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Leonardo

Apr 11

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Placement Program
  • Engineering
  • Edinburgh

Requirements

  • 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 Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, or other STEM subject degrees.
  • All successful candidates must be returning to university after their Summer Placement, i.e. not in their final year.
  • In addition to this, we would be interested in hearing from you if you have experience in:
  • Coding/programming.
  • Relevant project work and/or placements in industry.
  • Solving problems as part of a team
  • Applying your science and technology knowledge to solve a real world problem

Responsibilities

  • Systems Engineers are involved in all aspects of design and development; from initial product design through to in-service support.
  • They look at the big picture, determine how the system needs to operate and collaborate to produce the required overall operational behaviours. They also dive into the deepest level of detail – taking the system piece-by-piece and defining its design to the finest point. Our Systems Engineers can also actively engage in R&D, developing new concepts and conducting fundamental research into our future technologies.
  • As a Summer Placement Systems Engineer, you will work on real engineering problems within either the Radar or the Advanced Targeting business area. You will have the opportunity to be involved in supporting a wide range of tasks across multiple projects/products, such as:
  • The radar for the Typhoon fighter jet
  • The radar for the SAAB Gripen fighter
  • Our family of Surveillance AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars
  • An IRCM (Infra-Red Counter Measures) system
  • Our laser target designator or laser ranging systems
  • Core activities within Systems Engineering include:
  • Requirements capture, design documentation, verification and validation.
  • Algorithm design and test.
  • Performance modelling; building physics-based models to test our designs through computer simulation.
  • Data analysis; end-to-end systems analysis using synthetic and ‘real world’ data.
  • Applied research; from product improvements to blue-sky thinking.
  • You will work with an experienced engineer who will provide day-to-day guidance and on-the-job training. You will be introduced to systems engineering processes, methods, technology and tools, with particular emphasis placed on learning practical skills that may not be easily gained or experienced in the academic environment of a university.

Leonardo

Defence & Aerospace
Industry
10,001+
Employees
1948
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Leonardo is a global high-tech player in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Leonardo plays a strategic role in the industrial development of the countries in which it operates, with a direct presence in five domestic markets (Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Poland, and Israel) and a commercial network extending worldwide. Innovation, continuous research, digital industry and sustainability are the cornerstones of its business worldwide, while the company’s 51,000-plus people are the engine driving its growth. Stefano Pontecorvo has been the Chairman since 9 May 2023 and Roberto Cingolani has been the CEO and General Manager since 9 May 2023.