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Acting as the focal point for Systems Engineering strategy and governance, you will help senior leaders make better technical decisions earlier in the lifecycle.\nAs a member of the Systems functional team, you will work closely with Sector Chief Engineers, Project Engineering Management and People & Capability leaders to build future-ready capability, shaping technical direction, strengthening engineering confidence and improving customer outcomes across diverse Radar architectures, technologies and sensing modalities.\nWhat You’ll Do\nRadar Systems Engineering Leadership\nProvide coaching in effective Systems Engineering practice, methods, modelling techniques and architectural thinking.\nPromote and guide the use of appropriate concept development, analysis, modelling and simulation techniques to identify risks, emergent behaviours and architectural trade-off analysis.\nDrive adoption of innovative and modern SE methods across the lifecycle, including digital engineering, model-based systems engineering and agile SE practices.\nDevelop your own Radar SE specialism.\nGovernance, Assurance and Improvement\nAct as the focal point for Systems Engineering governance supporting Lifecycle Management (LCM) activities, design reviews, audits, and bid or early lifecycle technical guidance where appropriate.\nOwn the sector Systems Engineering strategy, technical governance and technical authority across Leonardo’s Radar sectors.\nIdentify cross-sector trends, lessons learned and opportunities to improve efficiency and quality.\nDefine and maintain metrics demonstrating improvement in SE capability and outcomes across Leonardo’s Radar sectors.\nCapability, Workforce and Communities\nDevelop and maintain the Radar Systems Engineering capability roadmap, including critical skills, emerging skills, development priorities, and sector-wide methods and systems engineering tooling.\nStrengthen collaboration across engineering disciplines.\nStrategic Influence and Stakeholder Engagement\nAct as the primary point of contact for Systems Engineering matters with sector technical leadership.\nRepresent Leonardo in external Systems Engineering bodies or forums.\nCollaborate with peer Chief Systems Engineers across the UK.\nKey Deliverables\nThe Radar Sector Chief Systems Engineer is expected to deliver and maintain:\nA clear strategy and improvement plan for the execution of Systems Engineering across Radar programmes, with systematic measurement at its core.\nA view of Systems Engineering capability, including critical skills, gaps, for both Systems Engineering methodologies and Radar domain knowledge.\nSector guidance and practical direction on Systems Engineering process tailoring.\nProgression\nThis senior leadership role is positioned to progress toward Programme Chief Engineer, Head of Discipline or Chief Technical Specialist roles. You will identify, mentor and develop a small group of successors.\nYou will benefit from supported learning and development, including transferring your skills into Leonardo’s Radar product domains.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nIdeally, you will be a systems thinker with:\nA strong desire to elevate Systems Engineering skills and maturity within Radar development, bringing your skills from your domain experiences e.g. Nuclear, Process Engineering, Rail.\nA bias towards measurement and experimentation as a tool to accelerate learning.\nExperience applying Systems Engineering governance and Life Cycle Management process at sector or programme level.\nAbility to capture and interpret stakeholder expectations.\nExperience defining architectures and guiding architectural decisions.\nProven leadership in dynamic, high-complexity environments.\nExcellent communication and credibility with engineering, leadership and customers.\nUnderstanding of integration challenges on long-running complex programmes.\nDetermination, resilience and a drive for high-quality engineering outcomes.\nSecurity Clearance\nThis role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guid\nance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting\nWhy join us\nAt Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.\nTime to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.\nSecure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.\n Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).\nRewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.\nNever Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.\nRefer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.\nTailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.\nFlexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.\nFor a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.\nLeonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.\nAt Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. 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