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# Lead Test Solutions Engineer

- **Company:** Leonardo
- **Location:** Luton, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £59,400.0 - £84,955.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** LabVIEW, Radio-Frequency Identification, Software Engineering, Teststand
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2856370433-lead-test-solutions-engineer

## About the Role

* Hands-on experience of designing complex Test Solutions for the full life cycle
 * Good understanding of a range of electronic technologies from dc to light or a good understand of Systems/Software engineering lifecycle.
 * Experience of working with external supplies and outsourcing complex work packages.
 * Extensive knowledge in NI LabVIEW & TestStand.
 * Degree qualified (or equivalent)
 * Good schedule and budget control
 * Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
 * Strong leadership competency but also can demonstrate team working skills
 * Knowledge of engineering life cycle and business process., * Good understanding of digital/analogue/RF systems with ESM and ECM
 * Experience of working in the defence electronics sector, ideally with airborne sensor systems.
 * Chartered Engineer status, or a member of a professional engineering institution

Travel within the UK will be required for this role

## Description

Leonardo has a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Test Solutions Engineer join this exciting project and to support the Engineering Management of Test Solutions.

As the engineering point of contact and Lead Engineer for the subcontract of complex Microwave test solutions, the Lead Test Solutions Engineer will need to be a talented and experienced Engineer, familiar with working on complex electronic (ideally RF, Digital and analogue based) Test Solutions.

What You Will Do

 * Create and capture requirements for Test Equipment Requirement Specifications (TERS)
 * Lead in subcontracting complex test solutions to the supply chain
 * Manage the relationships between LEUK and 3rd party suppliers
 * Ensure effective implementation of the company's Life-cycle design reviews
 * Management of the Engineering technical quality, schedule and budget
 * Support the management of Suppliers and project Make/Buy decisions as required
 * Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies e.g. with test solutions or obsolescence
 * Ensure that the design rationale is documented where change is required
 * Input to Material Review Boards and Failure Review Boards
 * Concession management - ensuring effective closure plans are in place and enacted


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