{"id":3051456,"url":"https://alion.io/job/leonardo-lead-systems-specialist","title":"Lead Systems Specialist","company":{"id":54177,"name":"Leonardo","domain":"leonardo.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/leonardo-com","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":76,"open_postings":171,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.953,"repost_share":0.012,"time_to_fill_p50_days":24,"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Basildon, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":74000,"max_usd":164000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":73},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"Cameo Systems Modeler","optional":false},{"name":"MATLAB","optional":false},{"name":"MBSE","optional":false},{"name":"Simulink","optional":false},{"name":"StateFlow","optional":false},{"name":"SysML","optional":false},{"name":"UML","optional":false},{"name":"Kotlin","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2023-08-30T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2023-08-30","last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T20:12:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1158,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":1156},"description":"Job Description:\nLeonardo has a fantastic opportunity for a Lead System Engineer, a position which will see the successful candidate join the Systems Engineering team within the Integrated Sensing and Protection (ISP) Line of Business area.\nLeonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 7,000 are based in the UK.\nThe Lead Systems Engineer will work closely with the Project Engineering Manager to complete the design and delivery of the engineering solution for one of Leonardo key strategic projects. You will ensure that our delivery is compliant with user needs, aligned with Leonardo strategy and delivers the high quality, highly capable and effective solutions for which we are known.\nWHAT YOU’LL GET\nFlexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options\nCustom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite\nFlexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.\nNetwork groups : To support our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion, we have a range of network groups for colleagues :o Carers (employees caring for family or friends)o Enable (supporting people with disabilities)o Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)o Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)o Ethnicity Inclusion (developing a more ethnically based workforce)o Wellbeing (promoting & supporting employee wellbeing)\nTraining : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses\nContinuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development through training and mentoring\nInvestors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award\nEmployee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support\nAnnual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 12 flexi days\nTo find out about all of our Company benefits please visit: https://uk.leonardocompany.com/en/people-careers/life-at-leonardo/company-benefits\nKey Responsibility Areas\nProvide algorithmic vision, supporting capability roadmaps, for development of products in the short, medium, and long term.\nSupport the development and research in to algorithms and solutions to be applied across the company’s products.\nProvide internal consultation and applied mathematical expertise to support projects\nSupport design reviews as a reviewing stakeholder\nDerive functional and behavioural aspects of a system\nDevelop and document mathematical models and analysis to inform key high-level design decisions\nLiaise with Systems, Software, and Hardware disciplines to ensure correct implementation of algorithms and solutions using MBSE and MBD approaches.\nMentoring and coaching colleagues in core modelling skills and practices\nYou must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels\nSkills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required\nBroad experience of applied mathematics and physics\nExperience in modelling and simulation of sensor systems in the EO, IR, and RF domains\nA record of researching and developing algorithms and solutions for complex systems ideally including:o Image and signal processingo Statistical estimation and filteringo Control systems\nExpert user of Mathworks modelling tools (Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow)\nExperience in MBSE and MBD (SysML or UML, with tools such as IBM Rhapsody or Cameo Systems Modeler)\nKnowledge of software languages including C and C++.\nExperience in managing and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, proven ability to build trust and respect at different levels.\nProven leadership and decision-making skills in a high complexity, dynamic environment at a senior level\nPrimary Location:\nGB - BasildonContract Type:\nHybrid Working:\nHybrid","description_format":"text","description_chars":4271,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Continuous learning","Flexible schedule","Hybrid work","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["C4ISR","Defense Manufacturing","Aircraft Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T02:30:29Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Secondment Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-30T06:20:16+00:00","sources":["UK Home Office: register of licensed sponsors (workers)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.199,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":1157,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:5","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/leonardo-lead-systems-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/leonardo-lead-systems-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T01:26:28Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1941,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":54177},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=54177"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fleonardo-lead-systems-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fleonardo-lead-systems-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fleonardo-lead-systems-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/leonardo-lead-systems-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fleonardo-lead-systems-specialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3051456}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"leonardo.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3051456},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}