Leidos is expanding in the National Security and Defence domain and are looking for a DV cleared Chief Engineer to support one of our existing delivery programmes based in the UK working across sites in Farnborough, Cambridgeshire and SW London. The Chief Engineer has overall responsibility for all engineering activities on the project and is part of the project leadership team. You will be leading a team of highly skilled and highly motivated individuals delivering solutions based on a large range of technical capabilities and technologies including hardware, software, networks, cloud, IT services and cyber security. Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the worlds toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. Your Role and Responsibilities The Chief Engineer has overall responsibility for all engineering activities on the project and are part of the project leadership team. Their responsibility and accountability extends from project start up through to operations and closedown and includes on contract growth Note: The National Security and Defence (NS&D) portfolio includes programmes and opportunities that cover a range of customers focused on the operational and mission areas of UK MOD and UK Homeland security. It would be beneficial if you have prior experience in these domains. Required Skills: The Chief Engineer’s responsibilities include: • Delivery and technical assurance of the solution within the quality, cost and schedule constraints • Achieving acceptance of the solution by the customer • Providing technical leadership and mentorship across the project • Ensuring that the engineering processes within the project are commensurate with the requirements of the contracted standards and Leidos corporate governance • Identifying the skills and staff required to deliver the engineering solution • Defining the engineering processes, practices and resources required to deliver the project and services within the constraints of the company engineering policies • Managing the effectiveness of engineering activities across the project Essential : • British - Non-dual national – many of our projects have nationality restrictions • DV cleared • Experience in delivering solutions based on a large range of technical capabilities and technologies including hardware, software, networks, cloud, IT services and cyber security. • Understanding of the controlling processes for, and experience of a significant portion of, the systems engineering lifecycle (e.g. requirements management, configuration management) • Understanding of different lifecycles/methodologies (incremental, SAFe agile, DevOps) Process Skills/Experience: • Experience of the key engineering lifecycle reviews – e.g. System Requirements Review (SRR), Critical Design Review (CDR) • Experience in performing design trade off working with other architects and engineers to deliver an integrated and coherent solution • Understanding of service operations and security operational management planning • Experience working in both delivery and proposal environments and leading key elements of a bid response • Ability to generate Basis of Estimates and schedules for security aspects of delivery • Experience of designing a secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) for a customer thats transitioning to a DevOps model Communication and Soft Skills: • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and works well in a team environment • Capable of developing and communicating a vision to meet the System Requirements • Ability to communicate complex technical ideas across a wide range of different audiences in written and verbal forms; • A good level of commercial awareness that will support the bid and delivery environments • Intellectual calibre and confidence to conduct complex discussions with civilian and service customers and suppliers • Commercial awareness sufficient to support discussions with customers and suppliers Clearance Requirements: • Clearance to Start DV • Clearance for Role DV