Systems Engineer Integration, Verification & Validation

Position: Systems Engineer (All Levels) - Integration, Verification & Validation
Job Description
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Job Description:

Salary Range:

Systems Engineer £38,000 - £48,000

Senior Systems Engineer £44,500 - £56,000

Principal Systems Engineer £53,500 - £68,000

Lead Systems Engineer £59,500 - £75,000

Where this vacancy is being recruited across more than one grade, the successful candidate will be appointed to a specific assessed grade, and the applicable salary range will be that associated with the grade of appointment.

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Your Impact

The Captor-E Mk0 Radar is produced for the Eurofighter Typhoon and currently in operation with multiple export customers. The project is progressing at pace through continuous systems and software design upgrades, to enable the product to continue to meet the needs of end-users who operate in challenging environments. ECRS Mk0 is a highly visible product with its success being critical to future business winning for Leonardo.

Leonardo is seeking to recruit Systems Engineers to join its ECRS Mk0 programme to support on-going Integration, Verification and Validation (IVV) activities for current & future contracts. Depending on your experience, there is opportunity to join this team at varying levels of seniority (including Senior and Principal).

Working under the guidance of the Project Engineering Lead the successful candidate will play a key role in preparing the compliance case for the product and gaining customer acceptance of the compliance position presented.

You will thrive in dynamic environments with the support of a diverse immediate and wider team.

Due to the nature of the work you will be required to work onsite at Leonardo in Edinburgh and will be capable of achieving UK SC Clearance.

What you’ll do:

Support the Compliance Team Project Engineering Lead to achieve key project milestones as defined in the engineering schedule

Work with Subject Matter Experts to complete verification activities

Work with Subject Matter Experts to define verification statements

Engage with the wider stakeholder community, including the ECRS Mk0 customer community, to achieve acceptance of the verification evidence presented

What you’ll bring:

Essential skills/experience:

Experience of contributing to verification activities

Ability to peer review verification and test related work products

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience working in multi-disciplinary dynamic engineering environments

Experience of DOORS

Proactive

Desirable skills/experience:

Experience in requirements definition

Experience in Radar Systems

Experience developing and executing verification tests

Experience with any of the following additional tools:
Siemens Teamcenter, and MATLAB for data processing

What else would help:

A 2:1 or higher in a relevant engineering or science-based honours degree

Chartered Engineer status or working towards Chartered Engineer status is desirable

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: join us

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