Senior ILS LSA Engineer
7 days ago
Letchworth Garden City
Sonovision UK is a leading provider of Engineering Support Services to clients. Our experts help our clients in the Energy, Aerospace, Military and Commercial Sectors achieve time-to-market objectives and cost goals. At Sonovision, we are seeking a Senior ILS Engineer to provide ILS and Integrated Product Support (IPS) consultancy, driving technical excellence, innovation, and customer value across high-profile defence and aerospace programmes. This is a leadership role, requiring close working with major OEMs, defence primes, and government organisations. You will play a key role in recommendations to enhance the supportability of our clients’ products, defining future system support strategies and through-life solutions, influencing design through ILS/IPS principles, Logistic Support Analysis (LSA), and strengthening Sonovision’s position as a trusted partner in supportability engineering. Reporting to the UK Head of ILS, you will lead ILS / IPS teams within Sonovision, oversee delivery of complex ILS programmes and studies, act as a senior interface with customers and partners, and support business development, bid development, and capability growth. • Implement Sonovision’s ILS / IPS strategy in line with business growth objectives, • Implement best practices through the use of ILS frameworks, governance, and tools, • Act as a senior point of contact for high-performing ILS teams across the UK and European operations, • Drive adoption of digital ILS solutions, including data analytics and AI-enabled support, • Ensure alignment with international standards (S-Series, DEF STAN 00-600, DEF STAN 00-60, MIL-STD 1388 2B, AQAP), • Represent Sonovision at industry and MOD forums, • Deliver ILS/IPS principles and analysis to programmes across air, land, and sea, • Ensure delivery meets cost, schedule, and technical performance targets, • Provide senior oversight of key ILS outputs including ISP, LSA OM and maintenance strategies, • Author Integrated Support Plans (ISPs), Supportability Case Reports (SCRs) and all ILS/IPS technical documentation/plans, • Influence system design decisions to optimise availability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost, • Produce LSAR data sets by means of thorough product research and structured Analysis (LSA) in accordance with specified standards., • Identify maintenance requirements, procedures and all associated support resources necessary for sustainment of product in-service., • Populate LSARs using appropriate software packages ensuring compliance with necessary protocols and standards., • Understand customer requirements and end-user’s maintenance concept in accordance with customer provided specifications / statement of work. -, • Work with Reliability and Maintainability Engineers to produce an all-inclusive LSAR database. - Liaise with Technical Publications to provide clarification and validation of core data transferred from the LSAR, • Demonstrable experience in the field of LSA / LSAR, coupled with the use of associated computer database system/s are essential requirements for this role., • Act as technical authority to customer for ILS disciplines including LSA, LORA, FMECA, MTA and RAM, • Perform LSA/LSAR reviews, • Perform deliverable reviews and provide guidance, on specific ILS products, to ILS Engineers and any / all Junior Engineers in the achievement of quality and value for money for contracted deliverables, • Ensure integration of supportability into system architecture and design, • Drive innovation in predictive maintenance, digital twins, and data-driven support models, • Act as a trusted advisor to customers (MOD, defence primes, OEMs), • Support bid and proposal activities, • Build and maintain strategic relationships across the defence and aerospace ecosystem, • Define end-to-end support solutions including maintenance models and supply chain strategies, • Support the development and implementation of next-generation support approaches such as predictive maintenance and digital platforms, • Oversee development of technical documentation aligned with Sonovision capabilities, ensuring compliance with S1000D, • Ensure integration between ILS, technical publications, and digital services, • Degree in Engineering or equivalent, • Experience in ILS / IPS leadership roles within defence or aerospace, • Proven track record delivering complex programmes, • Strong expertise in ILS / LSA methodologies and through-life support, • Knowledge of DEF STAN 00-600, DEF STAN 00-60, S-Series, MIL-STD-1388-2Band AQAP, • Analysis and problem-solving skills, • Ability to understand equipment breakdown structures, • Stakeholder engagement experience, • Fluent English, • Ability to be SC Cleared, • Experience with UK MOD / DE&S, • Understanding of L1 / L2 / L3 frameworks and CSIS and TDOL systems, • Experience leading cross functional teams #J-18808-Ljbffr