Senior Systems Engineer

Your Impact

At Leonardo, we’re offering a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Through‑Life Services for the UK’s next‑generation combat aircraft. Step into a position where your System engineering expertise and collaborative mindset will directly influence the future of UK defence capability.

• Identify and engage a complete set of stakeholders for the Through‑Life Services (TLS) element of the programme, and support the development of an effective stakeholder engagement and communication strategy.
• Elicit, analyse and mature stakeholder needs—prioritising, balancing and trading off interests and influence to define optimal capability solutions.
• Contribute to the creation of concepts and architectures for the Through‑Life Support solution, collaborating closely with product design teams and functional SMEs (e.g., supportability, obsolescence, data).
• Conduct system functional analysis, modelling and architecture development/refinement as required.
• Ensure effective application of appropriate tools and techniques for problem definition within the team.
• Support the definition and establishment of Use Cases to inform Functional Analysis and help derive the logical architecture of the solution.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment between the TLS architecture and wider programme elements.
• Identify and elevate emerging issues, contribute to risk assessment activities, and help shape mitigation strategies and opportunity exploitation.
• Coordinate multi‑stakeholder inputs and deliver clear, high‑quality reports and presentations for customers and industry partners.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across and beyond the line of business, actively promoting best practice adoption.

• Experience capturing and analysing stakeholder needs to guide the development of service solutions suitable for future operational environments.
• Experience applying Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches to develop service and product system architectures in response to stakeholder requirements.
• Experience generating Use Cases and conducting Functional Analysis to support requirements refinement and validation.
• Experience managing requirements and maintaining traceability throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• A solid understanding of the engineering lifecycle and how early technical decisions impact later development and support phases.
• The ability to balance competing needs and constraints using structured methods such as trade studies.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence, communicate effectively and adapt to changing programme demands.
• The ability to work confidently with internal and external stakeholders across diverse organisations, disciplines, backgrounds and levels of seniority.
• A commitment to maintaining engineering best practice, including seeking insight from academia, industry benchmarks and wider external sources.
• The ability to explore and articulate the problem space objectively, without bias toward predetermined solutions.
• An appreciation of how systems integrate into a broader capability enterprise—such as system‑of‑systems relationships and dependencies on personnel, training and infrastructure.
• A self‑motivated mindset with strong problem‑solving skills and the drive to take complex issues through to resolution.

• 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.
• 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 Linked In Learning.
• Refer a friend – receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks – spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including…