Chief Systems Engineer

About This Role

This new senior leadership role within Systems Engineering acts as the focal point for Systems Engineering Governance, ensuring the company's capability trends in a positive direction. The Chief Systems Engineer provides a clear point of contact on Systems Engineering capability for the Sector Head of Engineering Projects, Sector Chief Engineer, and the Head of Systems Engineering. The role involves providing direction, guidance, and expertise to ensure effective systems engineering practices across a diverse product portfolio of airborne RF sensing technologies.

Responsibilities

• 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 engineers define the problem completely
• Ensure programmes capture the views and needs of all 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 black boxes, promoting how digital technologies can be used to improve systems approach
• Champion Human Factors Integration approaches
• Collaborate with peers in similar roles across the UK to promote a culture of continual learning and improvement, acting as a change agent for systems engineering