Trials and Integration System Engineer

Leonardo UK Ltd; Easter Howgate; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off + flexi-days

Pension scheme 15%

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Free online courses

Refer a friend

Flexible benefits £500

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd in Edinburgh is seeking a Senior or Principal Systems Engineer to lead defined integration and test work packages within the Raven project team. You will own end-to-end integration activities, producing clear evidence to support decisions and progress.

The role involves planning, executing, and documenting tests across system elements, coordinating with systems, software, hardware, safety, and trials teams, and providing regular progress reports on risks and maturity of evidence.

Qualifications

• Experience of system integration and test in a complex multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
• Knowledge of system architectures, interfaces, and verification objectives.
• Experience producing integration/test outputs and reports.
• Ability to define test inputs, acceptance criteria, boundaries and stakeholders.
• Clear written and verbal communication to engineering and project stakeholders.
• A degree or equivalent experience in engineering, physics, mathematics, or another relevant STEM discipline.

Responsibilities

• Confirm inputs, interfaces, and assumptions for Raven integration and test.
• Plan progressive integration and testing in line with architecture and verification strategy.
• Develop clear, traceable integration and test procedures.
• Execute integration and test activities across system and subsystems.
• Capture evidence and maintain traceability to requirements.
• Identify anomalies and recommend resolutions.
• Support formal test and qualification activities.
• Support Raven trials and data reporting.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.
• Provide regular progress reporting on integration, risks, decisions, and evidence maturity.
• Participate in peer reviews and implement actions.

Skills

System integration

Test execution

System architecture

Stakeholder comms

Multidisciplinary

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Description:

Your Impact

Join the Raven Integrated Project Team during a critical integration stage, helping to bring complex system elements together and demonstrate that the system performs as intended.

You will own a defined system integration and test work package, producing clear, reviewable evidence that allows the project team to progress with controlled assumptions, informed decisions and an accurate understanding of integration status.

The role can be appointed at Senior Systems Engineer or Principal Systems Engineer level, depending on the depth of experience demonstrated. At Principal level, you will also provide local technical guidance and peer review for less experienced engineers.

What you’ll do

• Confirm and document the inputs, assumptions, and interfaces for the Raven integration and test activities.
• Plan and perform the progressive integration and testing of system elements in line with the system architecture, interface definitions, requirements, and verification strategy.
• Develop and maintain integration and test procedures that are clear, traceable, and suitable for peer review.
• Execute integration and test activities across the system and subsystems.
• Capture objective evidence, interpret results and maintain traceability between test activity, system requirements, and verification needs.
• Identify, investigate, and communicate anomalies, and recommend resolutions.
• Support formal test and qualification activities, ensure evidence is documented and suitable for later acceptance activity.
• Support Raven trials and validation, including test data capture, analysis, and reporting.
• Work closely with systems, software, hardware, safety, test, trials, and project colleagues to coordinate dependencies and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Provide regular, accurate reporting on integration progress, risks, assumptions, decisions, evidence maturity, and outstanding actions.
• Participate in peer reviews and implement review actions before engineering outputs are formally used.

What you’ll bring

We are looking for practical systems engineers who can combine test execution with sound engineering judgement and collaborative working.

Essential experience and capability

• Experience of system integration and test within a complex, multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
• Practical knowledge of system architectures and interfaces, and the ability to relate integration activity to requirements and verification objectives.
• Experience preparing and using engineering outputs such as integration procedures, test procedures, test records, anomaly reports or integration status reports.
• Ability to define test inputs, assumptions, boundaries, stakeholders, configurations, expected results, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience investigating integration or test problems using structured evidence, including interface, configuration, and coverage issues.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to present technical information, risks and recommendations to engineering and project stakeholders.
• Ability to work across engineering disciplines and manage your own work package with limited supervision.
• A degree or equivalent experience in engineering, physics, mathematics, or another relevant STEM discipline.

Useful additional experience

• Formal system test, verification, acceptance or certification evidence.
• Planning or supporting system trials and validation.
• Requirements management, interface management, configuration management, or integration and test planning.
• Radar or other defence and aerospace domain experience.
• Use of test equipment, instrumentation, automated test tools, requirements databases or defect and anomaly management tools.
• Peer reviewing engineering outputs and supporting the development of less experienced engineers.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

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

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Primary Location:

GB - Edinburgh

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Onsite