Senior Aerospace Systems Engineer — Software & MBSE
Leonardo
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Job summary
Leonardo UK is seeking Software Systems Engineers to bridge systems engineering and software development for aerospace products. You will engage with stakeholders, define requirements, and design software architectures for next‑generation systems used in UK defence projects and international collaborations.
The role focuses on integrating new functionality, performing testing, and mentoring engineers while operating under BPSS/NSV guidelines.
Qualifications
- A science, maths, or engineering-based degree, or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience in delivering software-heavy systems, ideally to customers in regulated industries.
- Experience in working with software teams using DevOps to deliver products.
- Experience in MBSE methodologies or modelling languages such as UML.
- Knowledge of software technologies, architectures, design principles, and testing.
- Experience with functional architectures, development lifecycles and toolsets.
Responsibilities
- Engaging with stakeholders defining requirements for new systems and software designs
- Performing architectural design of software systems
- Conducting cost and functional performance trade-offs and evaluation of proposed solutions
- Enhancing capabilities and performance of in-service systems
- Designing and integrating new functionality into existing systems and with external software systems
- Designing and conducting testing and trials to prove equipment function and performance
- Root-cause analysis of anomalies, issues and faults observed during operation, integration or evaluation activities
- Leading technical activities and initiatives
- Mentoring and coaching other engineers
- Creating and delivering technical reports, presentations and proposals to customers and industry partners to support development and delivery
- Supporting knowledge sharing and exploitation of software and systems best practice
Skills
Education
Job description
Leonardo UK is seeking Software Systems Engineers to bridge systems engineering and software development for aerospace products. You will engage with stakeholders, define requirements, and design software architectures for next‑generation systems used in UK defence projects and international collaborations.
The role focuses on integrating new functionality, performing testing, and mentoring engineers while operating under BPSS/NSV guidelines.
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