Engineering 12 Month Placement

Lockheed Martin; Havant; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin invites engineering placement students for a 12-month term starting June 2027 across RMS UK locations (Havant, Gloucester, Westbury). You will join multi-disciplinary teams on programmes in Airborne Mission systems, Synthetic Training Systems, and C6ISR, gaining practical experience in systems engineering, integration, test, and software development.

Mentorship from professional engineers and structured development programmes support your learning.

Qualifications

• Working towards a STEM degree.
• Strong communication and teamwork required.
• Proficiency with IT software and tools would help.

Responsibilities

• Assist systems engineers to define and document system and software requirements at system, sub-system and software levels.
• Collaborate with systems and software engineers to capture architectures and define technical solutions for customers.
• Support embedded and application software design and build across the engineering lifecycle.
• Assist integration, testing and reporting metrics as products are verified and validated.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

IT skills

Task prioritisation

Education

STEM degree progress

Job description

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Lockheed Martin team as an Engineering Placement Student for a 12-month term beginning in June 2027. The role is open to candidates who are studying a STEM related degree which includes a year in employment. Positions are available across our RMS UK business in the following locations (Havant, Gloucester, Westbury).

Candidates will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience working on programmes across our different business portfolios including Airborne Mission systems, Synthetic Training Systems and C6ISR. You will work as part of a team on real programmes where you will gain practical experience and knowledge across the engineering lifecycle, and experience working with different engineering disciplines such as systems engineering, systems integration, test & acceptance and software development. Your learning and development will be further supported through mentoring from professional engineers to ensure a flying start to your career.

At Lockheed Martin UK, our Early Careers roles provide a unique opportunity to shape the future of technology and innovation while advancing your own career. As a proud Gold Member of The 5% Club, an exclusive group of UK employers dedicated to investing in apprentices and graduates and named in The JobCrowd’s top companies for graduates and apprentices in Engineering, Manufacturing, and Management, we’re renowned for our commitment to developing emerging talent.

You’ll be working on groundbreaking projects that have a real-world impact. Supported by mentorship from industry experts, continuous development programmes, and a clear path for growth.

Roles and Responsibilities

Requirements Engineering And Concept Of Operations

• Work with systems engineers to help define, document and maintain requirements related to functional requirements at a system, sub-system and software level.

Design Definition

• Work with systems and software engineers to capture architectures and define technical solutions that meet the needs of our customers

Detailed Design & Build

• Work with systems, software and specialist engineers to implement the solutioned detailed design for embedded and application level software systems

Integration and Test

• Work with integration and test engineers as technical solutions are integrated through from sub-system to complete system, and product verification, validation and acceptance.
• Producing, collecting and reporting appropriate metrics showing progress
• Using metrics to guide decisions and for management reporting
• Getting involved with analysis and investigations of technical problems

Required Skills, Qualifications And Experience

• Working towards a degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or other STEM related degrees.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Good IT skills in a range of software packages.
• Ability to prioritise own tasking to meet program needs.