Lead Systems Engineer - Digital Platform

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

Job Description

The opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Lead Systems Engineer to join our team. You will use your skills of understanding problems, systems design and team leadership. For example, you’ll create use cases and problem statements for solutions to be designed against. Overall, you’ll strive for efficiency by aligning digital platform systems with business goals and roadmaps.

To succeed in this Lead Systems Engineer position, you should have strong analytical skills and the ability to work with diverse stakeholders to create an agreed position between both technical and business minded people. Lead Systems Engineer skills also include familiarity with architecture development, agile working methodologies and digital platform technologies.

If you are problem-orientated, with excellent organisational skills, human-centric skills and experience in this field, we’d like to hear from you.

What You’ll Do As a Lead Systems Engineer

Systems Engineers span a range of activities that help pull together all the necessary engineering and technology strands into a high-performance system. As a Systems Engineer, you will bridge the gap between the theoretically possible and the practically implementable.

Typical work you might be involved in

• Analyse and organise raw data
• Build data systems and pipelines
• Evaluate business needs and objectives
• Interpret trends and patterns
• Conduct complex data analysis and report on results
• Prepare data for prescriptive and predictive modelling
• Build algorithms and prototypes
• Combine raw information from different sources
• Explore ways to enhance data quality and reliability
• Identify opportunities for data acquisition
• Develop analytical tools and programs
• Collaborate with data scientists and architects on several projects
  
  

What We Need From You

• Extensive previous experience as a systems engineer leading the development of services or products.
• Extensive experience of problem definition, stakeholder engagement, stakeholder management, needs development and use case development.
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams from early lifecycle through to operations.
• Experience of influencing and negotiation with diverse stakeholders from both technical and non-technical backgrounds and perspectives.
• Experience of developing and delivering against technology and product roadmaps.
• Degree or equivalent education in a STEM subject.
• Delivery of services or products in a defense or security domain is a plus.
• Understanding of digital platform technologies is a plus.
• Chartered Engineer status is a plus.
  
  

All successful applicants must be eligible for full security clearance and access to UK-caveated and ITAR controlled information. For more information and guidance, please visit https //www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Security Clearance

You must be eligible for full security clearance and access to UK-caveated and ITAR controlled information. 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, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• 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.

Primary Location

GB - Edinburgh

Contract Type

Hybrid Working

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