Leonardo – Industrial Placements – Edinburgh – 6 or 12 months 

Software Engineer

Job Description: 

Mission: 

Development and coding of software solutions for Embedded, Real Time and Safety Critical Applications 

The Opportunity (6 or 12 month placement opportunities) 

Leonardo’s Industrial Placement programme offers a paid placement (£25,000) to develop your knowledge and skills you require to become an engineering or business professional of the future. On our programme, you will engage with challenging and exciting project work, and deliver innovative business or technical solutions as part of a team of subject matter experts. Throughout the programme, you will receive coaching and support from your team to achieve your objectives as well as your personal development goals. You will gain a wide array of experience on your placement that you can apply to your academic studies and future career.  There may be the possibility to continue to collaborate with Leonardo during your final year(s). 

At Leonardo we value individuals who continuously demonstrate a dedication to their personal development, and successful completion of an Industrial Placement with Leonardo can lead to an offer on our Graduate Development Programme. 

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are willing to take on a challenge to fill our industrial placement roles, and we will demand a high degree of customer focus and work performance from you in order to meet our operational challenges. If you are willing able to commit to giving your best performance, you will find Leonardo a very rewarding place to work! 

How this role fits in 

Come and join one of our multi-disciplinary integrated project teams (IPT) in Edinburgh, and contribute to the solving of real-life engineering problems on state-of-the-art avionics sensor systems, such as: the radar for the Typhoon fighter jet; the radar for the SAAB Gripen fighter; one of our family of Surveillance AESA Radars (Active Electronically Scanned Array); an IRCM (Infra–Red Counter Measures) system; or perhaps on one of our laser target designator or laser ranging systems. 

Role description 

You will report to an experienced engineer who will provide day-to-day guidance and on-the-job training. You will be introduced to the software development processes and utilise state-of-the-art methods, technology and tools. You will also gain experience on one or more aspects of the software development lifecycle, which could include; applied research, requirements analysis, design, implementation, integration, and test. 

Particular emphasis will be placed on learning practical skills that may not be easily gained or experienced in the academic environment of a university. 

Key Responsibility Areas 

Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required 

• You will have some experience of computer programming and be enthusiastic and passionate about designing software and writing code. Experience of an object-oriented programming language such as C++ and knowledge of UML (Unified Modelling Language) is an advantage but not essential.  A full statement of courses and projects studied at university and corresponding grades/marks/percentage should be included in your CV 

• All of our Industrial Placement roles require you to be currently studying a relevant degree discipline such as Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, or other STEM subject degrees. 

Accepted degrees 

• Software Engineering 

• Computer Science 

• Electronic Engineering 

• Physics 

• Mathematics 

• or another relevant discipline 

• To learn the skills required for software development. This could include developing practical skills in design techniques for aerospace applications, understanding of key processes and technologies, developing software using state-of-the-art modelling tools, compilers and test environments. 

• As a software engineer, you are responsible for creating high quality and robust code, for fully documenting and recording your work products, keeping them under configuration management and providing plans and reports on progress to your supervisor. 

• You will deliver technical reports and presentations on your work assignments to your supervisor and fellow placement students and be given assistance to deliver plans and reports to the required academic standard of your university. 

• Your task may involve working closely with Software, Systems, Firmware and Electronics Engineers to solve real integration problems on a complex system. 

How will we support you? 

Leonardo values their people and we reward commitment with a competitive remuneration and flexible benefits package including: 

• Competitive starting salary & relocation allowance (subject to eligibility) 

• Generous holiday entitlement and flexible working arrangements 

• Contributory pension scheme 

• Private healthcare options 

• Employee discounts with selected suppliers (including gym membership) 

• Discounted coffee bar & restaurants at each site 

• Free on-site parking 

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 working arrangements 

• 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 

To find out about all of our Company benefits please visit: http://www.uk.leonardocompany.com/people-careers/people/company-benefits 

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!   

What are you waiting for? 

Leonardo is one of the biggest suppliers of defence equipment to the UK MoD,  come and be a part of a community and work with some of the most talented engineers in the UK on some of the most exciting projects around! 

Click ‘Apply Here’ to start your e-Placement Scotland journey with Leonardo