Industrial Placement - Systems Engineering

Industrial Placement - Systems Engineering

Leonardo, Basildon, England, United Kingdom

Our 12-month Industrial Placement Programme offers you the chance to spend a year with us, working on meaningful projects alongside subject matter experts, within multidisciplinary teams, and across the product lifecycle. You’ll receive a salary of £25,000, with coaching and support from a dedicated team to help you achieve both your placement objectives and personal development goals. Successful completion of an Industrial Placement with Leonardo may also lead to an offer on our Graduate Development Programme.

During your placement, we encourage you to spend at least three days each week on site to integrate with your team and maximise your learning experience.

As an Industrial Placement Systems Engineer, you will:

• Be involved in all aspects of design and development; from initial product design through to in-service support.
• Look at the big picture — determining how the system needs to operate and collaborating with others to deliver the required overall operational behaviours. You’ll also dive into the finer details, breaking the system down piece by piece and defining each element of its design.
• Contribute to research and development, exploring new concepts and advancing the technologies that will shape our future products.
• Work on real engineering problems with opportunities to be involved in supporting a wide range of tasks across multiple projects/products, covering Sea, Land, Air and Space domains.
• Join a dynamic and innovative team that provides day-to-day guidance and on-the-job training, introducing you to systems engineering processes, methods, technology and tools.
• Receive targeted training to develop engineering skills and the domain knowledge required to achieve technical excellence as a Systems Engineer.

All of our Industrial Placement roles require a minimum predicted 2:1 in a relevant degree discipline. For technical roles, preferred degree disciplines include Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, or other STEM subjects.

We are 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 real-world problems

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, including meeting eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information, please visit the Leonardo careers site.

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package supporting wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you’re growing professionally, taking care of your health, or planning for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to recharge: generous leave with up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your future: pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Your wellbeing matters: access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee networks championing inclusion and diversity.
• Tailored perks: flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, discounts, gym memberships and more.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit the Leonardo careers site.

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Location:

GB - Basildon

Contract Type:
Fixed term

Hybrid Working:
Hybrid