Microwave Engineering Industrial Placement

The Opportunity

Our Industrial Placement Programme is designed to offer you the opportunity 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.

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!

We are looking for talented, enthusiastic Science & Engineering students to help us design Microwave/RF systems
to execute high performance Rx, Tx and signal processing functions.
You will gain valuable experience towards your future career by joining our highly skilled team designing these
systems that form part of our self-protection systems installed on fast jet, UAV, land and naval platforms.

You will be given the opportunity to develop lifelong skills in Microwave & RF design up to 40GHz with the support
of world class experts in their field.
You will use the latest software design tools to help create a diverse range of products such as TRMs and Up/Down
converters to highly integrated RF & Digital boards; forming key parts in high performance EW systems.
You will learn how to assess your work in our well-equipped laboratories in order to develop robust designs that
will function reliably in harsh environments to enable decades of use.
Your role may even take you across the UK or abroad for technical reviews.

All of our Industrial 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 Physics, Applied Physics, Mathematics,
Electronic Engineering, General Engineering, or other STEM subject degrees.
We work in a modern, flexible environment and will accommodate your personal needs wherever possible.
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 5
years permanent residency in the UK, but may need to be to a higher level for this particular role due to the nature
of the projects and or programmes that the role will be supporting

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 hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
• 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 10% 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
• Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below

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 5 years permanent residency in the UK.

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:

Fixed term

Hybrid Working:

Onsite