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Graduate Systems Engineer

Leonardo
Luton
1 year ago
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The Opportunity

Do you want to work on real-time projects alongside leading scientists and engineers within a globally renowned company? Leonardo is an international leader in electronic and information technologies for defence systems, aerospace, data, infrastructures, land security and protection, and sustainable ’smart’ solutions. 

What you will do

Luton is the home to around 1,000 people who are involved in the design and development of Leonardo’s Electronic Warfare (EW) capability, which is used to protect airborne platforms from a range of RF-based threats. This includes

The protection systems for current and future RAF and Army aircraft, including Typhoon and Apache. The technology development platforms being developed by the UK’s Team Tempest to support the development of a new 6th generation aircraft within the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). Concept demonstrators for future Electronic Warfaretechnologies and systems. Air Platform Protection systems for export customer aircraft. Technology to draw insights from the vast amounts of data collected by our electronic surveillance systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Graduate Systems Engineers support the development of world-leading technologies and capabilities across multiple Avionic Systems and Platforms. As a Graduate Systems Engineer you will have the opportunity to be involved in one or more phases of the systems engineering lifecycle to create and deliver new and emerging capabilities required by our customers; from understanding the customer’s requirements, developing system architectures and concept designs for the next generation of EW capability, through to live trials of equipment and systems alongside our customers and end-users.

Working as part of an established systems engineering community and supported by a team of experienced engineers, you will be responsible for:

Developing practical skills in engineering design and development for complex systems, understanding key processes and technologies. Gaining an understanding of the EW domain to support the development of relevant products and technologies. Working closely with engineers across multiple disciplines to solve problems. Completing tasks to a high standard in accordance with appropriate processes and procedures. Taking an active role in engineering process improvement, ensuring the communication of best practice across the systems engineering team. Developing and applying your academic skills to solve problems, generate ideas and be proactive within the team.

Immediately following completion of the graduate programme, there will be the option to rotate into two different six-month placements to experience additional projects and/or different aspects of systems engineering.

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 usCompany 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 yearPension: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 schemeTraining:Free access to more than 4000 online courses via CourseraReferral Incentive:You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member

Qualifications

All of our roles require (a) a minimum of an upper Second class Bachelors/Integrated Masters degree, or (b) a higher degree, such as a MSc or PhD. In all cases the subject should be engineering, mathematics, physics or another relevant discipline.

For the Graduate Systems Engineer role, the acceptable degrees are: mathematics, physics, aerospace/aeronautical engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, general engineering, mechanical engineering, systems engineering and computer systems. 

You must have an understanding of mathematics to at least A-Level standard, and a basic understanding of electronics.

You should also ideally have experience of working with engineering development tools (e.g. MATLAB, Simulink, Rhapsody, Cameo, DOORS, Teamcenter).

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