Senior ILS LSA Engineer

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.

The role:

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.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Capability Development

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

Programme & Delivery Leadership

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.

Technical Authority – ILS / IPS

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

Customer Engagement & Business Growth

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

Lifecycle & Support Strategy

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

Technical Publications & Data

Oversee development of technical documentation aligned with Sonovision capabilities, ensuring compliance with S1000D

Ensure integration between ILS, technical publications, and digital services

To be considered for this opportunity

Essential

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

Desirable

Experience with UK MOD / DE&S

Understanding of L1 / L2 / L3 frameworks and CSIS and TDOL systems

Experience leading cross functional teams