Systems Engineers (All Levels)

Leonardo UK Ltd; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dynamic Systems Engineers to join their innovative team. This role offers the chance to work on exciting projects that push the boundaries of technology in the Aerospace, Defence, and Security sectors. As a Systems Engineer, you'll bridge theoretical concepts with practical solutions, engaging in a variety of tasks from designing algorithms in Matlab to collaborating on system prototypes. With a commitment to employee development and a flexible working environment, this opportunity promises to be both rewarding and impactful. Join a team where your contributions will shape the future of technology and make a difference in real-world applications.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Company Funded Flexible Benefits

Up to 45 Days Holiday

Award-winning Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted Gym Membership

Free Access to Online Courses

Bonus Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Systems Engineer or advanced academic research experience.
• Ideally have a science-based Honours degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to concept studies and define requirements for new systems.
• Design and integrate new functionality into existing sub-systems.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Digital Signal Processing

RF Systems

Electro-optic Systems

Problem Definition

Systems Architecture

Performance Modelling

Verification and Validation

Real-time Data Simulation

Education

Science-based Honours Degree

Equivalent Experience

Tools

Simulink

Matlab

Job description

Job Description:

SYSTEMS ENGINEERS, SYSTEMS ENGINEERS… Are you a Systems Engineer looking to join a company where you are valued? A place where you can thrive, whilst being part of exciting and rewarding projects and deliver cutting-edge technology? Then look no further as Leonardo has a number of exciting and immediate opportunities for System Engineers across their sites in Southampton, Basildon, and Bristol (in some areas we can be flexible with locations and offer hybrid working).

We are actively looking for Systems Engineers of all experience levels.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to utilise and develop your current skills within an industry-leading technology company. Working on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products… Not to mention, we offer an award-winning package.

About the Role

Our Systems Engineers span a range of activities that help pull together all the necessary engineering and technology strands into a high-performance system. As a Systems Engineer, you will bridge the gap between the theoretically possible and the practically implementable.

We are recruiting for a number of roles from a variety of backgrounds and skillsets. Based upon your skills and foundational knowledge, we will assess where your knowledge and skills would best fit and discuss the options with you.

Typical work you might be involved in:

• Contribute to an early concept study investigating the application of new technology on future platforms
• Engage with stakeholders to define requirements for a new system
• Design and integrate new functionality into an existing sub-system in Simulink
• Collaborate with other engineers to design and prototype a detailed model of a system to understand observed simulated performance
• Design and prototype algorithms in Matlab, taking into account limitations and constraints of the target hardware
• Investigate the cause of anomalies observed during integration or evaluation activities, using real trials data

Projects and areas we work in range from applications within Naval, Land, and Air. Technology includes:

• Comms and Force Protection
• Communications and training systems
• Communications and messaging systems
• Future Cruise Air System - Tempest
• Special Projects
• Mission Systems
• Electronic Warfare and Vetronics
• Mission Systems – Counter Unmanned Air Systems
• Sensors
• Precision Guidance working on Seeker and tracking algorithms
• EO/IR systems

Dependent on experience, you may lead technical activities and initiatives, or you may mentor and coach other engineers.

About You

Proven experience as a Systems Engineer within a working environment or advanced academic research experience is a must. Ideally, you will have a science-based Honours degree or equivalent experience.

We are not expecting you to have deep theoretical knowledge of radar, electro-optics or infrared systems; what we are looking for are systems engineers with applied engineering experience that we can build upon through training, team working, and mentoring.

Domain specialisms include:

• Digital signal processing
• RF systems
• Electro-optic systems
• Medical imaging systems, image processing, image/object classification/identification
• Computer vision image processing (e.g. segmentation, clustering)
• Multi-sensor data fusion and tracking
• Real-time data simulation/generation

We are particularly interested in speaking to you if you have experience in any of the following areas:

• Problem definition
• Systems Architecture
• Synthetic Environments
• Performance Modelling
• Verification and Validation
• System of Systems

All successful applicants must be eligible for full security clearance and access to UK-caveated and ITAR controlled information. For more information and guidance, please visit:

Security Vetting Clearance Levels

What we Offer

A competitive salary based on your experience and skills and an award-winning benefits package that includes:

• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part-time opportunities, please talk to us.
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays: Up to 45 days holiday! …25 days, plus bank holidays and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year. There is also an option to buy/sell leave.
• Pension: Award-winning pension scheme (up to 23% total contribution)
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Bonus Scheme: (role dependent)

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

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.

Primary Location: GB - Basildon

Additional Locations: GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lane, GB - Southampton

Contract Type:

Hybrid Working: Hybrid