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  • Leonardo
  • Basildon
  • 6 months ago
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Job Description:

Scientists and Engineers, do you enjoy your work? Do you crave the opportunity to work with the latest technology and alongside industry leading experts? Leonardo have the ability to take you from the science into the engineering.

We are looking for people with either working knowledge or solid qualifications in either applied physics, electro-optics, signal processing, artificial intelligence, radar systems, robotics and autonomy, applied mathematics and statistics, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and advanced servo control engineering.

This roles are based on site in either in Southampton, Basildon or Bristol on a hybrid basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to utilise and develop your current skills within an industry leading technology company. Working on real engineering problems, designing and developing solutions that sit at the heart of our products… Not to mention, we offer an award winning package.

About the Role

As a Systems Engineer you will bridge the gap between the theoretically possible and what is practically implementable in a real system. We need talented scientists and engineers to take early concepts from a variety of sources and turn them into working solutions for a radar.

You do not need a background in engineering to make a difference. Our System Engineers predominantly come from science backgrounds.

Responsibilities include;

Applied research: Early research looking into exploiting new technologies or concepts. High level design: Higher level understanding of the impact of design decisions can have on performance. Low-level design: Detailed design/redesign, prototyping and optimisation of a particular processing solution using their expertise within their technical domain.

We will support you in your technical and professional development and provide challenging technical work to allow you to excel. Our working environment is fast-paced but relaxed. We value the expertise of our engineers and work to ensure they have the autonomy and confidence to make decisions themselves or as a team. We put trust in all our engineers to ensure they remain in control of their work and future career prospects.

We are recruiting for a number of roles from a variety of backgrounds and skillsets. Based upon your skills and foundation knowledge, we will assess where your knowledge and skills would best fit and discuss options with you.

About You

You will have ideally have a Phd, EngD or other relevant research experience within a Maths, Engineering or relevant Technology subject or proven experience. We are not expecting you to have electronic warfare domain knowledge as we can provide support for that.

We would be interested in hearing from you if you also have:

Experience of collaborating with others either within your research group or wider afield A drive to continuously improve your own skills and knowledge A methodical approach to solving large complex problems Experience in planning, leading and overseeing technical research or development tasks An appreciation of Systems Engineering process Coding is central to our day to day work. You should have some experience of using a programming language to solve problems or develop models. Experience using Matlab and Simulink would be an advantage.

All successful applicants must be eligible for full security clearance and access to UK-caveated and ITAR controlled information. For more information and guidance, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

What we Offer

A competitive salary based on your experience and skills and an award winning benefits package that includes;

Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us. Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance) Holidays: Up to 45 days holiday …25 days, plus bank holidays and opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year. There is also an option to buy/sell leave. Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 23% total contribution) Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers) Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera Bonus Scheme: (role dependent)

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