Leonardo UK Ltd

Job Description Your impact Are you a configuration expert who would like to oversee an expanding portfolio of world class Mission Critical and Flight Safety Involved Systems deployed across land, sea and air domains? Our Design Integrity function is seeking a Principal Configuration and Data Engineer to join their thriving team. Working across our Customer Support and Service Solutions (CS3) business area, you will be responsible for supporting internal Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). In addition to this, you will be responsible for defining, implementing and maintaining the Configuration Management process across the full lifecycle of aerospace, civil and defence programmes, ensuring all product baselines are defined in accordance with contractual, regulatory and company standards throughout the product lifecycle. Please note this role is working on a hybrid basis, and can be based working from either our Edinburgh or Newcastle sites. Your responsibilities include Ensuring the integrity and traceability of all configuration items (CIs) across hardware, software, and documentation. Identification, agreement, and control of Configuration Items in alignment with programme and regulatory requirements. Creation, maintenance and oversight of configuration management plans, including baselines, updates, and change implementation plans. Ensuring compliance with the Five Pillars of Configuration Management and all relevant aerospace and defence standards. Configuration Identification - defining, documenting, and controlling CIs, baselines (Functional, Allocated, Product, As-Built, As Maintained), and their relationships in PLM systems. Configuration Control - managing changes via First Pass Filters (FPF), Configuration Control Boards (CCB), and Configuration Implementation Boards (CIB) to ensure structured, compliant change approval and embodiment. Configuration Status Accounting (CSA) - capturing, maintaining, and reporting CI status, change records, and KPIs, providing actionable intelligence to the Line of Business. Configuration Audits - planning and participating in Functional Configuration Audits (FCA), Physical Configuration Audits (PCA), and internal/supplier audits to verify conformity between design, production, and documentation. Configuration Planning & Governance - create and maintain the Configuration Management Plan (CMP) helping to ensure CM governance aligns with programme and contractual obligations. What you'll bring Extensive experience in configuration and change control within defence, aerospace, or similarly regulated industries. Demonstrated authority in configuration governance, baseline management, and change control. Experience assuring and reviewing Configuration Management Plans. Advanced user and subject-matter expert in TCU. Proven experience supporting regulatory, customer, and internal audits. Experience working with classified and export-controlled information. Ideally Experience across multiple programme phases (development, production, in-service). Ideally Knowledge of airworthiness, safety critical systems, or certification frameworks. Ideally Experience defining organisational CM policy or frameworks. 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. Security Clearance 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: Why join us Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year. Secure your Future: Benefit from our award winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity). Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme. Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning. Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme. The Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more. Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role. Primary Location: Edinburgh Contract Type: Employee-Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

A global leader in Aerospace and Defence is seeking a systems engineer to work on cutting-edge Electro-Optic and Infrared projects in Edinburgh. You'll contribute to the lifecycle of advanced technology products while mentoring junior engineers and enhancing systems engineering practices. Applicants should have a relevant degree and experience in EO/IR systems. The role is hybrid with a comprehensive benefits package, including learning opportunities and pension contributions.

