ELI System Engineer

IT - Varese - Cascina Costa April 21, 2026 Full Time Workday

Job Description:

Job Title: System Engineer

Location: Cascina Costa di Samarate - Italy

As a member of the Engineering & Innovation Governance team for systems engineering and digitalization, the candidate will support various development programs and concept studies to spread and innovate systems engineering methodologies and tools. This includes first-hand production of systems engineering artifacts,  coaching to experts of different technical domains, and administration of tools and databases. The candidate will support the production of the following artifacts: systems engineering plans, requirement specifications, mission functional analysis and architecture descriptions in MBSE SysML language, requirements validation and verification summaries in accordance with ARP4754/ED-79, and artifacts change control logs. He/she will also tailor processes, templates, and libraries according to the specific needs of each development program.

The candidate will frequently interact with multiple teams to exchange technical and program data, answer support requests about systems engineering tools and methods, and provide tutoring and training sessions.


Requirements:

As a minimum, the candidate will have the following qualifications and experiences: 
1.     MSc in engineering or physics. Aeronautical engineering degree is plus. 
2.     1-3 years work experience in the definition of or demonstrating compliance to requirements in the context of large programs focused on safety-critical or mission-critical systems. 
3.     Systemic thinking, including: focus on stakeholder needs, consideration of through-life impacts from engineering choices, ability to model complex problems and technical data and synthesize them in simple structures and reports 
4.     Good communication and negotiation skills. 
5.     Fluent Italian and English. 
6.     European Citizenship. 
  

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Primary Location:

IT - Varese - Cascina Costa

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Contract Type:

Permanent

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  • Leonardo S.p.A. is a state-anchored Italian aerospace and defense prime with more than 60,000 employees, roughly 17,000 in R&D, operating across approximately 150 countries with major industrial bases in Italy, the UK, the US, and Poland.
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