Lead Research Engineers and Scientist

Leonardo UK Ltd; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking innovative scientists and engineers to join their dynamic team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and contribute to groundbreaking projects in aerospace and defense. You will bridge theoretical concepts with practical implementations, collaborating with experts to develop solutions that drive the company's success. With a supportive environment that fosters professional growth, you'll tackle real engineering challenges while enjoying a flexible hybrid working model. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Company funded flexible benefits

Up to 45 days holiday

Award winning pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted Gym membership

Free online courses via Coursera

Bonus Scheme

Qualifications

• PhD or relevant experience in Maths, Engineering or Technology is ideal.
• Experience in collaborative research and complex problem-solving is essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct applied research to exploit new technologies.
• Design and prototype solutions, optimizing processing methods.

Skills

Electro-optics

Signal processing

Artificial intelligence

Radar systems

Advanced servo control engineering

RF Communications

Hardware Integration

Robotics and autonomy

Mechanical engineering

Aerospace engineering

Education

PhD or EngD in Maths, Engineering or relevant Technology

Relevant research experience

Tools

Matlab

Simulink

Job description

Job Description:

Lead Scientists and Engineers, do you enjoy your work? Do you crave the opportunity to work with the latest technology and alongside industry leading experts? Leonardo have the ability to take you from the science into the engineering.

We are looking for people with either working knowledge or solid qualifications in the following areas:

• Electro-optics
• Signal processing
• Artificial intelligence
• Radar systems
• Advanced servo control engineering
• RF Communications
• Hardware Integration and electronic theory
• CEMA Architecture
• CEMA Techniques
• Robotics and autonomy
• Mechanical engineering
• Aerospace engineering

Roles are based out of our Southampton or Basildon sites on a hybrid basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to utilise and develop your current skills within an industry leading technology company. Working on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products… Not to mention, we offer an award winning package.

About the Role

As a Lead Systems Engineer, you will bridge the gap between the theoretically possible and what is practically implementable in a real system. We need talented scientists and engineers to take early concepts from a variety of sources and turn them into working solutions across our product range.

You do not need a background in engineering to make a difference. Our System Engineers predominantly come from science backgrounds.

Responsibilities include:

• Applied research: Early research looking into exploiting new technologies or concepts.
• High level design: Higher level understanding of the impact of design decisions can have on performance.
• Low-level design: Detailed design/redesign, prototyping and optimisation of a particular processing solution using their expertise within their technical domain.

We will support you in your technical and professional development and provide challenging technical work to allow you to excel. Our working environment is fast-paced but relaxed. We value the expertise of our engineers and work to ensure they have the autonomy and confidence to make decisions themselves or as a team. We put trust in all our engineers to ensure they remain in control of their work and future career prospects.

We are recruiting for a number of roles from a variety of backgrounds and skillsets. Based upon your skills and foundation knowledge, we will assess where your knowledge and skills would best fit and discuss options with you.

About You

You will ideally have a PhD, EngD or other relevant research experience within a Maths, Engineering or relevant Technology subject or proven experience. We are not expecting you to have specific domain knowledge as we can provide support for that. We would be interested in hearing from you if you also have:

• Experience of collaborating with others either within your research group or wider afield
• A drive to continuously improve your own skills and knowledge
• A methodical approach to solving large complex problems
• Experience in planning, leading and overseeing technical research or development tasks
• An appreciation of Systems Engineering process
• Deep RF knowledge

Coding is central to our day to day work. You should have some experience of using a programming language to solve problems or develop models. Experience using Matlab and Simulink would be an advantage.

All successful applicants must be eligible for full security clearance and access to UK-caveated and ITAR controlled information. For more information and guidance, please visit: Security Vetting Clearance Levels

What we Offer

A competitive salary based on your experience and skills and an award winning benefits package that includes:

• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us.
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays: Up to 45 days holiday! …25 days, plus bank holidays and opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year. There is also an option to buy/sell leave.
• Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 23% total contribution)
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Bonus Scheme: (role dependent)

For a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.

Primary Location: GB - Basildon

Additional Locations: GB - Southampton

Contract Type:

Hybrid Working: Hybrid