Job Description: Your Impact: At Leonardo, we are excited to be recruiting for a skilled FPGA Engineer to work within a multi-disciplinary team for our Precision Guidance area. In this broad FPGA firmware engineering role, you will work across a range of projects throughout various stages of the product lifecycle from initial concept development through to early life production. You will work with some of the latest high-speed FPGA's and System-on-Chips (SoC's) to help shape our future products. The role shall be based in Basildon with a primary focus on the design and development of embedded VHDL firmware for complex airborne electro-optics subsystems. You will be part of the Leonardo Airborne Communications product development group within the Integrated Sensing & Protection line of business, interacting with partner organisations, sub-contractors and potential customers. What you will do: Firmware requirements capture and management. FPGA designand analysis. Production of documentation for other engineers and evidence for design reviews. Development of FPGA test andFPGA integrationplans. Performsystem integrationwork with PCB designers and embedded software engineers. Support all firmware designs through the company firmware process - training will be given. Modification of existing firmware designs and test benches. What we are looking for: What you really must have Experience using FPGA technologies especially from either Xilinx, Microsemi (Actel) or Lattice and their tools. Advancedverification techniquesusing eitherVHDLorSystem Verilog/ UVM. Specifying complex timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA place and route. Ability to analyse system level requirements and derive detailed Firmware requirements. A methodical approach to the fullfirmware designlifecycle, working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO-254 or similar. Experience of working on safety related firmware to IEC 61508 would be advantageous. De-bugging firmware designs and supporting verification and integration at hardware and system level alongside Software and Hardware Engineers. Making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk forFirmware designactivities. Ability to communicate effectively across different disciplines both verbally and in written form. Familiarity with Siemens EDA FPGA development tools including HDL Designer and ModelSim / Questa is an advantage. It would be nice if you had: Awareness of Safety, Security and other legislative constraints Engineering experience with electro-optic systems - e.g. cameras, thermal imagers and/or image processing systems/algorithms. Experience ofmentoringmore junior members of the team. Security Clearance 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: 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 15% 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, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity) Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme Training:Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera and Linkedin Learning 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 leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know. Be part of something bigger - apply now! Primary Location: GB - Basildon Contract Type: Employee-Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid

Job Description Leonardo is seeking to recruit systems engineers to join its Electronics UK business. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering leading edge solutions to challenging projects. Advanced targeting covers all of the Electro-Optic (EO) and Infrared (IR) projects being developed in Edinburgh, spanning lasers, imaging systems, detection and tracking, control systems, and navigation. The whole of the engineering lifecycle is covered, from early concept systems, to products reaching their end of service. Systems engineers are involved in every part of the lifecycle, and play a crucial role, ensuring the system as a whole performs above expectations. The focus of this systems engineering role is to support EO and IR projects within the Advanced Targeting business sector, applying problem solving techniques and fundamental EO/IR engineering and physics-based knowledge, to build advanced products for the military. We are looking for someone passionate about our products, with a systems-thinking approach and experience of EO/IR systems and technologies. You will thrive in dynamic environments with the support of a diverse immediate and wider team. You will support the development, refinement, and assessment of algorithms underpinning all processing needs within EO/IR systems. Working with domain specialists, you will contribute to modelling, simulation, and performance evaluation activities, ensuring that algorithmic solutions meet demanding operational and environmental requirements. Your analytical capability will help drive improvements in system accuracy, robustness, and responsiveness. Given the nature of the work at this level we can offer custom working, however some on-site working is expected. What you'll do Contribute to the requirement capture and management, definition, development, modelling, manufacture, test and verification of advanced EO/IR technologies and systems Mentor early-career engineers in your immediate team, or across the business Adopt, adhere to, and contribute to the improvement of defined engineering processes governing systems engineering across the full lifecycle Working with other functions within Integrated Project Teams and across the sector in the definition and execution of algorithm development and deployment with EO/IR equipment Collaborate with your peers in similar roles across the UK to promote a culture of continual learning and improvement, acting as a change agent for systems engineering What you'll bring People with experience supporting the application of systems engineering applied to products in an EO/IR environment. You should have a degree level qualification (or equivalent) in systems engineering, physics, or a related technical discipline. Due to the nature of the tasks involved, you must be able to satisfy the necessary security clearance for the role and meet a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in the UK. We are looking for the following technical skills, in order of decreasing priority: Strong numerical, analytic and problem-solving skills supporting "systems thinking" Experience of systems engineering methods, tools and processes supporting algorithm development, particularly with image processing using the MathWorks toolset. Relevant experience with EO/IR systems and technologies Familiarity with the engineering lifecycle In addition, the following attributes would be highly desirable: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, proven ability to build trust and respect at different levels Tenacity and determination, with a desire to deliver outputs and results Experience in collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders Security Clearance 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: Why join us At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive. Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year. Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity). Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme. Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning. Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme. Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more. Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role. For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know. Be part of something bigger - apply now! Primary Location GB - Edinburgh Contract Type Permanent Hybrid Working Hybrid

A leading aerospace and defence manufacturer is looking for an EO/IR Systems Engineer in Edinburgh. The successful candidate will work on advanced EO/IR systems, contribute to projects, and mentor junior engineers. This role requires a degree in systems engineering or a related field and at least 5 years of residency in the UK. Benefits include flexible working, generous leave, and a strong pension scheme. Join us to be part of an innovative and diverse team.

