FPGA Firmware Engineer - Industrial Placement (Hybrid)

Leonardo UK Ltd; Caddington; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to recharge: flexi-days

Pension scheme with up to 15% employer

Mental health support

Flexible benefits up to £500

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd invites applications for an Industrial Placement Firmware Engineer in Luton. You will work on high-performance digital systems within Electronic Warfare, spending about a year on meaningful projects alongside experts.

You'll gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and cross-disciplinary exposure while developing leadership and stakeholder engagement skills for a future career at Leonardo.

Qualifications

• Students studying Electronic/Computer/Robotics Engineering or related STEM fields.
• Interest in firmware development, FPGA design or embedded systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.
• Exposure to programming or FPGA technologies through studies or projects.

Responsibilities

• Support FPGA firmware development for embedded real-time systems.
• Assist firmware verification and simulation activities.
• Use industry-standard development tools and HDL languages.
• Assist testing and validation to meet performance requirements.
• Analyse data and present findings to engineering teams.
• Collaborate with systems, software and hardware engineers on integration.

Skills

Firmware development

Embedded systems

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication & teamwork

Programming exposure

Digital electronics / FPGA

Education

Electronic Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Robotics Engineering

AI & Cybernetics

Communications Engineering

Information Engineering

Computer Science

Physics or Applied Physics

Mathematics or Applied Mathematics

Cyber Security

Tools

HDL languages

FPGA development tools

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd invites applications for an Industrial Placement Firmware Engineer in Luton. You will work on high-performance digital systems within Electronic Warfare, spending about a year on meaningful projects alongside experts.

You'll gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and cross-disciplinary exposure while developing leadership and stakeholder engagement skills for a future career at Leonardo.