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Principal Software Architect for Combat Air Systems

1 month ago


Luton, Luton, United Kingdom Leonardo Full time

As a Principal Software Architect for Combat Air Systems at Leonardo, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of market-leading product development, providing advanced capability and protection to UK platforms.

About the Role

This exciting role spans the FCAS Portfolio, covering both operational product development, advanced technology demonstrations and complex service offerings. The Senior Software Engineer opportunity will be primarily focused on engineering work package support and supervision and the delivery of development and demonstration concepts and systems – providing support to engineering management, leadership and early issue identification in conjunction with the project Chief Engineer and Project Engineering Manager.

GCAP is an international endeavour and the successful candidate will have the potential to travel overseas to work with colleagues in Italy and Japan.

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to play a fundamental role in a defence programme of critical national importance, and to shape the future of Combat Air capability in the UK.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide design of product and / or processes within software engineering, to ensure successful eventual transfer into production.
  • Ensure engineering design is best practice by following Company and Engineering life cycle processes.
  • Completing engineering tasks to a satisfactory standard as set out by the work package manager.
  • Responsibility for delivering a single work package or set of tasks within software engineering discipline, with knowledge of requirements for other engineering disciplines within the IPT and the effects of those other requirements on their own discipline.
  • Resolving routine and some complex technical and delivery issues for own engineering discipline, related to defined work package assignments, and in accordance with IPT engineering plans and processes.
  • Communicating non-routine technical and delivery issues related to defined work package assignments, for resolution by IPT engineering team or direct line management, and implementing guidance as directed.
  • Being innovative in creating solutions within the IPT and wider business
  • Contributing to IPT decision making at an engineering work package level.
  • Participating in self-development activities to improve Skills & Competencies in the software engineering discipline.
  • Participating in continuous improvement activities to develop skills and competencies within the individual's own engineering discipline.
  • May supervise an Industrial Placement or Summer Student
About You

You must have:

  • Ability to complete moderately complex designs with little assistance.
  • Knowledge of engineering developments within their discipline.
  • Working with a minimal level of supervision
  • Demonstrated achievement and delivery of own work packages within a single engineering discipline.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of more than one phase of the Product Life Cycle and the associated discipline processes.
  • Demonstrated experience in having own work peer reviewed and implementing resulting actions.
  • Demonstrated awareness of the engineering decision-making and risk/reward trade-offs associated with engineering activity.
  • Knowledge of related engineering disciplines and the level of interaction required within an IPT is desirable
  • Knowledge of Systems Thinking is desirable.

It would be desirable if you had:

  • Experience with military biased product design and test standards
  • Experience in integrating systems and sub-systems together, ideally for airborne environments, and system design and architecture
  • Experience in engineering management and delivery of projects as part of a prime organisation
  • Knowledge and experience of the Engineering Lifecycle and design compliance
  • Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng) status
What We Offer
  • Advanced Technology: You will have the ability to contribute to the development of market-leading product development, providing advanced capability and protection to UK platforms.
  • Agile Systems Engineering: Apply and develop your knowledge of systems engineering in a fast-paced and dynamic agile development team.
  • Electronic Warfare (EW) Expertise: Leonardo has subject-matter experts with extensive and detailed knowledge of the EW domain, technology, performance, and operational capabilities.
  • Continuous Learning: Whether it's EW, engineering lifecycle processes, leadership, or personal development, you'll be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring.
  • Teamwork: You will work alongside like-minded professional engineers in a highly collaborative environment.
  • Connections: You will be joining an expansive team of around 7,000 people at six major sites across the UK.
  • EW Heritage: We are proud of our rich heritage in EW, with 100 years of pioneering EW development. Today we're providing the latest advances in sensor technology and enabling our customers to keep pace with an ever-evolving EW environment.
Estimated Salary: £80,000 - £120,000 per annum