Industrial Placement Electronics Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Electronics Engineer for an exciting industrial placement role. You will support the design and development of cutting-edge electro-optical systems, engaging with advanced technologies and tools throughout the product lifecycle. This role offers the chance to work closely with experienced engineers across various disciplines, gaining valuable insights and skills in electronics design. If you are eager to tackle complex engineering challenges and contribute to innovative projects, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Minimum of a predicted 2:1 grade in a relevant degree discipline.
• Experience with digital design and signal processing is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support design and development of electro-optical and communication systems.
• Interface with customers and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Problem Solving

Team Collaboration

Time Management

Electronics Design

Education

Relevant STEM Degree

Electronics Biased Degree

Tools

PCB Design Tools

Simulation Tools

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Client:

Leonardo

Location:

Bristol, United Kingdom

Job Category:

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

4e5c74645eae

Job Views:

4

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

Job Description:

Key Responsibility Areas

Your role as a Leonardo Industrial Placement Electronics Engineer will be to support the design and development of our world leading electro-optical, communications and information system products under the guidance of experienced Electronics Engineering Leads.

You will be introduced to utilising state-of-the-art methods, technology and tools to explore all aspects of the development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, test, acceptance and product support.

You will interface with customers (internal and external) on many factors within the design and liaise closely with Engineers from all other disciplines including Mechanical, Software, Systems, Supportability and Design Integrity. Electronics Engineers design, document, build and test electronics circuits and firmware designs to go into our various systems.

In Electronics Engineering, you might be involved in designing for mixed signal design, power supply design, DAC/ADC, FPGA, high-speed serial interfaces and video/communication processing algorithms. The opportunity will be there to engage with all of these technologies across a diverse, interesting and exciting range of products including Thermal Imaging Cameras, Vehicle Camera systems, Counter UAV systems, Electronic Warfare products and Communication Systems.

There will be opportunities to develop expertise in the design of circuits, FPGAs and subsystems at various stages in the product lifecycle. This will include requirements capture, performance analysis, design, code, verification, validation and support to integration and qualification. You will gain exposure to other engineering disciplines and business areas.

Key Areas of Responsibility

To learn the skills required to become a professional Electronics Engineer.

Working to timescales.

Work as a contributory engineering team member (with support).

Undertake day-to-day engineering activities with some guidance and support.

Ask for support where appropriate and learn from more experienced team members.

Contribute to engineering team decisions, and understand why such decisions are made and their relationship to project success criteria.

Explore new experiences and opportunities to learn within the engineering environment.

You should have/be able to:

A passion for solving complex engineering problems

The drive to learn the skills required to become a professional Electronics Engineer.

Evidence of working to tight timescales

The ability to work as a contributory engineering team member

Undertake day-to-day engineering activities with some guidance and support

Ask for support where appropriate and learn from more experienced team members

Explore new experiences and opportunities to learn within the engineering environment.

Seek and share good practice and knowledge locally to continuously improve own practices.

Qualifications

All of our Industrial Placement roles require a minimum of a predicted 2:1 grade in a relevant degree discipline. For technical roles please note that our preferred degree disciplines include Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, or other STEM subject degrees.

Studying an electronics biased degree including modules covering topics such as digital design, analogue design and signal processing with experience of using PCB design and simulation tools is highly desirable.