Principal Systems Engineer

Are you a results driven Systems Engineer who loves contributing to the UKs Defence Industry and making impactful change? We are recruiting for a Principal Systems Engineer in our growing Modular Integrated Protection Systems team, working on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products.

Working as a member of a system integration and test team to deliver high quality, robust hardware and software solutions that meets customer requirements, on time and within budget.

Duties include:

• Develop test and trials strategies, write and conduct associated test procedures and document test results.
• Support the integration between Inboard and Outboard equipment and between Leonardo and third-party equipment.
• Support the wider Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification activities required to introduce MIPS system solutions into trials.
• Support Customer Acceptance activities prior to offsite delivery.

• Experience in applying governance and guidance on Systems Engineering LCM process

• Experience working in Integrated Project Teams delivering Engineering artefacts successfully

• Experience in managing and collaborating with internal/external stakeholders

• Experience in providing Systems Integration Support

• Experience in either Radar Integration, Electro Optics Integration, Effector Integration or Vehicle Integration

• Proven leadership and decision-making skills in a high complexity, dynamic environment

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, proven ability to build trust and respect at different levels

The following experience/skills are very desirable;

• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Model Based Design (MBD) tools and methodologies to support describing and analysing through the problem to implementation domains. Experience with Cameo System Modeller and IBM Rhaposdy.

• Networking experience, knowledge of TSN

• Knowledge of DDS Middleware

• Experience in creating and defining architectures – able to describe methods and techniques for optimization and managing the trade-offs from constraints

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting