Systems Engineer

At Leonardo, we have a fantastic new opportunity for a 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 predominantly focus on the provision of integrated operational support for Avionics equipment on the Chinook, Apache, Wildcat and Merlin helicopters, in order to maintain equipment availability. It requires the combination of effective people skills, and technical background to provide support across the following areas:

Maintenance, repair and overhaul activities – not just for the prime equipment, but also the related integration rigs and test equipment
Technical query management
Supportability and obsolescence management
Business winning for follow-on contracts

You will work with exceptional engineers, developing the skills and knowledge required to achieve your technical and professional goals.

Our working environment is fast-paced but relaxed, and we value the expertise of our engineers and work to ensure they have the autonomy and confidence to make decisions.

What You’ll Get
Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle,
health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for:Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)

We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support
Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 12 flexi days
You may be involved in the following on a day-to-day basis:
High-level design: Higher-level understanding of the impact design decisions can have on through life performance, cost and supportability
Low-level design: Understanding the detailed design and optimisation of a solution using expertise within your technical domain. Referring through the Chief Engineer and Design Authority to ensure any changes or deviations are in line with the Product/System performance and specification.
Lab-based integration and testing: Understanding how the design performs in reality and working to solve practical challenges.
Gaining an understanding of the system operations to be able to respond to customer questions
Engaging with stakeholders to understand existing and new requirements for a system
Analysing data and investigating the cause of anomalies observed during in-service activities
Testing fixes using the system test equipment
Building your technical knowledge through working with the existing team
Supporting repairs, testing and integration on customer test rigs
Collaborating with other engineers to understand observed performance and develop any necessary updates or modifications

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.