Radar Health Systems Engineer

Leonardo; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Online courses

Referral programme

Flexible benefits

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo is recruiting a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer to join the ECRS Mk2 radar team within the Typhoon sector in the UK. You’ll tackle complex hardware, firmware and software interactions, drive MBSE approaches, and lead cross‑disciplinary collaboration across multiple subsystems.

The role offers hybrid working with locations in Edinburgh and Newcastle, a challenging V‑model engineering environment, and opportunities to influence system architecture and test strategies.

Qualifications

• Understanding of full‑lifecycle Systems Engineering principles.
• Experience in hardware/firmware/software interactions.
• Ability to work independently and with a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience writing and managing technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Analyse customer requirements and derive system functions.
• Own delivery of work packages across HW, firmware and software.
• Lead System Architecture allocation to LRIs and subdomains using MBSE.
• Author system and LRI requirements and verification tests.
• Coordinate cross‑disciplinary design across subsystems.
• Support integration, test, and defect resolution.

Skills

Systems Engineering

MBSE

Requirements management

Cross‑disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in engineering

Tools

Cameo

IBM DOORS

Job description

Job Description:

Your impact

We are recruiting for a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer, to join our ECRS Mk2 project within the Typhoon sector. This is a technically challenging area of the business; addressing customer requirements for flexible, high performance systems capable of performing the role of primary sensor on some of the world’s most technically advanced combat aircraft. The team you will be joining is a diverse mix of Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and Technical Specialists who bring together a wealth of experience and expertise to collaborate, innovate, and deliver cutting‑edge solutions.

You will be part of the team undertaking the requirements management, detailed design and functional development of the Radar, primarily focussed on system and data management aspects as well as design for reliability, maintainability and testability (RMT). Work packages are defined around a traditional V-model Systems Engineering framework and implemented using an incremental, domain driven development process. Dependent on your ambitions and skills, we will discuss how the responsibilities below can be tailored for you.

What you’ll do

• Analyse Customer/Purchaser requirements and identify System functions to satisfy these requirements.
• Own technical delivery of work packages and incremental design features in areas such as:
  • Built-in-test and failure management
  • Coordinated power‑up and shutdown sequencing of a complex, distributed system
  • Operating state and power state management
  • Data Management (recording, distribution, retrieval, and erasure)
  • Security features
• Contribute to System Architecture and allocation of functions to Line Replaceable Items (LRIs) utilising Cameo to perform Model Based Systems Engineering.
• Author System, LRI, and LRI Subdomain requirements, and author tests to verify these requirements
• Identify and specify LRI and LRI Subdomain interfaces.
• Lead cross‑disciplinary collaboration and coordination to ensure coherent system design across multiple subsystems and stakeholder groups
• Drive the allocation of system functionality to Hardware, Firmware, and Software disciplines, supporting implementation and integration activities.
• Support integration & test of specified functionality and contribute to defect resolution.

Dependent on experience, you may also:

• Provide technical direction for the design, as well as promotion of good-practice and general guidance to the wider Systems team.
• Take responsibility for project deliverables or large scale work packages.
• Mentor, coach and potentially line‑manage other engineers within the team.

What you’ll bring

Required Experience:

• Understanding of full‑lifecycle Systems Engineering principles
• Experience in the design and capture of complex hardware, firmware and/or software interactions
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively to solve complex engineering challenges where design complexity and uncertainty is present
• Ability to work within an experienced multidisciplinary engineering team
• Experience in writing and managing technical requirements

Desirable Experience:

• Experience, or a strong interest in, Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) including:
  • Working in accordance with a defined architectural framework (preferably MagicGrid)
  • Use of the Systems Modelling Language (SysML)
• Experience of defining and managing requirements, maintaining traceability through System and Subsystem design activities using IBM DOORS
• Awareness of RMT engineering principles such as (built-in-test, fault identification and isolation, failure handling/fault tolerance)
• Experience in integration, test, and verification of complex engineering products
• A desire to evaluate and improve processes and tools
• Experience of working in an agile lifecycle
• Experience of working with configuration management tools
• Experience using the Atlassian tool sets (Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket)

For those with extensive experience, we would also be looking for:

• Demonstrable experience within, and the ability to contribute to shape complex areas of system design
• Demonstrable experience taking responsibility for outcomes and contributing to technical decisions

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award‑winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee‑led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance : All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning : Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks : Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

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

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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Primary Location:

GB - Edinburgh

Additional Locations:

GB - Newcastle

Contract Type:

Employee-Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid