Overview
Chief Engineer role at Leidos. Location: Farnborough, UK with occasional travel to sites across the UK. DV cleared candidates are sought to support delivery programmes and bids in the National Security and Defence domain.
What Will You Be Doing
* Overall responsibility for all engineering activities on the project and part of the project leadership team.
* Lead a team of highly skilled individuals delivering solutions across hardware, software, networks, cloud, IT services and cyber security.
* Ensure engineering activities align with project start-up through operations and close-down, including on-contract growth.
Required Skills
Responsibilities include:
* Delivery and technical assurance of the solution within quality, cost and schedule constraints.
* Achieving acceptance of the solution by the customer.
* Providing technical leadership and mentorship across the project.
* Ensuring engineering processes comply with contracted standards and Leidos governance.
* Identifying skills and staff required to deliver the engineering solution.
* Defining engineering processes, practices and resources to deliver the project and services within company policies.
* Managing the effectiveness of engineering activities across the project.
Mandatory Requirements
* British - Non-dual national (many projects have nationality restrictions).
* Current DV clearance.
Essential Requirements
* Experience delivering solutions across hardware, software, networks, cloud, IT services and cyber security.
* Understanding of systems engineering lifecycle (requirements management, configuration management).
* Understanding of lifecycles/methodologies (incremental, SAFe Agile, DevOps).
* Strong architecture, process and leadership skills.
* Experience leading large multi-discipline teams (70+ people) on programmes above £100M.
* Experience in Enterprise IT and Service Management programmes.
* Understanding of Zero Trust, Secure By Design, Data Centricity, AI and ML.
Process Skills/Experience
* Experience with key engineering lifecycle reviews (e.g., SRR, CDR).
* Design trade-offs with architects and engineers to deliver integrated solutions.
* Understanding of service operations and security operations planning.
* Experience in delivery and proposal environments and leading bid elements.
* Ability to generate Basis of Estimates and security-related schedules.
* Experience designing a secure SDLC for a customer transitioning to DevOps.
Communication And Soft Skills
* Excellent verbal and written communication; works well in a team.
* Ability to develop and communicate a vision to meet system requirements.
* Ability to convey complex technical ideas to diverse audiences in written and verbal form.
* Commercial awareness to support bid and delivery environments.
* Ability to conduct complex discussions with customers and suppliers; confident in cross-functional communication.
Clearance Requirements
* Clearance to Start DV.
* Clearance for Role DV.
What We Do For You
Leidos is passionate about customer success, teamwork, and making a difference. We offer meaningful careers, a collaborative culture, and support for career goals, with a healthy work-life balance. Our reward package includes a contributory pension, private medical insurance, 33 days annual leave, flexible benefits, and Flexi-Time.
Commitment To Diversity
We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to an inclusive culture. If you require adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know.
Who We Are
Leidos UK & Europe is a technology and engineering leader solving problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
What Makes Us Different
Purpose: use your passion and abilities to help keep people safe. Collaboration and flexibility are core benefits. We invest in technical academies, career rotations, and development plans to grow talent.
Pay Range
£74,700.00–£98,300.00
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