Job Description: Your Impact Leonardo is seeking to recruit systems engineers to join its Electronics UK business. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering leading edge solutions to challenging projects. Advanced targeting covers all of the Electro-Optic (EO) and Infrared (IR) projects being developed in Edinburgh, spanning lasers, imaging systems, detection and tracking, control systems, and navigation. The whole of the engineering lifecycle is covered, from early concept systems, to products reaching their end of service. Systems engineers are involved in every part of the lifecycle, and play a crucial role, ensuring the system as a whole performs above expectations. The focus of this systems engineering role is to support EO and IR projects within the Advanced Targeting business sector, applying problem solving techniques and fundamental EO/IR engineering and physics-based knowledge, to build advanced products for the military. We are looking for someone passionate about our products, with a systems-thinking approach and experience of EO/IR systems and technologies. You will thrive in dynamic environments with the support of a diverse immediate and wider team. You will take an active role in the planning, coordination, and execution of trials activities to evaluate EO/IR system performance in real world conditions. This will involve producing test plans, configuring instrumentation, executing trial activities, and analysing trial data to assess system behaviour against expectations. You will be a key interface between engineering teams, customers, and trials organisations, ensuring that all trial outputs feed directly into system design maturity and verification evidence. Given the nature of the work at this level we can offer custom working, however some on site working is expected. What you'll do As an EO/IR Systems Engineer, you will: Contribute to the requirement capture and management, definition, development, modelling, manufacture, test and verification of advanced EO/IR technologies and systems Mentor early career engineers in your immediate team, or across the business Adopt, adhere to, and contribute to the improvement of defined engineering processes governing systems engineering across the full lifecycle Working with other functions within Integrated Project Teams and across the sector in the definition and conduction of trials with EO/IR equipment Collaborate with your peers in similar roles across the UK to promote a culture of continual learning and improvement, acting as a change agent for systems engineering What you'll bring People with experience supporting the application of systems engineering applied to products in an EO/IR environment. You should have a degree level qualification (or equivalent) in systems engineering, physics, or a related technical discipline. Due to the nature of the tasks involved, you must be able to satisfy the necessary security clearance for the role and meet a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in the UK. We are looking for the following technical skills, in order of decreasing priority: Strong numerical, analytic and problem solving skills supporting "systems thinking" Experience of systems engineering methods, tools and processes supporting trials conduction Relevant experience with EO/IR systems and technologies Familiarity with the engineering lifecycle In addition, the following attributes would be highly desirable: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, proven ability to build trust and respect at different levels Tenacity and determination, with a desire to deliver outputs and results Experience in collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders Security Clearance 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: Why join us At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive. Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi days each year. Secure your Future: Benefit from our award winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity). Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme. Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning. Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme. Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more. Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role. For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know. Be part of something bigger - apply now! Primary Location: GB - Edinburgh Contract Type: Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid

Job Description Leonardo is seeking to recruit Systems Engineers to join its Electronics UK business. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering leading edge solutions to challenging projects. Your Impact Advanced targeting covers all of the Electro-Optic (EO) and Infrared (IR) projects being developed in Edinburgh, spanning lasers, imaging systems, detection and tracking, control systems, and navigation. The whole of the engineering lifecycle is covered, from early concept systems, to products reaching their end of service. Systems engineers are involved in every part of the lifecycle, and play a crucial role, ensuring the system as a whole performs above expectations. The focus of this systems engineering role is to support EO and IR projects within the Advanced Targeting business sector, applying problem solving techniques and fundamental EO/IR engineering and physics-based knowledge, to build advanced products for the military. We are looking for someone passionate about our products, with a systems-thinking approach and experience of EO/IR systems and technologies. You will thrive in dynamic environments with the support of a diverse immediate and wider team. You will play a key role in shaping the system architecture by leading the capture, analysis, and management of requirements across the EO/IR engineering lifecycle. This includes engaging with customers and internal stakeholders to ensure requirements are unambiguous, testable, and aligned with operational needs. You will apply systems-thinking to maintain strong bidirectional traceability, ensuring that evolving programme priorities and design decisions remain firmly tied to clearly defined system-level intent. Given the nature of the work at this level we can offer custom working, however some on site working is expected. What you'll do Contribute to the requirement capture and management, definition, development, modelling, manufacture, test and verification of advanced EO/IR technologies and systems Mentor early career engineers in your immediate team, or across the business Adopt, adhere to, and contribute to the improvement of defined engineering processes governing systems engineering across the full lifecycle Working with other functions within Integrated Project Teams and across the sector in the requirements management of EO/IR equipment Collaborate with your peers in similar roles across the UK to promote a culture of continual learning and improvement, acting as a change agent for systems engineering What you'll bring People with experience supporting the application of systems engineering applied to products in an EO/IR environment. You should have a degree level qualification (or equivalent) in systems engineering, physics, or a related technical discipline. Due to the nature of the tasks involved, you must be able to satisfy the necessary security clearance for the role and meet a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in the UK. We are looking for the following technical skills, in order of decreasing priority: Strong numerical, analytic and problem-solving skills supporting "systems thinking" Experience of systems engineering requirement management methods, tools and processes; particularly DOORS and/or Cameo Relevant experience with EO/IR systems and technologies Familiarity with the engineering lifecycle In addition, the following attributes would be highly desirable: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, proven ability to build trust and respect at different levels Tenacity and determination, with a desire to deliver outputs and results Experience in collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders Security Clearance 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: Why join us At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive. Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi days each year. Secure your Future: Benefit from our award winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity). Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme. Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning. Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme. Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more. Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role. For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know. Be part of something bigger - apply now! Primary Location: GB - Edinburgh Contract Type: Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid

A global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security is seeking a Systems Engineer in Edinburgh. The successful candidate will support EO/IR projects, apply systems-thinking and technical knowledge to deliver innovative solutions. Offering a permanent contract with a hybrid working model, the ideal candidate will possess a degree in systems engineering or related field and have a minimum of 5 years' residency in the UK. This role includes competitive benefits focused on wellness and career development.

Job Description Your impact Are you a Systems Engineer who loves contributing to the UKs Defence Industry and making impactful change? We are recruiting for a Lead/Principal Systems Engineer in our growing Precision Guidance team, working on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products. As the Principal Systems Engineer you will support the execution of Systems Engineering project activities, support acc . You will support Systems Engineering capability and improvement matters across the Business Areas, providing proactive guidance to senior stakeholders on Systems Thinking and Methods for adoption that aligns with successful project execution. What we build is exciting, interesting, challenging and complex. A diverse product portfolio of technologies, with each programme at a different stage in its development lifecycle. The focus of this role is the execution of systems engineering activities, and in supporting & providing expertise to ensure: Our systems engineering team assess the problem completely Our teams reuse techniques and artefacts across the portfolio of projects Our teams manage complexity through architecting our systems well Our teams predict and mitigate emergent behaviours when operating at a system or integrated systems level Our projects create and enact the correct verification and validation strategy To be successful you will be demonstrate passion for your trade by instilling a systems-thinking approach based on experience forming and leading high performing teams. You will be able to influence those you work with, thrive in dynamic environments, demonstrate resilience when faced with adversity and able to make decisions quickly under pressure and setting a clear technical vision for the project team. Given the extensive people engagement nature of the work we are still able to offer custom working that allows for a combination of home and on-site working i.e. flexible working delivering effective results. Day to day duties include; Influence the development of Engineering artefacts, their technical direction and ultimately stakeholder satisfaction You will work across a highly demanding and complex area of the business, immersed in full-scale development programmes spanning the breadth of the engineering lifecycle across Precision Guidance Act as the focal point for systems engineering governance on the project Provide expertise and guidance to ensure our engineers understand the problem completely and stakeholder needs through effective coaching on Systems Engineering practices (early and later lifecycle stages) Ensure the appropriate level of concepting, modelling and simulation techniques are used across the lifecycle to inform architectures and solution options Influence whole life design considerations relating to Safety, Security, Manufacture, Test, Supportability, Through Life Support in line with company processes Represent Leonardo within Systems Engineering bodies and groups of interest, such as INCOSE Promote an agile mind-set to systems engineering, building a culture of experimentation and failing fast Collaborate with your peers in similar roles across the UK to promote a culture of continual learning and improvement, acting as a change agent for systems engineering What you'll bring You will have proven experience as a Lead or Principal Engineer (or role with similar responsibilities), with the following attributes: 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 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 Motivation, tenacity and determination, with a desire to deliver outputs and results The following experience/skills are very desirable; Experience in deriving Stakeholder Needs to Solution Domain Functions and Constraints - evidencing trade off decisions across multiple concepts. 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 Domain experience any of the following specialisms; Electro-Optics, Infrared Imaging, Image Processing Experience in using a requirement management tool to manage relationships of requirement and other project artefacts - E.g. Practitioner level ability using DOORS (classic) The following experience/skills are desirable; Experience in creating and defining architectures - able to describe methods and techniques for optimization and managing the trade-offs from constraints Domain experience any of the following specialisms; Telecommunications, RF, Electronic Warfare Practitioner level ability using Model Driven Engineering tools e.g. Cameo Systems Modeler, Matlab, Simulink 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. Security Clearance 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: Why join us At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive. Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year. Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity). Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme. Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning. Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme. Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more. Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role. For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know. Be part of something bigger - apply now! Primary Location: GB - Basildon Contract Type: Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid

A leading aerospace and defense company is seeking a Lead/Principal Systems Engineer to work in Wickford. The role entails supporting Systems Engineering project activities and influencing development of engineering artefacts. Ideal candidates should possess strong leadership, stakeholder management skills, and be familiar with Systems Engineering practices. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package to support employee wellbeing and development.

Leonardo UK Ltd in Yeovil is looking for a Project Engineer to support helicopter engineering projects. You will coordinate design, analysis, and certification activities to ensure aircraft safety and mission capability. The role requires a degree in mechanical or aeronautical engineering and offers a hybrid working environment along with a comprehensive benefits package, including a competitive pension plan and professional development opportunities.

Your impact Are you a Systems Engineer who loves contributing to the UKs Defence Industry and making impactful change? Leonardo has a fantastic opportunity for an Engineer to be responsible for the design and development of security related functionality required to support our next generation airborne communications system. This role will involve engaging with other areas of the project, the project security function, international partners and the customer. You will be working on real Engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products. Responsibilities Management of system requirements. Feasibility studies to determine system architecture. Modelling of security functionality. Producing clear and concise technical documentation for your work. Support to the Project Engineering Lead to plan and develop work packages and subsequent reporting against these. Displaying good team working behaviours and taking a responsibility to manage your own work load in conjunction with the team. Engaging with customers and suppliers as necessary. What you'll bring Required Experience in the development of military and/or civil communication systems. Experience in security protocols such as authentication and encryption. Ability to produce detailed technical reports. Graduate degree in relevant engineering, mathematics or related scientific discipline. Ideally Knowledge of embedded system development. Knowledge of firmware development. Knowledge of UK high grade requirements. 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. Security Clearance Successful candidates will need to be current UK nationals. 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: Why join us At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive. Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year. Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity). Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme. Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning. Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme. Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more. Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role. Job Details Primary Location: GB - Southampton Contract Type: Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid

Leonardo UK Ltd is seeking a Systems Engineer in Southampton to design and develop security-related functionality for airborne communication systems. Key responsibilities include managing system requirements, conducting feasibility studies, and producing technical documentation. The ideal candidate has experience in military/civil communication systems and relevant engineering qualifications. Enjoy a hybrid working model and diverse benefits such as an award-winning pension scheme and professional development opportunities.

Job Description Are you ready to lead agile delivery teams in solving complex problems and delivering high value outcomes? At Leonardo UK, our Scrum Masters play a pivotal role in enabling agile teams to thrive - fostering collaboration, removing impediments, and driving continuous improvement. You'll work across delivery, engineering, and product teams to ensure agile practices are embedded, outcomes are measurable, and teams are empowered to succeed. Your work at Leonardo UK will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team centric manner. The role involves working at our Customer's site in Gloucestershire for up to 4 days per week, to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers. This role is focused on delivering, maintaining, and improving platform and systems engineering solutions that underpin critical defence, government and public sector services. You will need to hold UK DV clearance while in this post. What you will do as a Scrum Master Lead agile teams in the delivery of projects and services using Scrum or other agile frameworks. Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand ups, reviews, and retrospectives. Identify and remove blockers, enabling teams to maintain momentum and focus on value delivery. Coach teams and stakeholders on agile principles, roles, and practices. Track and report team metrics, supporting transparency and continuous improvement. Collaborate with Product Owners and Delivery Managers to align delivery with business goals. Support agile maturity across the organisation, contributing to agile communities of practice. Champion psychological safety, team empowerment, and inclusive collaboration. What you'll bring Proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Lead in complex and high security environments across defence or government. Experience working in software development and knowledge of software and release lifecycle. Strong understanding of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and delivery principles. Ability to coach teams and stakeholders in agile ways of working. Experience using agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, or equivalent. Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills. A proactive mindset focused on team success, customer value, and continuous improvement. Core areas (must have) Agile Leadership: Experience leading agile teams and facilitating agile ceremonies. Delivery Enablement: Ability to remove impediments and support incremental delivery. Coaching & Facilitation: Skilled in coaching teams and facilitating collaboration. Metrics & Reporting: Experience tracking team performance and supporting improvement. Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to work across delivery, product, and engineering teams. Tool Proficiency: Confident using agile collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, Miro). Agile Governance: Understanding of agile governance, risk management, and compliance. Desirable Experience in hybrid or scaled agile environments (e.g. SAFe, LeSS). Familiarity with DDaT delivery principles and government service standards. Agile certifications (e.g. PSM I/II, SAFe Scrum Master, ICAgile). Exposure to DevOps practices and agile engineering environments. Experience working in secure or regulated environments (e.g. defence, government). Ability to mentor junior Scrum Masters or agile team members. Security Clearance 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 and could include meeting the eligibility requirements for the Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). Why join us Time to Recharge: Generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi days each year. Secure your Future: Award winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee led networks. Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning. Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits such as private healthcare, lifestyle discounts, and gym memberships. Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. Primary Location: GB - Gloucester Contract Type: Permanent Hybrid Working: Onsite

Leonardo UK Ltd in Gloucester is seeking a skilled Scrum Master to lead agile teams in delivering high-value outcomes. You will facilitate agile ceremonies, coach teams on agile principles, and ensure effective collaboration to solve complex problems. This full-time role involves working up to 4 days a week at our customer's site, focusing on critical defence and government services. Strong experience in high-security environments is essential.

Leonardo UK Ltd is seeking a Hardware Engineer to work on advanced Electronic Warfare systems in Luton. The role involves designing high-speed electronics, integrating complex systems, and leading projects through their lifecycle. We're looking for candidates with proven experience in high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics, capable of working on safety-critical systems. This position supports hybrid working, allowing for flexibility while maintaining site presence.

