Engineering 12 Month Placement

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Lockheed Martin team as an Engineering Placement Student for a 12-month term beginning in June 2027. The role is open to candidates who are studying a STEM-related degree which includes a year in employment. Positions are available across our RMS UK business in the following locations: Havant, Gloucester, Westbury.

Candidates will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience working on programmes across our different business portfolios including Airborne Mission Systems, Synthetic Training Systems, and C6ISR. You will work as part of a team on real programmes where you will gain practical experience and knowledge across the engineering lifecycle, and experience working with different engineering disciplines such as systems engineering, systems integration, test & acceptance, and software development. Your learning and development will be further supported through mentoring from professional engineers to ensure a flying start to your career.

At Lockheed Martin UK, our Early Careers roles provide a unique opportunity to shape the future of technology and innovation while advancing your own career. As a proud Gold Member of The 5% Club, an exclusive group of UK employers dedicated to investing in apprentices and graduates and named in The JobCrowd’s top companies for graduates and apprentices in Engineering, Manufacturing, and Management, we’re renowned for our commitment to developing emerging talent.

You’ll be working on groundbreaking projects that have a real-world impact, supported by mentorship from industry experts, continuous development programmes, and a clear path for growth.

Roles and Responsibilities

Requirements Engineering and Concept of Operations

• Work with systems engineers to help define, document, and maintain requirements related to functional requirements at a system, sub-system, and software level.

Design Definition

• Work with systems and software engineers to capture architectures and define technical solutions that meet the needs of our customers.

Detailed Design & Build

• Work with systems, software, and specialist engineers to implement the solutioned detailed design for embedded and application-level software systems.

Integration and Test

• Work with integration and test engineers as technical solutions are integrated through from sub-system to complete system, and product verification, validation, and acceptance.
• Producing, collecting, and reporting appropriate metrics showing progress.
• Using metrics to guide decisions and for management reporting.
• Getting involved with analysis and investigations of technical problems.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• Working towards a degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other STEM-related degrees.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Good IT skills in a range of software packages.
• Ability to prioritize own tasking to meet program needs.