Lead Systems Engineer

Leonardo
📍 Basildon, England, United Kingdom 💼 Full time 🕒 Posted June 04, 2026

Job Description

Job Description:

Are you an experienced Systems Engineer who loves contributing to the international Defence Industry and making impactful change? We are recruiting for a Lead Systems Engineer to drive LEUK technical delivery of a complex, in-service Communications Systems, working on real engineering problems and shaping solutions that sit at the heart of our operational capability. This vacancy will be based at our Basildon site.

Your impact

As the Lead Systems Engineer, you will act as the project team's Design Authority for the system, providing leadership across Systems Engineering activities and acting as the primary technical interface with stakeholders. You will support the definition, refinement and delivery of technical solutions, ensuring the system continues to meet operational needs throughout its lifecycle.

What we build is exciting, interesting, challenging and complex. The system is already in service and evolving, requiring a ba...

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Job Details

  • Location Basildon, England
  • Job Type Full time
  • Category Engineers
  • Posted Date June 04, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 14, 2026