Lead Electronics Engineer

Job Description:

Salary: £60,000 to £84,995

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Your Impact

Are you a highly experienced Hardware Engineer looking to help deliver high‑performance technology at the heart of our world‑leading Surveillance RADAR systems? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

At Leonardo, you’ll be part of a team creating hardware that plays a critical role in protecting people, assets, and nations. In this role, you’ll experience the full engineering lifecycle—from shaping early requirements and architectures, to designing innovative, PCB‑level electronics, all the way through to supporting integration and qualification of the final product.

This is a chance to apply your knowledge, stretch your capabilities, and see the impact of your work in real‑world operational systems.

What you’ll bring

• Approving and owning work package plans associated with the allocation and deployment of team members and workload at with suitable milestones to enable effective Engineering and business reporting

• Risk Analysis of Work Packages advising of risk and suggesting mitigation plans where required

• Giving overall direction to the team advising on technical specialism, domain expertise, engineering process and tool use as required

• Being responsible for ensuring the team deliver technically sound solutions meeting all stakeholder requirements

• Resolving of complex multidisciplinary issues raised from within and outside of engineering

• Resolving non-routine issues by making proposals and driving solutions through

• Creating a culture to generate innovative ideas and solutions to local team and wider business problems

The skills and experience we are looking for:

• Higher education approved STEM qualification at degree level as a minimum or equivalent as recognised by professional accreditation schemes

• Circuit design (schematic capture) layout and simulation practitioner experience.

• Mixed signal knowledge using ADC/DAC, FPGA, SoC based design for high performance signal processing, communications and control.

• Integrating in-house designs with COTS modules (power supplies, single board computers, RF interfaces)

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit:

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.

• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.

• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).

• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.

• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.

• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.

• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.

• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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