Electro-Optic Systems Engineer: Modelling & Trade Studies

Leonardo; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Free courses

Referral programme

Flexible benefits

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK is recruiting Senior or Principal Systems Engineers to join the MIMAS Transition Phase Engineering Team in Edinburgh. You will develop EO performance models, shape system concepts, and generate evidence to define and validate product requirements.

The role involves conducting analyses, trade studies, and documenting modelling approaches; you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, communicate findings to stakeholders, and support design decisions throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience in EO systems modelling.
• Proficiency in MATLAB or suitable equivalent.
• Experience conducting sensitivity analyses to support system design decisions.
• Understanding of model configuration, management, and documentation principles.
• Experience applying modelling techniques to support requirements definition, validation, and system design.
• Experience conducting structured trade studies and option assessments.
• Strong communication skills to communicate technical findings, recommendations, and issues to a range of stakeholders.
• A proactive approach, with the ability to take ownership of technical tasks and work effectively both independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver EO modelling tasks to support system concept development, requirements definition and design validation.
• Conduct sensitivity analyses and trade studies to evaluate design options and inform system parameters.
• Generate robust technical evidence to support requirements development, verification and validation activities.
• Ensure modelling activities are configured, documented and managed.
• Translate system requirements into modelling approaches and use modelling outputs to inform design decisions and requirements evolution.
• Present technical recommendations, progress updates and risks clearly and effectively to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop coherent and technically robust EO system solutions.
• Scope and define modelling activities to support programme objectives.

Skills

EO modelling

MATLAB

Sensitivity analyses

Model management

Requirements development

Trade studies

Technical communication

Ownership / proactive

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

Leonardo UK is recruiting Senior or Principal Systems Engineers to join the MIMAS Transition Phase Engineering Team in Edinburgh. You will develop EO performance models, shape system concepts, and generate evidence to define and validate product requirements.

The role involves conducting analyses, trade studies, and documenting modelling approaches; you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, communicate findings to stakeholders, and support design decisions throughout the lifecycle.