Hybrid Senior/Principal Systems Engineer — Trials & Integration

Leonardo UK Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi-days

Pension (15%)

Mental health support

Online courses

Referral bonus

Private healthcare

Hybrid working

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd in Edinburgh seeks a Senior or Principal Systems Engineer to own a defined integration and test work package within the Raven project. You will manage interfaces, verification and risk, producing evidence to support decision-making and acceptance activities.

The role offers hybrid working with onsite presence and requires BPSS-based screening; you will collaborate across systems, software, hardware, safety and trials teams and provide technical guidance to less experienced

Qualifications

• Experience in system integration and test within a complex multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
• Knowledge of system architectures, interfaces, and how integration maps to requirements and verification objectives.
• Experience producing integration/test outputs (procedures, test records, anomaly reports, status reports).
• Ability to define test inputs, assumptions, boundaries, stakeholders, configurations, expected results, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience investigating integration/test problems using structured evidence (interfaces, configurations, coverage).
• Clear written and verbal communication to explain risks and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Ability to work across engineering disciplines and manage a work package with limited supervision.
• A degree or equivalent experience in engineering, physics, maths or related STEM field.

Responsibilities

• Confirm and document inputs, assumptions and interfaces for Raven integration and test activities.
• Plan and perform progressive integration and testing in line with architecture, interfaces and verification strategy.
• Develop and maintain clear, traceable integration/test procedures for peer review.
• Execute integration and test activities across system and subsystems.
• Capture evidence, interpret results, and maintain traceability to requirements and verification needs.
• Identify, investigate and communicate anomalies, and recommend resolutions.
• Support formal test and qualification activities and ensure evidence is documented for acceptance.
• Support Raven trials and validation including data capture, analysis and reporting.
• Coordinate with systems, software, hardware, safety, test, trials and project colleagues to resolve cross-functional issues.
• Provide regular reporting on integration progress, risks, decisions and action status.
• Participate in peer reviews and implement actions before outputs are used.

Skills

System integration

Test execution

Requirements traceability

Anomaly investigation

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Test instruments

Requirements database

Verification tools

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd in Edinburgh seeks a Senior or Principal Systems Engineer to own a defined integration and test work package within the Raven project. You will manage interfaces, verification and risk, producing evidence to support decision-making and acceptance activities.

The role offers hybrid working with onsite presence and requires BPSS-based screening; you will collaborate across systems, software, hardware, safety and trials teams and provide technical guidance to less experienced