Job Description

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The Opportunity

Leonardo has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer on a permanent basis for delivery of an Inter Vehicle Data Link communications system. The Senior Systems Engineer will need to be an enthusiastic and pro-active engineer, familiar with working on complex electronic (ideally communications) systems.

The Senior Systems Engineer will have experience across the systems engineering lifecycle, managing a diverse range of stakeholder needs and requirements to achieve the desired outcome. The Senior Systems Engineering role is within the Comms & Force Protection (C&FP) business group and will focus on defining system behaviour, interfaces, and test in conjunction with the Design Authority, System Architect, and Project Engineering Lead.

What you will get:

• Advanced Technology: Ability to contribute to the development of market-leading technology and product development, providing advanced capability and protection to air platforms.
• Continuous Learning: Whether it\xe2\x80\x99s EW, engineering lifecycle processes, leadership, or personal development, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring.
• Teamwork: You will work alongside like-minded professional engineers in a highly collaborative environment.
• Connections: You will be joining an expansive team of around 7,000 people at six major sites across the UK.

What you will do

• Work with the system architect and design authority to produce a comprehensive system design, capturing and documenting the rationale of decisions made in the process.
• Functional analysis of the system to define how the system behaves under a range of scenarios, and how it interacts with other systems.
• Management of system and subsystem level requirements and ICDs.
• Working with the software and hardware teams to define work packages for implementation in the low-level design, and support iterative development.
• Support in the development of complex performance models to support communications system analysis.
• Supporting functions such as safety and security to ensure associated requirements are captured within the system design.
• Work with the integration and test team in definition of test strategy, requirements, and methods to demonstrate the function and performance of the completed system and sub-systems.
• Support in the provision of comms system expertise in design reviews and other forums.
• Offer support and input into other areas of the FCAS Communications programme where required.
• Establish and maintain good lines of communication across the Engineering IPT and upwards to the Project Engineering Lead

What we are looking for

You really must have:

• Degree qualified, or equivalent, in a relevant Engineering/Scientific discipline or similar experience.
• An understanding of Systems Engineering practitioner activities across the entire lifecycle.
• An understanding of the fundamental concepts of communications systems.
• A proactive attitude to engage with all tasks, and work with the team.
• A willingness to define and develop requirements in an uncertain domain.
• An ability to identify and solve problems at a system level, individually and collaboratively with others.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.

It would be nice if you had:

• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering.
• Knowledge of airborne, military or civil communications systems.
• Experience in system analysis and modelling, including simulation in tools such as MATLAB.
• Knowledge of Internet Protocol (IP), the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model, and/or RF communications.

Primary Location: GB - Southampton

Contract Type:

Hybrid Working: Hybrid

Leonardo