Chief Systems Engineer

This is one of those new opportunities functioning across all three Business Areas (BA) within the LoB: Sensors, Comms & Force Protection and Mission Systems. As the Chief Systems Engineer you will act as the focal point for Systems Engineering Governance and trend our Systems Engineering capability in a positive direction. You will be the main point of contact on Systems Engineering capability and improvement matters across the Business Areas, providing proactive guidance to senior stakeholders on Systems Thinking and Methods for adoption that aligns with successful project execution.
What we build is exciting, interesting, challenging and complex. A diverse product portfolio of technologies, with each programme at a different stage in its development lifecycle. Given this complexity, it requires each programme to connect with the "Art of Systems Engineering" to ensure we are doing the right activities at the right time.

The focus of this role is to provide direction, guidance and expertise to ensure:

• Our systems engineering team assess the problem completely


• Our teams reuse techniques and artefacts across the portfolio of projects


• Our teams manage complexity through architecting our systems well


• Our teams predict and mitigate emergent behaviours when operating at a system or integrated systems level


• Our projects create and enact the correct verification and validation strategy


To be successful you will be demonstrate passion for your trade by instilling a systems-thinking approach based on experience forming and leading high performing teams. Using your skills as an influencer, you will thrive in dynamic environments, with the ability to make decisions quickly under pressure and set a clear technical vision for the team on Systems Engineering methodologies.

Given the extensive people engagement nature of the work we are still able to offer custom working that allows for a combination of home and on-site working i.e. flexible working delivering effective results. Day to day duties include;

• Influence the development of Engineering artefacts, their technical direction and ultimately stakeholder satisfaction


• You will work across a highly demanding and complex area of the business, immersed in full-scale development programmes spanning the breadth of the engineering lifecycle across the ISR and Force Protection teams


• Act as the point of contact for all things Systems Engineering to the Business Area Chief Engineer's, Head of Engineering Project's and Head of Systems Engineering (your reporting line will be to the ISP Head of Systems Engineering)


• Act as the focal point for systems engineering governance, supporting Lifecycle Management (LCM) activities


• Provide expertise and guidance to ensure our engineers understand the problem completely and stakeholder needs through effective coaching on Systems Engineering practices (early and later lifecycle stages)


• Ensure the appropriate level of concepting, modelling and simulation techniques are used across the lifecycle to inform architectures and solution options


• Influence whole life design considerations relating to Safety, Security, Manufacture, Test, Supportability, Through Life Support in line with company processes


• Hold quarterly threat and mitigation reviews across the Business Area's on project status and enabling initiatives (e.g. capability, capacity, competency)


• Represent Leonardo within Systems Engineering bodies and groups of interest, such as INCOSE


• Identify trends across the Business Area's, capturing and sharing lessons learned to improve the quality and efficiency of future work


• Promote an agile mind-set to systems engineering, building a culture of experimentation and failing fast


• Collaborate with your peers in similar roles across the UK to promote a culture of continual learning and improvement, acting as a change agent for systems engineering
  
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Immediate 18 Aug, 2024 Not Specified 18 May, 2024 N/A Interpersonal Skills,Wellbeing,Project Teams,Simulink,Access,Technology,Training,Private Healthcare,Domain Experience,Matlab No No, You will have proven experience as a Chief Engineer (or role with similar responsibilities), with the following attributes;

• Experience in applying governance and guidance on Systems Engineering LCM process


• Experience working in Integrated Project Teams delivering Engineering artefacts successfully


• Experience in eliciting stakeholder expectations


• Experience in creating and defining architectures


• Experience in managing and collaborating with internal/external stakeholders


• Proven leadership and decision-making skills in a high complexity, dynamic environment at a senior level


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, proven ability to build trust and respect at different levels (An effective influencer)


• Motivation, tenacity and determination, with a desire to deliver outputs and result