Systems Engineer (Flight Trials Team)

at  Leonardo UK Ltd

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a dynamic team in a time of significant growth in the sector. You will work closely with the responsible Project Engineering Lead to deliver the current generation products against the required timescales and budget, this will include:

• Support the Systems Team Lead to undertake tasks as part of a wider programme to integrate new functionality into the existing radar software
• Analysis of large and complex volumes of radar data from ground and flight trials against requirements and raising problem reports against those requirements to allow detailed investigation and resolution of problems
• Co-ordinating activities between the design and the flight trials teams to ensure that trials are planned and executed with reference to relevant goals and objectives.
• Ownership of aspects of product design, development & qualification.
• Creating, updating and managing requirements.
• Designing algorithms for internal radar control.
• Creating models to evaluate the behaviour of the radar.
• Creating, updating and managing test procedures to prove system requirements.
• Managing end-to-end lifecycle traceability & reporting to achieve certification and delivery.
• Technical aptitude and a willingness to learn about radar systems including introduction of new technologies into in-service equipment.
• Perform technical peer reviews.
• Interact with a range of technical & non-technical project stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
• Actively support knowledge sharing and exploitation of best practice.
• This role is predominantly office based but occasional UK/Europe travel may be required to support the programme.
• Occasional support to ground and/or flight trials will be required off-site.