Salary Range £37,318 – £45,000. 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.
As a Mission Systems Field Service Engineer at Leonardo UK, you will directly support the delivery, sustainment, and operational readiness of cutting‑edge communication and mission systems used across UK and international defence platforms. You will provide technical expertise to customers at home and abroad, ensuring that our systems remain reliable, effective, and mission‑ready throughout their lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Support product development and in‑service support
- Have responsibility for integration, test and acceptance
- Design support solutions including key documentation
- Provide field support at customer locations (UK and abroad)
- Remotely support deployed units
What You’ll Bring
- Mission systems, including external and internal communications, secure voice and tactical networking
- Operator or maintainer experience
- Familiarity with the following
- IP networking and routing technology
- RF and antenna systems
- Cryptographic devices and key management
- Message handling systems
- Diagnostics tools and electronic test equipment
- Technical documentation and report writing
- Customer training
- Previous experience within a defence environment
Qualifications
- HNC or equivalent relevant experience
Additional Expectations
- Field service engineering work would often be expected to be off‑site, requiring travel
- A full driving licence
- Due to the nature of our team, a full medical would be required for potential deployment to military platforms
- Advanced MS Office skills essential, MS Word skills with advanced knowledge of styles and formatting, paragraph numbering, creation of linked PDFs. Good graphical skills using PowerPoint or Visio.
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, which 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
Benefits
- Generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi‑days each year.
- Benefit from our award‑winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
- 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).
- All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
- Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
- Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
- Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
- Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part‑time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.
Primary Location: GB – Basildon
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