About the role
Your Impact
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 Bristol in a predominantly office and laboratory-based role.
What you’ll do as a Systems Engineer
Development of Integration and Test Plans
Control of Parts and Documentation, including change management
Collaboration with multi-functional teams on system and sub-system development
Work with suppliers, integrators, and users across the UK
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.
Examples of Work
Integrating new functionality into an existing system
Development of capability within limitations and constraints of the target hardware
Root-cause analysis of anomalies observed during integration or evaluation activities
Designing and conducting testing and trials to prove equipment function and performance
Opportunities to lead technical activities and initiatives
Mentoring and coaching other engineers
Creating and delivering reports, presentations and proposals to customers and industry partners
Supporting knowledge sharing and exploitation of good practice
What you’ll bring
A science-based Honours degree or equivalent experience
Experience or a desire to gain electronic warfare domain knowledge
Knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle, particularly in the following areas:
Problem definition
Requirements engineering, including the use of IBM DOORS
Systems Architecture
Integration, Test and Evaluation
Verification and Validation
It would be desirable if you had experience from some of the following:
Experience of working with related specialisms such as safety, security, airworthiness or reliability
Domain-specialist knowledge such as:
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