Senior Supportability Engineer (ILS)

Job Description:

Salary Range: £44,171 - £61,950

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

Help shape the future of military capability.  As a Senior Supportability Engineer at Leonardo, you’ll contribute to the integration of Supportability across complex systems –to join an expanding Supportability function within the Integrated Sensors & Protection (ISP) team.  

As a Senior Supportability Engineer, you will play a critical role in the successful delivery of products or systems by ensuring they are supportable throughout their entire lifecycle, from concept, through design and development, to disposal.  Influencing the design ensures our operators can perform at their best when it matters most.  

To compliment an already dynamic team, we actively encourage engineers from many different disciplines and backgrounds such as Electronics, Mechanical and Systems Engineering to apply.  We seek to continue the development of a diverse range of skill sets, welcome robust critical thinking, and encourage the identification of best practice to complement our cohesive team developing holistic support solutions.

What you will do:

You will be actively involved in analysing, assessing and influencing the design for the next generation of Leonardo products, to ensure that they are reliable, easy to maintain and meet the customer requirements.  You will be responsible for:

• Owning and contributing to a variety of Supportability analysis tasks.
• Developing an understanding of, and applying, through-life costing principles.
• Tailoring the appropriate programmes of work to applicable standards and guidance.
• Applying Supportability tools effectively.
• Contributing confidently to team tasks and outputs.
• Working closely with other disciplines as part of daily business.
• Producing work independently, exercising sound judgement.
• Supporting and developing other team members.
• Independently identifying problems and proposing solutions.
• Peer-reviewing colleagues' work.
• Identifying opportunities for, and participating in, continuous improvement activities.

What you’ll bring

• Experience of Support design reviews and customer meetings; presenting ILS evidence and guidance, ensuring that AR&M and supportability aspects are effectively communicated and addressed.
• Experience in ILS on mission-critical programmes, awareness of the Defence Logistics Framework and Def Stan 00-600.
• Understanding across ILS methods: supportability analysis, software support, safety, supply support, maintenance and progressive assurance.
• Experience in applying AR&M methodologies within engineering projects.
• Strong stakeholder skills, able to influence and build trust.

Helpful tooling (nice to have):

• Ideally, you will have a Higher National Certificate, or above, in a relevant engineering or science discipline, or hold relevant experience from industry or defence.
• Our team use PTC Windchill Risk and Reliability; Reliasoft; OPUS; Simlox; Matlab / Simulink; Raytheon EAGLE suite; Jira and Python and although expertise is not essential, familiarity with some would be beneficial.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above.  We have an opportunity to tailor the responsibilities of the role to the experience of the candidate, so we are open to candidates with all levels of supportability experience and knowledge with aspirations to develop.  The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

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: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

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 9,500 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.

We are proud to have been recognised by Glassdoor as one of the Best Places to Work in 2025, based on employee feedback shared anonymously on its website.

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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Primary Location:

GB - Basildon

Additional Locations:

GB - Lincoln, GB - Southampton

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid