Technical Lead

Leidos; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits

Flexi-Time Working

Job summary

Leidos UK is seeking a seasoned Technical Lead in Farnborough with hybrid work flexibility. You will own engineering delivery across the workstream, lead the team, and ensure timely, quality outcomes for complex systems.

You will deliver solutions within constraints, mentor engineers, and define practices while producing design documentation for reviews. The role requires strong software systems background and proven leadership.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams on complex software systems.
• Strong understanding of software development practices and governance.
• Ability to plan work packages and report progress.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and technically assure the solution within quality, cost and schedule constraints.
• Achieve customer acceptance of the solution.
• Provide technical leadership, direction and mentorship across the workstream.
• Lead and manage engineering activities and resources.
• Prepare design documentation for PDR/CDR/SRR reviews and other technical sessions.
• Work with Project Managers to prepare WBS and estimates for proposals and growth.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software development

Team management

Systems integration

Documentation leadership

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Commercial awareness

Job description

Technical Lead

Location: Farnborough, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands)

Salary: £61,500 - £78,800

The Role:

The Technical Lead has overall responsibility for engineering delivery and team leadership across the workstream assigned by the Chief Engineer. Accountability spans project start-up, delivery, operations and closedown, including support for on-contract growth.

What will I be doing?

• Deliver and technically assure the solution within agreed quality, cost and schedule constraints.
• Achieve customer acceptance of the solution.
• Provide technical leadership, direction and mentorship across the workstream team.
• Ensure engineering processes meet contracted standards and Leidos corporate governance requirements.
• Identify the skills, people and resources required to deliver the engineering solution.
• Define the engineering practices and resources needed to deliver projects and services in line with company engineering policies.
• Lead and manage the effectiveness of engineering activities across the project.
• Prepare project-specific technical documentation with discipline subject matter experts for PDR, CDR, SRR and SPR reviews, and other technical sessions as required.
• Lead and deliver updates to baseline High-Level Design and Low-Level Design documentation as required by the project.
• Work with Project Managers to prepare technical Work Breakdown Structures, Product Breakdown Structures and resource Bases of Estimate for solution proposals, change proposals and on-contract growth.

What does Leidos need from me?

You will be an experienced technical leader who can coordinate and direct engineering teams through the successful delivery and acceptance of complex systems. Working with direction from the Chief Engineer, you will bring significant practical experience and applied knowledge in:

• Complex systems integration projects involving Software systems.
• Technical team management, including work-package planning, allocation of activities and progress reporting.
• Technical team leadership, including setting clear technical direction for team members.
• A background in Software development as an implementing engineer.

Skills and Behaviours:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to clearly articulate design and technical concepts in written and verbal formats.
• Confidence and intellectual capability to lead complex discussions with civilian and service customers and suppliers.
• Firm understanding of software development practices and concepts.
• Commercial awareness sufficient to support discussions with customers and suppliers.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with Waterfall-Agile hybrid delivery.
• Technical management of subcontractors.
• Systems Engineering and the principles underpinning the main engineering processes.
• Experience of public-sector and sensitive projects.
• A background in Software Engineering or IT Systems Integration.
• Knowledge of Home Office or MOD organisations, processes and procedures.

Clearance Requirements:

Successful candidates will be required to be willing and able to obtain UK Security Clearances - this requires a minimum of 5 years residency in the UK

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the job demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.