Systems Engineering Industrial Placement (Customer Support)

Overview

Spry engineering placement at Leonardo within CS3, designed to apply university learning to real-world systems. You will explore multiple areas—from support design to technical support, digital tools, and capability development—on challenging projects that impact customers and operations. You’ll work with experienced engineers, gain hands-on experience across the engineering lifecycle, and have opportunities to take ownership and collaborate across disciplines. This is a stepping stone toward a future engineering career at Leonardo, with potential pathways into the Graduate Programme.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous leave with up to 12 flexi-days
• Employer pension contribution up to 15%
• Mental health support and financial advice
• Employee networks promoting inclusion and diversity
• Flexible benefits up to 500 for private healthcare, dental, discounts, gym memberships
• Hybrid working model

Responsibilities

• Investigate problems and contribute ideas within the team
• Develop practical systems engineering skills across design, development, integration and verification of complex systems
• Apply academic knowledge to engineering challenges within cost and schedule constraints
• Collaborate with engineers and specialists from multiple disciplines
• Engage with customers to understand needs and operational context
• Capture, analyse and manage customer requirements to inform solution design
• Use data analysis, modelling, visualisation and dashboards to inform decisions
• Deliver work to a high standard following engineering processes and standards
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, methods and tools

Key requirements

• Minimum predicted 2:2 degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another STEM subject
• Interest in engineering and Systems Engineering in industry
• Curiosity, self-motivation and proactive problem solving
• Ability to see both detail and broader system context
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn from others
• Organisational skills and ability to prioritise work and take ownership
• Confidence to ask questions, challenge ideas and speak up when needed
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to learn and develop independence
• Desire to contribute ideas and explore different problem-solving approaches
• No prior defence or aerospace experience required

• Curiosity and logical problem solving
• Self-motivation and proactive learning
• Collaborative mindset and openness to others’ ideas
• Data analysis
• Modelling
• Visualisation

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