Chief Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Are you an experienced Systems Engineering leader, able to guide large teams?
• Are you passionate about Systems Engineering?
• Are you able to coach and develop the Systems Engineers of the future?
• The focus of this role is to provide direction, guidance and expertise to ensure:
• Our systems engineering team define 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 system of systems level
• Our projects create and enact the correct verification and validation strategy
• As a Chief Systems Engineer, you will influence each product, its technical direction and our customers' satisfaction.
• Given the nature of the work at this level we are able to offer custom working, however some on-site working is expected.
• As the Chief Systems Engineer, you will:
• Act as the point of contact for all things Systems Engineering to the Sector Chief Engineer, Head of Systems Engineering and Head of Engineering Projects
• Be a coach in the art of systems engineering
• Provide expertise and guidance to ensure our engineers define the problem completely
• Ensure programmes capture the views and needs of all our stakeholders, covering the full lifecycle and different stakeholder types, including bridging the gap between Engineering and Capability
• Ensure the right concepting, modelling and simulation techniques are used to identify and mitigate emergent properties
• Champion Design for Excellence (DfX) concepts for Systems Engineering
• Provide expertise and guidance on System Architecting and System Synthesis concepts
• Promote and provide guidance and expertise on "System of Systems Engineering"
• Act as the focal point for systems engineering governance, supporting Lifecycle Management (LCM) activities related to systems engineering such as bids, design reviews and audits
• Champion innovative approaches and modern techniques across the full lifecycle
• Hold quarterly threat and mitigation reviews across the sector
• Represent Leonardo within Systems Engineering bodies and groups of interest, such as INCOSE
• Identify trends across your sector, capturing and sharing lessons learned to improve the quality and efficiency of future work
• Provide the right metrics to capture improvements and opportunities
• Own and drive a sector 6 month improvement plan aligned with the needs of the LoB and Systems Engineering improvement plan
• Work with the Systems People & Capability Lead and project stakeholders to optimise the skills and capability profile across the sector
• Enable and optimise collaboration across engineering disciplines
• Deliver an agile approach to systems engineering, building a culture of experimentation and failing fast.
• Understand what lies beyond our black boxes, promoting how digital technologies can be used to improve our systems approach
• Champion Human Factors Integration approaches
• 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
• Identify and develop your own Systems Engineering specialism, becoming a recognised expert across the EW LoB / Electronics division
• Progression

Requirements

• Ideally, we are looking for a systems thinker, someone with:
• Experience in applying governance and guidance on Systems Engineering LCM process
• Experience in eliciting stakeholder expectations
• Experience in creating and defining architectures
• Experience in managing and collabor

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Description:

Your Match

How well this role fits your profile.

Company Intel

What employees say

Worked at leonardocompany? Share your experience