Job Description:
The Opportunity:
At Leonardo, we have a fantastic new opportunity a for Systems Engineer to join our team within the Customer Support and Service Solutions (CS3) line of business. The CS3 line of business operates across the UK, providing innovative and invaluable support solutions to our customers. We help to ensure the availability of front-line capability wherever and whenever required.
This role will be part of the Blue Kestrel Radar Support team to provide engineering support on the Blue Kestrel Radar. This will be mainly an office based role with opportunities for remote working as required. The successful candidate will have to work in Radar labs, production areas and occasionally in a clean room environment.
What you will do as a Systems Engineer:
- Be the main point of contact and engineering coordinator for all Blue Kestrel project engineering activities.
- Coordinate engineering life cycle management activities and annual design review packs
- Ensure all relevant engineering plans are maintained and up to date (Engineering, Obsolescence, Configuration and Quality Plans) by liaising with relevant functions as required.
- Coordinate and maintain the team engineering action register.
- Coordinate and progress:
- Customer engineering queries
- Engineering tasks
- Repair scheduling, material and resourcing
- Support the manufacturing and supply chain on technical issues
- Support module support activities
- Track project equipment location, availability and calibration
- Ensure contractual equipment and stock appendices for customer assets are monitored and annual visual stock checks are carried out and recorded.
- Ensure relevant technical documents are kept up to date.
- Update the weekly SOFT (Successes, Opportunities, Failures, Threats) report
- Maintain project knowledge documentation.
We would like to hear from you if you have a combination of the following:
- HND or Degree educated (or suitable experience) in a science based subject e.g. Electronic Engineering, Physics.
- A team player possessing excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills and knowledge
- Strong attention to detail and a willingness to drive and support continuous improvement
Ability to:
- Work under broad direction, with minimal supervision, in challenging technical environments.
- Manage workload in pressurised environments, across multiple tasks, ensuring a quality output to meet the customer demands.
- Multi-task and work across several activities at once
It would be desirable if you had:
- Experience of both main and test equipment design and support
- Previous Radar system experience
- Knowledge of analogue electronics, digital electronics and RF
Security Clearance
You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels
Life at Leonardo
With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.
- Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
- Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
- Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
- Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 15% employer contribution)
- Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity)
- Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
- Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera and Linkedin Learning
- Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
- Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below
For a full list of our company benefits, please visit our website here.
Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.
At Leonardo UK, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment unlocks our people’s full potential and drives innovation and creativity. We work hard to offer a welcoming, accessible and inclusive place to work for all of our people, creating a culture where everyone can thrive, feel safe and have a sense of belonging and connection.
This is a great opportunity to bring your talents and form an integral part of Leonardo’s future. We can help you develop your skills and offer great opportunities to develop and grow, so why not join us.
Primary Location:
GB - Edinburgh
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hybrid Working:
Hybrid
