Hybrid Technical Lead, Systems Engineering

at Leidos

• Job title: Technical Lead, Systems Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: £61,500 - £78,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Farnborough, United Kingdom

About the role

• Technical Lead (Systems Engineering) managing hands-on technical leadership on critical national infrastructure Programme for high-profile government customer.

Responsibilities

• Act as Technical Lead for systems engineering activities within assigned workstreams or projects.
• Provide authoritative technical direction across on-premise and cloud-hosted systems, ensuring coherence across infrastructure, networks, applications and services.
• Lead technical decision-making, trade-offs, and design assurance in line with programme and customer requirements.
• Apply Systems Engineering principles across the full engineering lifecycle (V-Model), including requirements, design, integration, verification and transition to service.
• Own and assure key engineering artefacts, including impact assessments, high-level and low-level designs, and technical change documentation.
• Ensure designs are aligned with programme architecture, security constraints, and operational needs.
• Lead the technical impact assessment of Requests for Change (RFCs) and new requirements.
• Clearly define technical scope, dependencies, risks and estimates for change delivery.
• Support Project Managers with technically robust inputs to planning, costing and scheduling.
• Work directly with customer technical stakeholders to elicit, clarify and refine requirements.
• Act as a trusted technical authority, able to explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate effectively across Leidos engineering disciplines and third-party suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with Leidos engineering standards, programme governance, and security policies.
• Identify technical risks early and define mitigation strategies.
• Provide technical mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Systems Engineer on large-scale, complex IT programmes.
• Strong grounding in Systems Engineering concepts and lifecycle management.
• Broad technical understanding across: Infrastructure (compute, storage, virtualisation) Networks Applications and integrations Hybrid and/or cloud environments
• Experience leading technical design, integration and change in a controlled, high-assurance environment.
• Ability to assess technical risk, manage dependencies, and make sound engineering decisions.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience engaging customers and senior stakeholders.

Benefits

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-Time