Digital Engineering Integration Systems Engineer

Leonardo Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Leonardo Future Combat Air (FCA) seeks a Digital Engineering Integration Systems Engineer to help deliver and integrate Digital Engineering/Digital Thread Enabling Capabilities for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) Design and Development phase. GCAP is an international collaboration between the UK, Japan, and Italy developing a 6th generation Future Combat Air platform that will enter service in the mid 2030’s. In the UK this platform is known as Tempest and will replace the Royal Air Force Typhoon fleet.

Leonardo UK (LEUK) plays a leading role in the development and delivery of airborne sensors and communications capabilities for GCAP. A Single Source of Truth (SSoT) is essential to the program.

• Work closely with the Digital Engineering Product Owner and wider stakeholders, to agree the User Needs/Use Cases for Digital Engineering Capabilities in line with the Digital Engineering Strategy for the GCAP Programme. Decompose User Needs into Digital Engineering Enabling Capabilities as appropriate.
• Ensure alignment with the overall GCAP and internal Leonardo Digital Engineering Capability Roadmaps to achieve an integrated, end‑to‑end Product Development.
• Work with internal business stakeholders such as the Future Factory and Engineering Function to create a target state vision for the Digital Engineering Environment and Digital Thread for GCAP – including Digital Thread definition, PLM/ALM Modernisation, Model‑Based Engineering, and connected engineering ecosystems.
• Represent Leonardo as a subject matter expert, providing support to industry engagement across GCAP on the wider Digital Engineering topics, including liaising with partners to discuss and influence future ways of working on GCAP and planning a Digital Engineering transformation solution across Leonardo.
• Work closely with the Digital Engineering Product Owner, planning proof‑of‑concept and proof‑of‑value demonstrations to provide confidence that the new Digital Engineering services meet the time and cost goals for the GCAP Programme.
• Undertake the required level of planning, requirements and deployment management to ensure Digital Engineering Capability insertions are fully integrated and aligned to the GCAP Programme.
• Work closely with the Digital Engineering Enabler teams to support project implementation and delivery of Digital Engineering services and capabilities into GCAP using a systematic approach.
• Work closely with Future Factory and Digital Engineering Enabler teams, to trial and demonstrate benefit of Digital Engineering Capabilities by testing Digital Engineering Capabilities to meet the current and evolving Programme requirements. This includes providing feedback on improving the usability and quality of Digital Engineering Environments/Digital Threads for the GCAP Programme.

• Have excellent communication skills with all levels of hierarchy and across cultures.
• Have ability to influence and inspire trust in others.
• Be able to work effectively even in the presence of uncertainty.
• Be a proactive problem solver that seeks win‑win solutions.
• Have a breadth of engineering experience and a good understanding of engineering functions, projects and processes.
• Familiarity with latest Digital Engineering Technologies, Methods and Trends.
• A strong passion for continuous learning and growth in Digital Engineering.
• Demonstrative experience of building and executing models using engineering tools related to Systems Modelling, PLM, CAD/CAE, Simulation or Requirements Management.
• Ability to work in a collaborative and team‑based environment.

• Proven technical expertise and management on Defence programmes and full knowledge and experience of other related disciplines.
• Knowledge and experience of Digital Engineering/Digital Threads and Digital Twins.
• Understanding of financial management and impacts on programmes.
• Experience in a “customer facing” role.
• Experience of interaction with senior external personnel on significant engineering matters often requiring coordination between organisations.
• Understand how engineering is…