Electronic Engineering Summer Placement

Leonardo UK Ltd; Easter Howgate; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Edinburgh is seeking Summer Placement students in Electronic Engineering. This 13-week paid program offers hands-on experience on real-world projects, allowing students to develop technical skills alongside industry experts. Applicants should be pursuing a relevant engineering degree and demonstrate strong communication and collaborative skills. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Access to mental health support

Free online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn learning

Qualifications

• Working towards a degree in Electronics Engineering, Engineering Science, Physics or a relevant discipline.
• Interest in Electronic/Hardware Engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to solving engineering problems on avionics systems.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Apply academic knowledge to real projects.
• Develop practical skills in design techniques.
• Receive guidance from experienced supervisors.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Self-motivated

Adaptable to changing priorities

Collaborative and flexible

Education

Upper Second class Bachelors/Integrated Masters degree

Higher degree such as MSc or PhD

Job description

Electronic Engineering Summer Placements

Your impact

Do you want to work on real-time projects alongside leading scientists and engineers within a globally renowned company?

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 summer 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, and gain valuable insight into how our business operates.

Our Summer Placement Programme

Our 13-week Summer Placement Programme gives you the chance to work on meaningful projects alongside subject matter experts, within multidisciplinary teams, and across the product lifecycle. Throughout your paid placement, you’ll receive coaching and support from a dedicated team, with the potential to return for future placements or progress onto our Graduate Development Programme.

The programme will run from 1st June to 28th August 2026.

We encourage you to spend at least three or four days each week on site, to integrate with your team and maximise your learning experience by designing, testing or integrating hardware on the Edinburgh site.

As an Electronic Engineering Summer Placement student, you will:

• Contribute to solving real life engineering problems on state-of-the-art avionics sensor systems. Particular emphasis will be placed on learning practical skills that may not be easily gained or experienced in the academic environment of university.
• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple disciplines to help project targets and solve problems
• Apply your academic knowledge to real projects, including design, testing, qualification and/or technology support
• To learn the skills required for hardware development, you will develop practical skills in design techniques for aerospace applications, understand key technologies, and develop your experience using ECAD tools and test equipment
• Develop your skills with the guidance of an experienced supervisor and the wider engineering community

What you’ll bring: Entry Requirements

• All of our placement students should be working towards (a) a minimum of an upper Second class Bachelors/Integrated Masters degree, or (b) a higher degree, such as an MSc or PhD.
• The subject should be Electronics Engineering, Engineering Science, Physics or another relevant discipline.
• You should demonstrate an interest in one or more of the disciplines within Electronic/ Hardware Engineering (e.g. RF, Microwave, power supply, FPGAs or high-speed digital circuitry).

Competencies we look for:

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, needed to communicate problems and their solutions to your project team
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and able to use initiative to understand issues and find solutions
• Adaptable to changing priorities imposed by product-led milestones and pressures
• Collaborative and flexible in approach

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC). For more information and guidance please visit:

https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do, key contributors in shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports your wellbeing, learning and development, and work–life balance:

• Time to recharge: Our employees are entitled 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. As a Summer Placement student you will receive this allowance pro rata.
• Secure your future: Award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution
• Your wellbeing matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity)
• Never stop learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn learning.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/company-benefits

We are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people, communities, and customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Be part of something bigger - apply now!

Primary Location:

GB - Edinburgh

Contract Type:

Fixed term

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid