Industrial Placement Programme
Our Industrial Placement Programme offers you the chance to spend a year with Leonardo, working on meaningful projects alongside subject‑matter experts, within multidisciplinary teams and across the product lifecycle. You’ll receive a salary of £25,000, with coaching and support from a dedicated team to help you achieve both your placement objectives and personal development goals. Successful completion of an Industrial Placement may also lead to an offer on our Graduate Development Programme.
What you will do as an Industrial Placement Electronics Engineer
You will support the design and development of our world‑leading electro‑optical, communications and information system products under the guidance of experienced Electronics Engineering Leads. You will be introduced to utilising state‑of‑the‑art methods, technology and tools to explore all aspects of the development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, test, acceptance and product support. You will interface with customers (internal and external) on many factors within the design and liaise closely with Engineers from all other disciplines including Mechanical, Software, Systems, Supportability and Design Integrity.
In this role you might be involved in designing for mixed‑signal design, power‑supply design, DAC/ADC, FPGA, high‑speed serial interfaces and video/communication processing algorithms. Opportunities to engage with technologies across a diverse, exciting range of products such as Thermal Imaging Cameras, Vehicle Camera systems, Counter UAV systems, Electronic Warfare products and Communication Systems will also be available. You will develop expertise in the design of circuits, FPGAs and subsystems at various stages in the product lifecycle, including requirements capture, performance analysis, design, code, verification, validation and support for integration and qualification.
Key Areas of Responsibility
* Learn the skills required to become a professional Electronics Engineer.
* Work to timescales.
* Serve as a contributory engineering team member (with support).
* Undertake day‑to‑day engineering activities with some guidance and support.
* Ask for support where appropriate and learn from more experienced team members.
* Contribute to engineering team decisions and understand why such decisions are made and their relationship to project success criteria.
* Explore new experiences and opportunities to learn within the engineering environment.
Qualifications
All of our Industrial Placement roles require you to be currently studying an electronics‑biased degree, including modules covering topics such as digital design, analogue design and signal processing, with experience of using PCB design and simulation tools highly desirable.
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).
Benefits
* Enjoy 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.
* Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts and gym memberships.
Hiring Information
Primary Location: GB – Southampton
Contract Type: Fixed term
Hybrid Working: Hybrid
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