Customer Integration & Test Engineer - Precision Guidance

Leonardo UK Ltd; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Training opportunities

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd in Basildon, England seeks an experienced customer-facing engineer to support Precision Guidance products, including SAL Seeker and Compact Seeker. You will bridge customers with Leonardo's engineering teams during integration, testing, and operational deployment, with frequent UK and international travel.

The role emphasizes strong technical competence, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to resolve integration challenges while ensuring customers gain maximum value from

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting the integration, verification and testing of complex defence or aerospace systems.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and the system lifecycle.
• Experience working directly with customers and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to analyse technical problems and communicate solutions effectively.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively within the UK and internationally.
• Ability to obtain and maintain appropriate UK security clearance.
• Highly Desirable: Experience of guided weapons, seekers, electro-optical systems or precision guidance technologies.
• Experience supporting weapons integration programmes.
• Familiarity with verification, validation and qualification processes.
• Experience supporting live trials, customer demonstrations or operational evaluation activities.
• Experience of safety management and risk assessments, including laser, outdoor working, machinery, airborne equipment.
• Experience in managing data collection, manipulation and analysis as part of facilitating successful tests and trials.
• Knowledge of military platforms and weapon system architectures.
• Experience working with international defence customers.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a technical focal point for customers integrating Leonardo Precision Guidance products, including SAL Seeker and Compact Seeker solutions.
• Providing specialist direction during system integration, verification, validation and acceptance activities.
• Advising customers on seeker performance, system interfaces, environmental considerations and operational capabilities.
• Supporting the resolution of technical issues encountered during integration, qualification and operational activities.
• Acting as the customer advocate within Leonardo, ensuring issues, risks and opportunities are effectively communicated to internal engineering teams.
• Supporting customers in developing integration strategies and verification approaches.
• Assisting with the planning, execution and optimisation of laboratory, rig, ground and platform-based testing.
• Participating in integration reviews, test readiness reviews and customer technical reviews.
• Supporting data collection, analysis and assessment activities during trials and demonstrations.
• Helping customers establish meaningful test objectives, success criteria and evidence-based acceptance approaches.
• Identifying opportunities to improve integration efficiency, reduce programme risk and maximise test value.
• Supporting customer trials, weapon integration activities and capability demonstrations.
• Providing on-site technical expertise during domestic and international trial campaigns.
• Supporting the transition of Precision Guidance products from development into operational service.
• Assisting customers in understanding product capabilities, limitations and best practices for employment.

Skills

Systems engineering

Customer liaison

Stakeholder engagement

Travel readiness

Technical problem solving

Security clearance

Education

Degree in engineering

HNC/HND or equivalent experience

Tools

SAL Seeker

Compact Seeker

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd in Basildon, England seeks an experienced customer-facing engineer to support Precision Guidance products, including SAL Seeker and Compact Seeker. You will bridge customers with Leonardo's engineering teams during integration, testing, and operational deployment, with frequent UK and international travel.

The role emphasizes strong technical competence, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to resolve integration challenges while ensuring customers gain maximum value from