero Trust, Secure By Design, Data Centricity, AI and ML

Process Skills/Experience:

• Experience of the key engineering lifecycle reviews – e.g. System Requirements Review (SRR), Critical Design Review (CDR)
• Experience in performing design trade off working with other architects and engineers to deliver an integrated and coherent solution
• Understanding of service operations and security operational management planning
• Experience working in both delivery and proposal environments and leading key elements of a bid response
• Ability to generate Basis of Estimates and schedules for security aspects of delivery
• Experience of designing a secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) for a customer that's transitioning to a DevOps model

Communication and Soft Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and works well in a team environment
• Capable of developing and communicating a vision to meet the System Requirements
• Ability to communicate complex technical ideas across a wide range of different audiences in written and verbal forms;
• A good level of commercial awareness that will support the bid and delivery environments
• Intellectual calibre and confidence to conduct complex discussions with civilian and service customers and suppliers
• Commercial awareness sufficient to support discussions with customers and suppliers

Clearance Requirements:

• Clearance to Start DV
• Clearance for Role DV

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What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

•    Flexi-Time

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.