Foward Deployed Engineer - All Levels

Leonardo; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution up to 15%

Flexible hours

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Dental and family cover

Tech & lifestyle discounts

Gym memberships

4,000+ online courses (Coursera/Linked

LinkedIn Learning

Referral programme

Up to 12 flexi-days/year

Job summary

Leonardo UK Engineering is building internal AI Engineering Capability with engineers who deploy into Integrated Project Teams for short, scoped engagements. You will collaborate with the AI platform development team and work on architecture, modelling, and design decisions across multiple programmes in a hybrid UK setup.

You must be eligible for full security clearance. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package, flexible hours, and opportunities to develop while contributing to

Qualifications

• Familiarity with LLMs, SLMs and Agentic AI as a user.
• Programming and scripting such as MATLAB, Simulink, Python, Bash.
• Product and systems thinking.

Responsibilities

• Deploy into a project to discover, scope and solve high-value engineering problems with the platform’s tooling.
• Collaborate with the AI platform team to influence architecture and design decisions and work with process owners to change how we engineer.
• Build custom applications, workflows and templates to enable development and improvement of engineering products—from specifications to implementation and modelling tooling.
• Become an expert user of tooling, understanding opportunities and failure modes better than anyone else in the company.
• Upskill the IPT engineers so the team is more capable after you leave than when you started.

Skills

LLMs/SLMs/Agentic AI

MATLAB/Simulink

Python/Bash

Product & systems thinking

Job description

Your Impact

Leonardo UK Engineering is building internal AI Engineering Capability with engineers who deploy into Integrated Project Teams for short, scoped engagements. The role uses AI-enabled tooling to improve how a programme handles requirements, architecture, modelling, design, implementation and related engineering work. You will work within a small multi-disciplinary team in deep collaboration with our AI platform development team.

Where this vacancy is being recruited across more than one grade, the successful candidate will be appointed to a specific assessed grade, and the applicable salary range will be that associated with the grade of appointment.

What You’ll Do

• Deploy into a project – help to discover, scope and solve high value engineering problems with the platform’s tooling.
• Collaborate with the AI platform team to make architecture and design decisions and with company process owners to change how we engineer
• Build custom applications, workflows and templates to enable development, improvement of engineering products – from specifications to product implementation to supporting engineering modelling & simulation tooling.
• Become an expert user: know the tooling’s opportunities and failure modes better than anyone else in the company.
• Skill up the IPT’s engineers as you go — the team should be more capable after you leave than it was while you were there.

What We’re Looking For

• High agency. You are curious, purposeful and proactive – you learn quickly and find ways to navigate complex organisational structures.
• Outcome oriented and data driven – you care about effecting real change for our engineers and our end customers.
• Write well enough that anything you leave behind is usable by a stranger six months later.
• Comfortable being measured on whether other people adopted something.
• Able to enter an unfamiliar programme, earn trust with a variety of stakeholders quickly, and leave without having become indispensable.

What You’ll Bring

• Familiarity with LLMs, SLMs and Agentic AI as a user
• Programming and scripting, such as MATLAB, Simulink, Python, Bash
• Product and systems thinking

Why this is interesting

• You work across several programmes a year instead of one, and see how the business really engineers.
• You become the company’s expert user of tooling that will be everywhere in three years.
• The process change your project exposes becomes the new company standard — you change the method, not just the output.
• Your output is measured in other people’s capability, which is a rarer and more portable thing to have done.

Security Clearance

You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vettingclearance-levels

Why join us

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

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our 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).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo 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 and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Primary Location

GB - Edinburgh

Additional Locations

GB - Basildon, GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lane, GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300, GB - Newcastle, GB - Southampton

Contract Type

Employee-Permanent

Hybrid Working

Hybrid