Senior Systems Architect & Design Authority (EW)

Leonardo S.p.A.; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Learning & development benefits

Job summary

Leonardo is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer/Design Authority to join the NATO JEWCS IPT in the UK. The role focuses on technical oversight across the system and subsystems, ensuring architecture integrity, and compliance with customer requirements and safety standards.

You will work with Project Chief Engineer, lead architecture activities, review design options, manage technical risks, and support verification and certification while interfacing with customers and suppliers.

Qualifications

• A degree (or equivalent experience) in a STEM subject and strong numerical, analytical and design skills.
• Strong understanding of system and project lifecycles as applicable to delivery of sub-systems, technical and commercial baselines, and change control.
• Strong understanding of Systems Architecture activities as part of the Systems Lifecycle.
• Self-motivated with a strong aptitude for problem-solving and decision-making within projects involving design complexity and uncertainty.
• Strong experience of influencing system design and integration of a major system.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management within organisations and with customers (internal or external) in a high-pressure environment, pulling in technical expertise when and where appropriate.
• Experience of successfully passing Design Reviews and implementing potentially complex remedial actions with sub-contract equipment suppliers and Prime integration teams.
• Ideally knowledge of military EW/radar passive and active RF.
• Chartered engineer / member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture team to develop and document the architecture throughout the project lifecycle.
• Deputise for the Project Chief Engineer within the project.
• Influence all levels of requirements to enable design and development decisions and trade-offs.
• Provide direction, control, evaluation and recommendations relating to technical risks and opportunities.
• Support test planning and requirements verification to achieve certification and delivery for the overall system.
• Act as a technical interface between the end customer and the Leonardo Engineering team.
• Travel within the UK and abroad to meet with customers and industry partners.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Design Authority

Technical Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Design Reviews

EW/Radar Knowledge

Systems Integration

Chartered Engineer

Education

STEM Degree

IET Membership

Job description

Leonardo is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer/Design Authority to join the NATO JEWCS IPT in the UK. The role focuses on technical oversight across the system and subsystems, ensuring architecture integrity, and compliance with customer requirements and safety standards.

You will work with Project Chief Engineer, lead architecture activities, review design options, manage technical risks, and support verification and certification while interfacing with customers and suppliers.