Job Specifications
hackajob is collaborating with Leonardo to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
Job Description
Your impact
Are you ready to make an impact and gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects from day one?
At Leonardo, we’re looking for summer placement students who want to be part of something bigger—shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
Our placements are designed to help you apply your studies in a practical setting, develop your technical skills, and gain valuable insight into how our business operates.
Our Summer Placement Programme
Our 13 weeks Summer Placement Programme gives you the chance to work on meaningful projects alongside subject matter experts, within multidisciplinary teams, and across the product lifecycle. Throughout your placement, you’ll receive coaching and support from a dedicated team, with the potential to return for future placements or progress onto our Graduate Development Programme.
The programme will run from 1st June to 28th August 2026.
We encourage you to spend at least three days each week on site to integrate with your team and maximise your learning experience.
What you’ll do as a Summer Placement Supportability Engineer
Supportability Engineers are integral to a product’s lifecycle: from concept and initial design, through production, and into in-service support.
They analyse and report on the Reliability, Maintainability and Testability (RMT) of a product and advise on design and development in order to satisfy customer specifications. Supportability Engineering are the experts in Root Cause Analysis and are integral during production when manufacturing defects are observed.
As a Summer Placement Supportability Engineer, you will contribute to a real ongoing project within the department alongside experienced engineers who will provide training, mentoring and guidance. You will be exposed to real-world engineering and learn about the use of Supportability processes and tools.
In Edinburgh, Supportability Engineering Are Directly Involved With
IRCM (Infra-Red Counter Measures) Systems
Laser Target Designator and Laser Ranging Systems
Eurofighter Typhoon Radar
SAAB Gripen Radar
Surveillance AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) Radars
The Global Combat Air Programme
Examples Of Summer Placement Projects Include
Physics of Failure & Finite Element Analysis – an evaluation of Ansys Sherlock in addition to experience of other tools within Ansys suite
Electronics Reliability Analysis - Evaluating Radar PCAs for Reliability, Maintainability, and Testability
Lead Free & Materials Science – design, development and production support and interaction with engineers in a variety of functions and roles
Data Analytics – producing reports using analysis from Production and Field Defect Data
What You’ll Bring
Entry Requirements
Currently studying Aerospace, Electronics or Mechanical Engineering or related disciplines
Competencies We Look For
Strong communication skills, written and verbal
Ability to solve technical problems
Computer literacy (MS Office)
Appreciation of the lifecycle of a product and electronic product design
A passion for reliability and root cause analysis
Personal Attributes
Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and able to use initiative
Analytical with an eye for data
Outgoing with a willingness to ask questions
Collaborative and flexible in approach
Security Clearance
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting
Why join us
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do, key contributors in shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports your wellbeing, learning and development, and work–life balance:
Time to recharge: Our employees are entitled 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays. As a Summer Placement student you will receive this allowance pro rata.
Secure your future: 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)
Never stop learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn learning.
For a full list of our company benefits please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/company-benefits
We are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovati
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