Senior Electro-Optic Systems Engineer - Modeling

Leonardo; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo UK Edinburgh is recruiting experienced Senior and Principal Systems Engineers to join the MIMAS Transition Phase Engineering Team. You will help shape future Electro-Optic system concepts and designs by developing EO performance models to define, challenge and validate product requirements.

Your modelling work will influence architectures, technology choices and design parameters, supported by robust analysis and trade studies, with responsibility for documenting configurations and

Qualifications

• Experience in EO systems modelling.
• Proficiency in MATLAB or suitable equivalent.
• Experience conducting sensitivity analyses to support system design.
• Understanding of model configuration, management, and documentation principles.
• Experience applying modelling techniques to support requirements definition, validation, and system design.
• Experience conducting structured trade studies and option assessments.
• Strong communication skills to communicate technical findings, recommendations, and issues to a range of stakeholders.
• A proactive approach, with the ability to take ownership of technical tasks and work effectively both independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver EO modelling tasks to support system concept development, requirements definition and design validation.
• Conduct sensitivity analyses and trade studies to evaluate design options and inform system parameters.
• Generate robust technical evidence to support requirements development, verification and validation activities.
• Ensure modelling activities are configured, documented and managed.
• Translate system requirements into modelling approaches and use modelling outputs to inform design decisions and requirements evolution.
• Present technical recommendations, progress updates and risks clearly and effectively to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop coherent and technically robust EO system solutions.
• Scope and define modelling activities to support programme objectives.

Skills

EO modelling task

MATLAB

Sensitivity analyses

Model configuration

Structured trade studies

Communication skills

Independent & team work

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

Leonardo UK Edinburgh is recruiting experienced Senior and Principal Systems Engineers to join the MIMAS Transition Phase Engineering Team. You will help shape future Electro-Optic system concepts and designs by developing EO performance models to define, challenge and validate product requirements.

Your modelling work will influence architectures, technology choices and design parameters, supported by robust analysis and trade studies, with responsibility for documenting configurations and