Technical Authority - Electronic Warfare and Combat Air Systems

Job Description

Leonardo’s Electronic division has a rich heritage in Electronic Warfare with over 100 years of history and providing the latest advances in radio frequency technology to our military customers in the UK and further afield.

Our Design Integrity department are currently recruiting for an Technical Authority to join their industrious team. One of the primary focuses of your role will be to provide independent assurance of product compliance in support of design certification, mostly within the airborne domain. In addition to this, you will be accountable for the integrity of products within Electronic Warfare and Major Air Programmes lines of business led out of Luton, which includes products under development at Filton, Southampton, Lincoln and Edinburgh.

You will be responsible for reviewing and checking release artefacts, such as Declarations of Design Performance (DDP), F100A and Product Integrity Certificates. In conjunction to this, you will also provide SME advice and guidance to technical leads and program chief engineers. When required, you will play an active role in defining the required assurance activities for new and innovative ways of working.

Please note that this is a hybrid role and can be based out of any of our following locations;
Luton, Lincoln, Bristol, or Southampton. In addition to this, regular travel will be required within the UK, with occasional international trips.

Day to day, you will influence the Product Safety, Security and Environmental Impact management decisions for Electronic Warfare (EW) and Future Combat Air Systems (FCA) line of businesses across the full Product lifecycle, from design and manufacture, through in-service support, to safe and responsible decommissioning and disposal to solve complex problems and deliver safe and sustainable products by :

• Provide as an independent assurance and Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) for design certification of Leonardo products.
• Defining the certification basis for Products developed for high integrity airborne applications.
• Providing input and advice to the product development teams, operating as a consultant to ensure regulatory requirements are understood, products are producible, safe, secure, legal, fit for purpose, and reliable in their intended environment.
• Review and approved Declarations of Conformity against relevant UK, EU and global legislation, calling on SMEs from around the company for advice.
• Chair design reviews on Products, Systems and Services within domain expertise.
• Participate in Product Safety and security Panels and company working groups to monitor proposed changes to the regulatory environment.
• Review Integrated Project Team Engineering Plans to ensure they comply with company policy, in particular considering the design governance and certification activities.
• Providing independent specialist guidance and information on best practices, standards and legislation.
• Contributing to the development of Subject Matter Experts within the line of business.
• Participate in vendor assessments to ensure their capabilities are understood.
• Operate as a deputy company signature and board signature for design certification under company AS9100D and DAOS accreditations.
• Deputise for the Chief Engineer Design Integrity within the wider company organisation.
• Represent Design Integrity, Leonardo Electronics within external interest forums.
• Develop and deliver training courses and speak with confidence on regulatory matters, governance and certification.

• Recognised as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in a relevant domain.
• Recognised as a SME for technology area, such as Software or Electronics / Hardware.
• Have hands‑on experience of product certification to recognised standards including experience in Integration, Test, Evaluation and Acceptance (ITEA) for airborne products.
• Are familiar with managing Product safety.
• Understand regulatory environment for airborne products, e.g. MAA, EASA.
• Ideally are CEng.
• Ideally are familiar with managing product security and cyber.
• Have an understanding of DO‑178C, DO254 or similar standards.
• Experience of delivering training and…