Engineering Summer Placement

Luton, England, United Kingdom

12/29/2024

Job Description

This placement opportunity is be based at Capability Green, Luton, home to the Electronic Warfare Line (EW) and Major Air Programmes (MAP) lines of business. The engineers based at this site work with the latest technology to develop a wide range of products for both manned and unmanned aircraft platforms, including airborne sensors, protection, countermeasure and integrated mission systems.

We also have Systems Engineering Summer Placement roles available in our Customer Support and Service Solutions line of business, which are based out of the Luton site. Click here for further details.

The nine-week Summer Placement Programme

We have created a programme across our UK sites that not only increases your technical skills, but gives you the opportunity to work on meaningful real life projects, alongside experienced engineers and graduates across our business.

You will receive coaching and support to achieve your personal goals and work in multidisciplinary teams to gain as much experience across the product lifecycle from your time in industry as possible. Our ultimate aim is to see you through your undergrad years and successful placements will result in an offer to return for further placements or for an offer on our Graduate Development programme.

This programme is remunerated £25,000 per annum.

What You’ll Do As a Summer Placement Student

Summer placement students will be involved in a variety of tasks in one of the following engineering disciplines – Software, Systems, Mechanical, Hardware, Firmware, Microwave or Antenna Engineering.

Providing support to real projects, placement students will be required to apply knowledge gained while studying in a practical way. Placement students will undertake activities including designing, testing, qualifying and supporting technology across our range of products. The challenging tasks will involve communicating with other team members to gain information before completing objectives and examining outcomes.

Working as part of an established engineering community, and supported by a team of experienced engineers, you will responsible for

• Delivering small packages of work to time, cost and quality.
• Working within a team to achieve project targets, collaborate across multiple disciplines and solve problems.
• Communicating with team members to share knowledge.
• Gaining an understanding of the EW domain to support the development of relevant products and technologies.
• Completing tasks to a high standard in accordance with appropriate processes and procedures.
• Using the opportunity to develop engineering skills. A supervisor will be available to provide mentoring whilst working as a fully integrated member of the team.
  
  

What We Need From You

All of our Summer Placement roles require a minimum of a predicted 2 1 grade in a relevant degree discipline. For technical roles please note that our preferred degree disciplines include Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or other STEM subject degrees.

Competencies we look for

• Good communication skills are essential, both written and verbal
• Ability to solve technical problems
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) related degree
• Computer literacy and the ability to use the MS Office suite of tools
• MATLAB/Simulink experience beneficial
• Atitude and interest in engineering and/or science
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated with lots of drive and enthusiasm
• Able to use own initiative to achieve overall objectives
• Able to work under pressure and achieve challenging deadlines within an environment of changing priorities
• Highly responsive with strong customer focus
• Thorough, seeing job through to completion while maintaining high standards
• Able to work flexibly and be readily adaptable to situational changes, in keeping with our custom working policy.
  
  

Please note that in order to apply for this opportunity you must be eligible for UK Security Clearance. Normally this is to the level of Security Check (typically known as “SC”) for our business which includes having a minimum of five years permanent residency in the UK.

Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

• Flexible Working Flexible hours with possibility of some hybrid working.
• Company funded flexible benefits Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Pension Award winning pension scheme (up to 15% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral Incentive You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
  
  

At Leonardo, we are strongly committed to supporting all our people, and, as society and the environment we work in changes, our approach to Inclusion and Diversity continues to evolve and adapt to reflect this. A culture of inclusion goes on to create an environment for greater collaboration, innovation and opportunities to develop as an organisation. If you are willing and able to commit to giving your best performance, you will find Leonardo a very rewarding place to work!

Primary Location

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type

Hybrid Working

Hybrid