Senior Systems Architect

1 week ago


Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom Leonardo Full time

Job Title: Senior Systems Architect

About the Role:

Leonardo is seeking a Senior Systems Architect to join our Customer Support and Service Solutions (CS3) line of business. As a key member of our Through-Life Services (TLS) team, you will work on the next-generation combat aircraft, operating at the cutting edge of technological innovation and securing the UK's position as a global leader in combat air.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own the creation and delivery of technical solutions within a defined work package area, ensuring they meet all stakeholder requirements.
  • Establish and mature stakeholder needs, associating/attributing priority, interest, influence, and trading-off needs to determine optimum capability to solve stakeholders' problems.
  • Contribute to the determination of a solution strategy, including brownfield or greenfield methodologies, identifying and exploiting existing Leonardo services and solutions to ensure existing technology, processes, and subject matter expertise is re-used.
  • Create concepts and architecture for defined elements of the through-life support solution, taking input from product design teams and functional subject matter experts.
  • Carry out system functional analysis, modelling, and architecture development/refinement as required.
  • Support the identification and establishment of Use Cases to perform Functional Analysis to help define the logical architecture of the solution.
  • Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure architecture alignment with other elements of the programme.
  • Ensure the application of appropriate tools/techniques for systems engineering by the team, providing advice in own area of expertise.
  • Resolve emerging issues by proposing and driving through solutions, escalating more complex risks and supporting definition of opportunities and risk mitigation options.
  • Use the output of Operational Analysis (OA) to improve the solution design/requirements.
  • Create and deliver reports and presentations to customers and industry partners.
  • Contribute to the development of cross-cutting capability within the CS3 Systems Engineering function, particularly in the modelling/architecture space.
  • Foster relationships and networks within and outside the line of business, actively seeking out opportunities and promoting a culture for adoption of best practice.
  • Develop, coach, mentor, teach, and upskill other engineers in the wider application of systems engineering.

Requirements:

  • Demonstrated experience of driving technical solution development within a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Experience in capturing and analysing stakeholder needs to help guide the development of service solutions capable of meeting the needs of future operational environments.
  • Experience in adoption of MBSE approaches to develop service and product system architectures in response to stakeholder needs and requirements.
  • Experience in generation of Use Cases and performing of Functional Analysis for requirements refinement.
  • Experience of working across the engineering lifecycle, within one or more domains, with an understanding of how decisions made in the early lifecycle affect the later stages.
  • Ability to balance competing needs using a range of methods such as trade studies.
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with an ability to influence and adapt according to changing demands.
  • Experience of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders from a wide range of organisations, disciplines, backgrounds, and levels of seniority, including managing relationships with customers and/or suppliers.
  • Ability to maintain engineering best practice, including looking externally to sources such as academia or other industries.
  • Ability to explore and capture the problem domain without solution domain bias.
  • Demonstrated ability to coach and develop others.
  • Appreciation of how a system fits within the broader capability enterprise, for example as a component of a system-of-systems solution and wider dependencies such as personnel and infrastructure.
  • Self-motivated with an aptitude for problem solving and driving difficult issues to conclusion.

What We Offer:

  • Flexible working hours with hybrid working options.
  • Company-funded flexible benefits, including private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology, and lifestyle options.
  • 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave, and accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year.
  • Award-winning pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.
  • Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support, and network groups.
  • Discounted gym membership and Cycle to Work scheme.
  • Free access to over 4,000 online courses via Coursera.
  • Referral incentive scheme.
  • Bonus scheme for all employees at management level and below.

About Leonardo:

Leonardo is a global leader in combat air, security, and aerospace, with a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers.



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