Systems Engineering Lead

Location: Farnborough, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands

The Role:

We are in search of a Systems Engineering Lead for our Leidos engineering capability. The successful Systems Engineer will have a full understanding of the principles of systems engineering, will have prior experience as a Systems Engineer on a major programme involving accepting and integrating deliveries from suppliers.

As a Systems Engineer in Leidos, you will be immersed in one of our key programmes – transformation from legacy systems to cloud. On behalf of our central government customer, you will have direct impact on the current and future iterations of one of our most important pieces of critical national infrastructure.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Using your experience in Systems Engineering, you will be responsible for working with customers and suppliers to execute/lead Systems Engineering activities across the full lifecycle.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leader of a high-performing team to deliver IT services to central government agency
• Cross-functional collaboration; both within the business, and with the customer
• Applying your systems engineering knowledge to software-intensive & cloud hosted systems

What Does Leidos Need From Me?

• Systems Engineering knowledge:
  • You must have demonstrable knowledge and experience of applying the development lifecycle, requirements management & design, and baseline management, with a solid understanding of the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook.
  • You must be experienced with Waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies.
  • You must have demonstrable knowledge and experience of performing Trade Studies, drawing conclusions and making recommendations to stakeholders.
  • A solid foundation in security principles and practices is essential.

• Desirable technical knowledge:
  • Familiarity with On-Premise Infrastructure solutions, e.g. VMWare ESXI, SAN Storage.
  • Familiarity with AWS based Cloud solutions.
  • Experience of working within a Bid / pre-sales environment.
  • Knowledge of TOGAF/MODAF.

• Behaviors / Professional Experience
  • You must be customer-centric, proactive, able to take ownership of a problem and work it through to resolution; have good problem-solving skills; a flexible approach to working and be able to identify & implement process improvements.
  • You must have proven professional behaviors , for example:
    • Able to use your own discretion when identifying and responding to complex issues.
    • Able to make decisions that have an impact on the success of project objectives.
    • Able to delegate effectively, using an element of autonomy.
    • Freely interacts with colleagues and can influence others.
    • Proactively assess and evaluate situations and risks.
    • Actively share knowledge and experience, provides input based on expertise across the delivery lifecycle.
    • Can investigate, define and resolve moderate and/or complex issues in a methodical manner.
    • Develop, encourage and mentor others.