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Industrial Placement Software Engineer
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Industrial Placement Software Engineer
About the Role
Is Leonardo collaborating with hackajob to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role?
Your Impact
Are you ready to make an impact and gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects from day one?
At Leonardo, we’re looking for industrial placement students who want to be part of something bigger—shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
Our placements are designed to help you:
- Apply your studies in a practical setting.
- Develop your technical skills.
- Gain valuable insight into how our business operates.
Our Industrial Placement Programme
Our Industrial Placement Programme offers you the chance to:
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Spend a year with us, working on meaningful projects.
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Collaborate with subject matter experts in multidisciplinary teams.
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Work across the product lifecycle.
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Receive a salary of £25,000 alongside coaching and support from a dedicated team.
This includes help with achieving 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.
- Encouraged to spend at least three days each week on-site.
- Goal: Integrate with your team and maximise your learning experience.
What You Will Do as an Industrial Placement Software Engineer
- Work with highly skilled professionals passionate about designing and developing cutting-edge technology for a global market.
- Report to an experienced Software Engineer for daily guidance and on-the-job training.
- Introduced to software development processes and state-of-the-art methods, technology, and tools.
- Gain experience in one or more aspects of the software development lifecycle, such as:
- Applied research
- Requirements analysis
- Design
- Implementation
- Integration
- Testing
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Key focus: Learning practical skills not easily acquired within academic environments.
Qualifications
Required
- Currently studying a science-based degree:
- Software Engineering
- Computer Science
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Electronic Engineering (BSc (Hon) / BEng (Hon) / MEng)
- Enjoy a relevant gap in studies.
- Have some experience of programming.
- Show enthusiasm and passion for designing software and writing code.
Preferable but not essential
- Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language (e.g. C++).
- Familiarity with UML (Unified Modelling Language).
Applications Process
A full statement of your courses, projects, and corresponding grades/marks/percentages must be included in your CV.
Open to: Candidates who have completed a first degree and wish to gain industrial experience before pursuing a relevant higher degree:
- PhD
- MSc
Security Clearance
This role requires pre-employment screening as per the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Potential additional checks (may include):
- The Security Check (SC) eligibility requirements.
- Developed Vetting (DV).
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Why Join Us?
Our Work Culture
At Leonardo:
- Employees are central to everything we do.
- Teams drive innovation, technological advancement, and global safety.
Well-structured support
Imagine our comprehensive, company-funded benefits package:
- Supports health, wellbeing, career growth, balancing work and personal life.
Diverse benefits include:
✅ 25 days’ annual leave + up to 12 additional flexi-days annually. ✅ Company-sponsored pension (up to 15% employer contribution). ✅ Free access to:
- Mental health support.
- Financial advice.
- Employee-led networks championing inclusion diversity (e.g. Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing, Ethnicity). ✅ Annual Flexible Benefit allowance (up to £500 rebate):
- Covers private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships, and more.
Our Shared Values
- Commitment to an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace.
- Diversity drives creativity, innovation, and success across teams, communities, and customers.
📢 Join our team: apply now!
Primary Location: GB - Southampton
Contract Type:
- Fixed term
- Hybrid Working
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