Overview
Leonardo Southampton, United Kingdom
We are looking for industrial placement students to join our team in Southampton. This placement offers real-world projects from day one, with a focus on innovation, technology, and global safety. The Industrial Placement Programme provides a year-long opportunity to work on meaningful projects with subject matter experts, within multidisciplinary teams, and across the product lifecycle. The salary is £25,000, with coaching and support from a dedicated team to help you achieve placement objectives and personal development goals. Successful completion of an Industrial Placement may lead to an offer on our Graduate Development Programme. During your placement, you are encouraged to spend at least three days each week on site to maximise your learning experience.
Primary Location GB – Southampton
Contract Type Fixed term
Hybrid Working Hybrid
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 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. Electronics Engineers design, document, build and test electronics circuits and firmware designs to go into our various systems.
In Electronics Engineering, 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. The opportunity will be there to engage with all of these technologies across a diverse, interesting and exciting range of products including Thermal Imaging Cameras, Vehicle Camera systems, Counter UAV systems, Electronic Warfare products and Communication Systems. There will be opportunities to 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 to integration and qualification. You will gain exposure to other engineering disciplines and business areas.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- To learn the skills required to become a professional Electronics Engineer.
- Working to timescales.
- Work 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
Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required
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 is 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). For more information please visit https //careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting
Why join us
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do, and our teams are key contributors in shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you’re looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.
- Time to recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
- Secure your future: Benefit from our pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
- Your wellbeing matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
- Tailored perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
For a full list of our company benefits please visit https //careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/company-benefits
Be part of something bigger – apply now!
Job function
- Engineering and Information Technology
Special notes: This listing contains multiple location snapshots and related postings that are not required for the core role description.
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Leonardo Southampton, United Kingdom
We are looking for industrial placement students to join our team in Southampton. This placement offers real-world projects from day one, with a focus on innovation, technology, and global safety. The Industrial Placement Programme provides a year-long opportunity to work on meaningful projects with subject matter experts, within multidisciplinary teams, and across the product lifecycle. The salary is £25,000, with coaching and support from a dedicated team to help you achieve placement objectives and personal development goals. Successful completion of an Industrial Placement may lead to an offer on our Graduate Development Programme. During your placement, you are encouraged to spend at least three days each week on site to maximise your learning experience.
Primary Location GB – Southampton
Contract Type Fixed term
Hybrid Working Hybrid
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 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. Electronics Engineers design, document, build and test electronics circuits and firmware designs to go into our various systems.
In Electronics Engineering, 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. The opportunity will be there to engage with all of these technologies across a diverse, interesting and exciting range of products including Thermal Imaging Cameras, Vehicle Camera systems, Counter UAV systems, Electronic Warfare products and Communication Systems. There will be opportunities to 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 to integration and qualification. You will gain exposure to other engineering disciplines and business areas.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- To learn the skills required to become a professional Electronics Engineer.
- Working to timescales.
- Work 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
Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required
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 is 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). For more information please visit https //careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting
Why join us
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do, and our teams are key contributors in shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you’re looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.
- Time to recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
- Secure your future: Benefit from our pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
- Your wellbeing matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
- Tailored perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
For a full list of our company benefits please visit https //careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/company-benefits
Be part of something bigger – apply now!
Job function
- Engineering and Information Technology
Special notes: This listing contains multiple location snapshots and related postings that are not required for the core role description.
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