At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team developing cutting-edge systems for military aircraft and enhance their performance.
- Company: Leonardo, a leader in defence technology with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, comprehensive health support, and access to 4,000+ online courses.
- Other info: Mentorship opportunities and a strong focus on work-life balance.
- Why this job: Shape the future of defence technology while advancing your career in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Five years UK residency and experience in systems engineering required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Are you looking to advance your career and work on technology that will shape the future of defence? Does working on developing systems for current and future military aircraft sound like a challenge that would be 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.
What you’ll do as a Systems Engineer:
- Our Systems Engineers work in multidisciplinary teams spanning a range of activities pulling together the necessary engineering and technology strands into a high-performance system, bridging the gap between the theoretically possible and the practically implementable.
- Conducting cost and functional performance trade-offs and evaluation of proposed solutions.
- Enhancing capabilities and performance of in-service systems.
- Modelling a system to understand observed simulated performance.
- Root-cause analysis of anomalies observed during integration or evaluation activities.
- Designing and conducting testing and trials to prove equipment function and performance.
- Mentoring and coaching other engineers.
- Experience or a desire to gain electronic warfare domain knowledge.
- Knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle, particularly in the following areas:
- Requirements engineering, including the use of IBM DOORS.
- Systems Modelling and Analysis.
- Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Digital signal processing.
- 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:
Due to the nature of the work and its connections to UK Defence strategy, applicants must have five years UK Residency and hold a UK Passport.
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.
- Secure your Future: Benefit from our 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).
- 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.
- 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.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hybrid Working:
