# Chief Engineer

Job Description: Your Impact Are you an experienced engineering leader looking to make a real impact? We are seeking a Chief Engineer and Design Authority to join our Customer Support and Service Solutions (CS3) team, leading the delivery and continuous improvement of support solutions for our Surveillance Radar capability. As a technical leader, you will drive engineering excellence, and work closely with customers and stakeholders across the UK and internationally. Combining engineering expertise with strategic leadership, you'll play a key role in ensuring mission-critical equipment remains operational and effective. Please note the role offers an initial 6 months embedded in the product line group, working with the Design Authorities to support your development into the role. What you’ll do as a Chief Systems Engineer and Design Authority; Review Technical Query raised by customers, instigate Problem Investigations and Defect Investigations, provide the necessary response and sign off on the closure of the activities. Review existing processes and procedures associated with support and customer repairs with the aim to apply continuous improvement. Oversee internal and external

- **Id**: 3970406
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/leonardo-chief-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T15:49:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T21:59:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5888
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule, Gym membership, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Defense Manufacturing, Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 54177
- **Name**: Leonardo
- **Domain**: leonardo.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/leonardo-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 76
- **Open postings**: 201
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.94
- **Repost share**: 0.02
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 27
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T15:49:19Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Secondment Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T01:48:51Z

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