Job Description:
At Leonardo, we have an exciting opportunity for Lead Supportability Engineer to join us at our Edinburgh site.
Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 7,000 are UK-based. The Radar and Advanced Targeting line of business is uniquely positioned as one of the world’s top manufacturers of radars, lasers and infrared countermeasure systems.
You will be joining the multi-discipline engineering teams responsible for the delivery of our world-class family of Surveillance AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars, and our radar for the SAAB Gripen fighter jets, across their lifecycle.
We are looking for a Lead Engineer with strong industry experience not necessarily within the domain of Supportability but those with backgrounds in Electronics/Hardware or Systems would also be suitable.
The Supportability department has a unique position within our business as it is involved in the full lifecycle of a programme, from Bid, Development, Production then Customer Support and eventually disposal. We draw engineers from many different disciplines such as Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical, and System Engineering to enhance the Supportability department.
We expect our people to create strong working relationships with cross-department colleagues in Systems, Electronics, Mechanical, Software, Test Equipment, Quality and Industrial to identify problems on complex systems before they reach Production or the Customer.
As a department, we have a strong focus on continuous improvement of our procedures and processes but also of our department itself and want anyone who joins to be part of that journey. This might include using your engineering talent to grow and develop the Supportability community and skill base through the mentoring, coaching and development of more junior members of the team or contributing to best practices to help drive out the cost and reputational consequence of failure. We can also help you develop your skills and offer great opportunities to develop, grow and progress in your career!
Key Responsibility Areas
As a Lead Engineer, you will be leading a team of Supportability Engineers who deliver a wide range of Supportability Engineering work packages. You will work closely with Project Managers, Operations and PEMs from other functions within the IPT to advise on Supportability requirements, provide analysis and offer guidance. You will support and develop your team to ensure the broad range of Supportability analysis and deliverables can be completed, including:
* Reliability Analysis: Working with other disciplines, your team will develop component to system level reliability models, including the use of Reliability Block Diagram Methodology on electronic, power, RF, digital and mechanical systems to provide guidance to the design engineers.
* Reliability Testing and Simulation (e.g. FEA, RGT, HALT, ESS): The Supportability team will create models to discover areas of concern and develop Reliability Growth plans and procedures to identify failure modes and propose Corrective action.
* Maintainability Analysis: Your team will carry out modular to system level analysis that addresses Human Factors and Maintenance Task Analysis to identify Reliability Centred Maintenance and Scheduled Maintenance tasks, ensuring that the equipment meets its operational capability.
* Testability Analysis: Your team will complete a FMECA analysis, working closely with Hardware engineers to establish the effectivity of fault detection and isolation of the equipment BIT and feed back omissions and improvements into the design process.
* Product Safety: As part of a broader safety team, including Design Integrity and Systems Engineering, your team will carry out analysis of the design, its assembly, test and operation to complete an Intrinsic Product Safety hazard and Environment Impact Analysis, providing input to the Hazard Log, Safety Case and Fault Tree Analysis.
* Production Support: Your team will be involved in analysis of production and in-service failure data (FRACAS), to identify and prioritise pattern faults. SE will work within a multi-discipline IPT team to identify Root Cause and Corrective action.
* Support Strategy: You will help to develop a product’s In-Service Support strategy, using through-life cost modelling and many aspects of the above analysis.
Alongside supporting the activities above, you will also:
* Ensure milestones are completed to schedule and budget while ensuring technical quality.
* Provide expert input into Life Cycle Management reviews.
* Work alongside the IPT to reduce cost and risk across the lifecycle and support any continuous improvement activities. Work with Supportability HoD to seek improvements to our methods and processes and to promote and implement improved ways of working within the Supportability department.
* Schedule, manage and Chair Sector Project Cost Review Boards (PCRBs).
Our Benefits:
Custom and flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and a mixture of home based and onsite working.
Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
Network groups: Part of our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion.
Training: Free access to Coursera that provides more than 4,000 online courses.
Investors in People: We are proud recipients of Investors in People Awards.
Employee Assistance Programme: Providing free and confidential mental health support.
Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 12 flexi days.
To find out about all of our Company benefits please visit: Company Benefits.
Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required
You will have:
* Degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline.
* Worked in industry, defence or have other relevant experience.
* Strong experience of leading and developing teams.
* Commercial and business awareness.
* Experience in engineering management and delivery of project work packages.
* Ability to manage complex situations with sound judgement and the ability to balance conflicting challenges.
We are particularly interested in receiving your application if you have experience in any of the following areas:
* Experience of working with, and supporting products throughout their whole lifecycle.
* Working in multi-disciplinary teams to influence design by implementation of DfX, specifically those associated with Supportability such as Design for Supportability, Reliability, Maintenance, Testability and Safety.
* Experience of implementing and undertaking Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMEA/FMECA).
* Knowledge of the many UK and International Standards applicable to Safety and RMT.
* Availability analysis and modelling.
A working knowledge of the following tools and packages would be beneficial: MS Office packages; PTC Windchill; Matlab/Simulink; Power BI; JIRA and Python.
Security Clearance
You must be eligible for full security clearance. For information and guidance, please visit: Security Vetting Clearance Levels.
Primary Location:
GB - Edinburgh
Contract Type:
Hybrid Working: Hybrid
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