Senior Electro-Optic Systems Engineer — Modelling & Trade Studies

Hackajob Ltd; Dunfermline; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 68,000; Full time

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Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Bonus scheme

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Flexible benefits

Flexible working

Job summary

Leonardo, based in the United Kingdom, is seeking Senior or Principal Systems Engineers to advance Electro-Optic (EO) system concepts and performance modelling within the MIMAS Transition Phase Engineering Team. You will develop EO models to define requirements, enable informed decisions, and influence architectures and technology choices.

Join a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to robust evidence generation, trade studies, and structured modelling activities across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience in Electro-Optic (EO) systems modelling.
• Proficiency in MATLAB or suitable equivalent.
• Experience conducting sensitivity analyses to support system design decisions.
• 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.

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, such as aperture size.
• 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

MATLAB

Sensitivity analyses

Model configuration

Trade studies

Technical communication

Independent worker

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

Leonardo, based in the United Kingdom, is seeking Senior or Principal Systems Engineers to advance Electro-Optic (EO) system concepts and performance modelling within the MIMAS Transition Phase Engineering Team. You will develop EO models to define requirements, enable informed decisions, and influence architectures and technology choices.

Join a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to robust evidence generation, trade studies, and structured modelling activities across the lifecycle.