Project Engineering Lead

Luton, England, United Kingdom

3/21/2025

Job Description

The Opportunity

Leonardo UK is a leader in the field of airborne sensing and Defensive Aids equipment on military platforms around the world. The company operates as a number of Lines of Business (LoB) based across a number of key sites spanning the England and Scotland. Each LoB has a number of business sectors aligned to a coherent Product Portfolio and customer base.

This Project Engineering Lead (PEL) vacancy is within the Integrated Mission Solutions (IMS) sector of the Electronic Warfare LoB and will be assigned to the Mission Support Products Integrated Project Team (IPT). The PEL is responsible for the success of the engineering activities on their assigned project(s). The PEL is responsible for the day-to-day engineering management of projects assigned to them, reporting into the Project Engineering Manager (PEM). The PEL is responsible for providing their team with clear expectations of the engineering outcomes, ensuring that they operate consistently in accordance with governance Policies & Procedures and to foster the improvement goals defined by the Engineering Function.

The PEL works with the Project Engineering Manager and ensures they are kept informed of the engineering status (progress, spend, risks, metrics) and supports the IPT in internal and external engagements.

The PEL helps develop their Engineering Team providing mentoring, coaching and setting objectives and appraising them of their performance through the PDM process and regular engagements.

This engineering lead role will be split across contract delivery and business winning, providing engineering management, direction and leadership for several customers and end users.

This opportunity is based from the Luton office, and benefits from hybrid working.

What You Will Do As a Project Engineering Lead

• Lead the Engineering aspects of the Project, ensuring technical quality, schedule and budget management
• Management of cross-site, multi-disciplined engineering teams, ensuring that roles within the teams are clearly defined
• Create a positive working relationship with customers and partners, to deliver project capability
• Establish and maintain good lines of communication internally across the Engineering IPT, with the IPT lead, Project Manager, functional heads
• Work closely with the Chief Engineer / Systems Design Authority ensuring they are fully informed on technical progress, technical risk and any mitigation strategies
• Ensuring the design solution meets the end user requirement, is reliable, fully documented and works within its designated environment
• Ensure the design solution is compatible with the business area route map
• Control project configuration and change management to ensure design reuse is maximised.
• Support the management of Suppliers and project Make or Buy decisions
• Candidate concept solutions are captured, including the results of any trade off studies and end user engagement
• Travel within the UK, working alongside other teams within Leonardo, Customers, End Users and Industry Partners. There is also the potential for some overseas travel.
  
  

What We Need From You

You really must have

• Experience in engineering management and delivery of projects
• Engineering or scientific Degree qualification (or equivalent)
• Excellent communicator and able to provide clear direction to team members
• Ability to manage complex situations with sound judgement and the ability to balance conflicting challenges
• Commercial and business awareness
• Experience of working across the full life cycle
  
  

It would be nice if you had

• The military domain
• Experience of Agile Methodologies
• Experience of DevOps based tools
• Requirements elicitation and defining software products
• Development and certification of airborne equipment
• New Product Introduction
• Experience of outsourcing complex engineering work packages
  
  

Security Clearance

• You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit https //www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels
  
  

What you will get

• Advanced Technology You will have the ability to contribute to the development of market-leading technology and product development, providing advanced capability and protection to UK platforms.
• EW Expertise Leonardo has subject-matter experts with extensive and detailed knowledge of the EW domain, technology, performance, and operational capabilities – the learning potential is limitless!
• Continuous Learning Whether it’s EW, engineering lifecycle processes, leadership, or personal development, you’ll be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring.
• Teamwork You will work alongside like-minded professional engineers in a highly collaborative environment.
• Connections You will be joining an expansive team of around 7,000 people at six major sites across the UK.
  
  

EW Heritage We are proud of our rich heritage in Electronic Warfare (EW), with 100 years of pioneering EW development. Today we’re providing the latest advances in RF technology and enabling our customers to keep pace with an evolving EW environment.

Project Engineering Lead – Integrated Mission Solutions – Mission Support Products IPT

Primary Location

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type

Hybrid Working

Hybrid