Lead Power Electronics Engineer

Job Description

Salary Lead £59,400 to £84,955

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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Power Engineer to join the Power Supply Unit (PSU) Core Delivery Team (CDT) in Edinburgh. The Team provides expert advice, guidance, design and governance throughout the full life-cycle of all projects on site for matters pertaining to Power.

Leonardo is a world‑class defence technology company in the heart of Edinburgh. We create cutting edge Radars for the Eurofighter Typhoon, as well as Maritime and Airborne surveillance systems.

As an experienced PSU design engineer, your primary role is to lay the groundwork for the future power systems we require in the near and far term.

The role requires the ability for general oversight of several projects, acting as a technical and managerial buffer between the Engineering, Project and PSU CDT Management Teams.

• Report directly to the CDT Chief Engineer, covering the wide scope of PSU and system topologies, power system analysis, power system design and partitioning of requirements into Line Replaceable Items (LRIs), Shop‑Replaceable Items (SRIs) and Sub Shop‑Replaceable Items (SSRIs). A clear and methodical work ethic is necessary when ‘fire fighting’ tasks emerge. Your role will cover
• Providing technical and managerial support to the Engineering, Project and PSU CDT management teams
• Supporting the Power CDT for full range of power system tests including prototyping, design verification and production support.
• Review of System Requirements and partitioning into Power System Requirements. Sub‑partitioning into SRI Requirements
• Creation and review of documentation such as outsource procurement specifications, statement of work, circuit & system simulations and associated white papers, test reports, test plans
• Working closely with other CDTs and the Design for EMC Team to create earth & grounding diagrams, EMC plans and design stage review material.
• Provide design and domain knowledge support to Projects, CDTs, Suppliers, Workshare Partners and Customers.
• Provide support to other members of the CDT, including schematic capture, component selection and de‑rating and simulation of power supply circuitry.
• PSU Topology Analysis
• PSU System Modelling
• Review of current and emerging energy storage materials and emerging energy conservation techniques.

In order to be considered for this role you will have previous experience in the design, manufacture, test, integration of PSUs and/or power systems. Ideally you will possess a minimum of HND in Engineering or Systems or related technical discipline. You will ideally have knowledge in the following areas; AC/DC and or DC/DC switched mode power supply design, control and interface circuitry, experience with Mentor Graphics and ideally you will be familiar with a recognised schematic and simulation toolset like Simetrix, LT Spice and Matlab, fault diagnosis to component level, electrical safety.

• ACDC and or DCDC switched mode power supply design.
• Control and interface circuitry
• Experience with Mentor Graphics and ideally you will be familiar with a recognised schematic and simulation toolset like Simetrix, LT Spice and Matlab
• Fault diagnosis to component level
• Electrical safety

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

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