Lead Chief Engineer, LDEW & Defence Tech

Leonardo S.p.A.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Hybrid working

Training and development

Job summary

Leonardo S.p.A. in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Chief Engineer to lead cutting-edge LDEW Beam Director developments within a world-class design and manufacturing environment.

You will provide technical leadership, ensure customer requirements are met, and coordinate engineering development across all lifecycle phases. The role requires experience across multiple engineering domains, strong customer focus, and the ability to chair design reviews and guide technical investigations.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical leadership across all phases of the Engineering lifecycle.
• Extensive experience in more than one engineering domain, with proven customer delivery performance.
• A keen eye for the bigger picture in product development and risk management.
• Very high levels of customer focus and understanding of customer needs beyond written requirements.
• Experience of Chairing or providing SME assessments to Design Reviews.
• Understanding and demonstrated experience of formal problem-solving techniques.
• Proven ability to adapt to changing circumstances and requirements.
• A first-degree STEM qualification or equivalent as recognised by professional accreditation scheme.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer requirements are defined and fully met, and customer expectations are managed.
• Ensure each design is efficient, producible, safe, robust, and environment-ready.
• Be the primary technical point-of-contact for external customers and Business Winning activities.
• Capture and record rationale and supporting analyses for major design decisions.
• Be accountable for KPI tracking throughout the product lifecycle.
• Be accountable for design review and test strategy quality and coverage.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and safety standards and product certification evidence.
• Resolve technical non-compliances and safety arisings.
• Collaborate with Project Engineering Manager/Leads to resolve technical or programme conflicts.
• Support Capability function to develop roadmaps and IP; mentor engineers.

Skills

Technical leadership

Lifecycle experience

Cross-domain engineering

Customer delivery

Problem solving

Risk management

Design Reviews

Stakeholder management

Education

First-degree STEM qualification

Job description

Leonardo S.p.A. in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Chief Engineer to lead cutting-edge LDEW Beam Director developments within a world-class design and manufacturing environment.

You will provide technical leadership, ensure customer requirements are met, and coordinate engineering development across all lifecycle phases. The role requires experience across multiple engineering domains, strong customer focus, and the ability to chair design reviews and guide technical investigations.