# Principal Systems Engineer

Job Description: Are you a results driven Systems Engineer who loves contributing to the UKs Defence Industry and making impactful change? We are recruiting for a Principal Systems Engineer in our growing Modular Integrated Protection Systems team, working on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products. Your impact Working as a member of a system integration and test team to deliver high quality, robust hardware and software solutions that meets customer requirements, on time and within budget. Duties include: Develop test and trials strategies, write and conduct associated test procedures and document test results. Support the integration between Inboard and Outboard equipment and between Leonardo and third-party equipment. Support the wider Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification activities required to introduce MIPS system solutions into trials. Support Customer Acceptance activities prior to offsite delivery. What you’ll bring Experience in applying governance and guidance on Systems Engineering LCM process Experience working in Integrated Project Teams delivering Engineering artefacts successfully Experien

- **Id**: 3917165
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/leonardo-principal-systems-engineer-9>
- **Role**: HR
- **Role family**: HR
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Basildon, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T19:27:38Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5353
- **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**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **Cameo Systems Modeler** — Optional: yes
- **LinkedIn** — Optional: yes
- **MBSE** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T13:15:49Z

## 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**: 70
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.695
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:9, stale_co, wave, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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