Job Description Are you interested in working on one of the most cutting edge defence and aerospace projects in the UK? We are enhancing the capability of fast jets such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, Saab Gripen and the emerging 6th generation fighter jet platform, Tempest. We are looking for top engineers to join our team and help us with our industry leading contributions to these projects. As a Software Engineer at Leonardo, you will work in an agile team with 7-10 other engineers. Together with almost 100 other engineers you'll be challenged to ensure the software development continues to form the backbone of the nation's air defence capability for decades to come. You will collaborate with your colleagues to architect, design, implement and test new product functionality and contribute to planning the work and taking ownership for delivering it. What you'll bring To be successful in this role, we really need you to have the following experience: Experience working within an agile team and familiarity with agile software development lifecycle Strong C++ programming skills, ideally in a highly regulated environment. The ability to collaborate and work with others Git (or equivalent) source control expertise The ability to develop suitable software solution from solution requirements The ability to trace, diagnose and resolve potential software issues. Familiarity with a debugger. If you have the above skills, the following will really help you stand out: Familiarity with Signal Processing Experience working on complex products and codebases Familiarisation with component based development Experience with working in embedded environments Experience using static analysis and code coverage tooling Knowledge of best practises for incremental development Familiarity with the Atlassian toolset Familiarity with CMake. 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. Security Clearance 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 Why join us At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive. Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi days each year. Secure your Future: Benefit from our award winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution. Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity). Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme. Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning. Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme. Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more. Flexible Working: Flexible hours are available, however, due to the nature of this work, full time on site working will be required. For part time opportunities, please talk to us. For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know. Be part of something bigger - apply now! Primary Location GB - Edinburgh Contract Type Permanent Hybrid Working Onsite

Leonardo UK Ltd is seeking a Software Engineer to work on advanced defence and aerospace projects in Edinburgh. The role entails collaborating within an agile team to design, implement, and test software functionalities crucial for the UK's air defence capabilities. Candidates should have strong C++ programming skills and experience in agile environments. Alongside a competitive salary, benefits include a comprehensive package with mental health support, extensive leave, and a bonus scheme. Full-time onsite work is required.

Job Description Your Impact: Are you looking to advance your career and work on technology that will shape the future of Defence? Does working on developing the next generation of fast jet technology sound like a challenge of interest? If you have skills in systems engineering and five years UK residency, we are looking for engineers to join us at Leonardo in Luton in a predominantly office and laboratory based role. Responsibilities Development of Requirements and Test Plans Control of Parts and Documentation, including change management Collaboration with multi functional teams on system and sub system development for Tempest and the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) Work with suppliers, integrators, and users across the UK Engage with stakeholders and define requirements for a new system Conduct cost and functional performance trade offs and evaluation of proposed solutions Model a system to understand observed simulated performance Develop capability within limitations and constraints of the target hardware Design and conduct testing and trials to prove equipment function and performance Opportunity to lead technical activities and initiatives Mentor and coach other engineers Create and deliver reports and proposals to customers and industry partners Support knowledge sharing and exploitation of good practice Qualifications Science based Honours degree or equivalent experience Desire to gain electronic warfare domain knowledge Knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle in the following areas: Problem definition Requirements engineering, including the use of IBM DOORS Systems Architecture Synthetic Environments Systems Modelling and Analysis Integration, Verification and Validation Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Desirable experience with related specialisms such as safety, security, airworthiness or reliability Domain specialist knowledge in areas such as: Digital signal processing RF systems Multi sensor data fusion and tracking Real time data simulation/generation Military Electronic systems Data analysis using AI or Machine Learning Operational experience in Electronic Intelligence or Electronic Warfare Security Clearance: This role is subject to pre employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), and further National Security Vetting (NSV). Meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) is required. Five years UK Residency and hold a UK Passport Security & Background Checks For more information and guidance, please visit Salary Principal Engineer: £55,000 to £68,000. The salary range reflects the approved grade band for this role. Location & Employment Details Primary Location: GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300 Additional Locations: GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lane Contract Type: Permanent Hybrid Working: Onsite (with hybrid working options) Position is a full time, permanent role; part time opportunities can be discussed. Benefits Generous leave with up to 12 additional flexi days each year Award winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity) Eligible for bonus scheme at management level and below Free access to over 4,000 online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning Referral programme rewards Flexible benefits up to £500 annually for private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more Flexible working hours with hybrid options For a full list of our company benefits, please visit our website.

Leonardo UK Ltd is looking for a Principal Engineer in Luton to develop systems for advanced defense technologies. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in systems engineering and collaborate with multi-functional teams on critical projects like Tempest. This full-time, permanent role offers hybrid working options, a generous salary range between £55,000 and £68,000, and benefits including a top pension scheme and flexible working hours.