Project Engineering Lead

Project Engineering Lead

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.

A Project Engineering Lead is required to join the Typhoon DASS Development Team within the Combat Air line of business to lead a significant obsolescence removal programme and enable deliveries of equipment well into the next decade and beyond. This role will ideally be based at the Leonardo site at Capability Green, Luton.

• Be primarily focused on work package management, qualification and delivery of updates to subsystem elements of the Typhoon DASS equipment.
• Provide engineering management direction and leadership supported by the Project Chief Engineer and Project Engineering Manager.
• Be responsible for providing your team with clear expectations of the Engineering Plans and ensuring that they operate consistently within the company Policies & Procedures.
• Work with the Project Engineering Manager to track and report on the Engineering Plans (progress, spend, risks, metrics).
• Develop your Engineering Team providing mentoring, coaching, setting objectives and appraising them of their performance.

• Lead and manage your cross function development team through the full product delivery lifecycle utilising Agile development processes.
• Personally coach and mentor Engineers within your team.
• Ensure that the Engineering activities are well planned, costed and scheduled.
• Work with stakeholders to elicit and prioritise requirements.
• Ensure that the Engineering Plans are clearly defined and well communicated to your team.
• Oversee the completion of the Engineering plans to quality, cost and schedule.
• Work closely with the Project Chief Engineer to ensure the design solution maximises the re-use of existing 'resources', is producible and is robust.
• Work closely with the Project Chief Engineer to ensure the design solution works within its intended environment and is certified using the company engineering development processes.
• Work closely with the Project Engineering Manager to identify technical risks and mitigation strategies.
• Control project configuration and change management.
• Ensure effective implementation of the company's Lifecycle Management process.
• Agree qualification & acceptance criteria and design certification.
• Ensure compliance with Regulatory and Safety Standards.

• Proven experience in engineering management and delivery of projects.
• Knowledge of Engineering lifecycle processes.
• Strong leadership competencies.
• Good schedule and budget control.
• Ability to produce clear and concise engineering documentation
• Ability to provide clear direction to teams and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Self-motivation with a strong aptitude for problem solving.
• Commercial and business awareness.

• Good knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems.
• Knowledge of airborne and ground-based radar systems.
• Undergraduate Engineering degree (or equivalent) or related scientific discipline.

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

• 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…