Leonardo · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Description: Your impact Do you enjoy solving complex engineering problems, getting close to the product, and seeing the direct impact of your decisions? We are looking for an experienced Production Support Electronics Engineer to join the Electronics team in Leonardo’s Advanced Targeting Sector in Edinburgh and we are interested in applicants with a range of hardware experience levels, to be an Senior Engineer or Principal Engineers, with the level of appointment matched to your experience, technical depth and leadership capability. All of these roles are based at Leonardo’s Edinburgh site. Due to the nature of the work, the roles are expected to be primarily site-based, typically around 3 to 5 days per week working at the Edinburgh site, although this may ebb and flow depending on the tasks, investigations, test campaigns and project needs. Advanced Targeting is an area that has a number of significant growth opportunities due to a strong pipeline of work. This position looking to fill a vacancy on the Electro-Optics Product Support Team which is responsible for new product introduction (NPI) as well as providing technical assistance and troubleshooting for our world-class laser and infra-red countermeasure products. This is not a narrow production support role. You will be involved in fault investigation, product upgrades, design changes, test improvement, qualification testing, obsolescence resolution and defect reduction. You will work closely with Operations and cross-functionally with Electronics, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Firmware and Test Engineering, as well as Supply Chain, Quality and Project Management. The role involves diagnosing hardware issues, handling customer queries and collaborating with internal teams to maintain and improve product quality. You will work closely alongside our Quality, Design and Manufacturing groups, as well as developing close collaborative relationships with our key supply chain partners. The ideal candidate should possess solid knowledge of electronics, problem-solving skills, and experience in technical support roles. As a Senior or Principal Production Support Electronic Engineer you will: Analyse and diagnose electronics failures on our laser products, identifying root cause and recommending corrective action. Manage escalation of critical pattern faults to ensure timely resolution. Liaise with design teams and other engineering disciplines to resolve complex issues that require cross-functional input. Provide detailed reports to management and customers on problem resolution efforts. Manage any emerging component obsolescence issues. Work alongside our supply chain to ensure smooth transition to rate production for new laser products (NPI). Liaise with supply chain to support them in resolving emerging circuit board production issues. Ensure that our supply chain have robust and effective board-level test solutions. Provide feedback on product manufacturability, testability and cost reduction and other potential improvements based on field data. You will receive technical and personal developmental support from recognised industry experts in the fields on electro-optics and defence avionics. Training will be delivered via a combination of on-the-job experience working alongside subject matter experts with many decades of experience, plus additional formal technical training delivered via taught courses depending on the business needs. What you’ll bring We are looking for engineers who are pragmatic, technically curious and comfortable working close to the product. You will bring: A degree, HND/HNC or equivalent experience in Electronics, Hardware Engineering, RF Engineering, Systems Engineering, Test Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline. Good understanding of electronic circuits, and awareness of PCB manufacturing processes. Strong diagnostic and fault-finding skills and de-bugging of analogue, digital and power circuits. Good practical laboratory skills, including operation of standard electronics test equipment (oscilloscopes, multi-meters, power supplies). Strong team-working and interpersonal skills are essential. The ability to make sound engineering judgements in a timely manner. A practical understanding of complex hardware products, production test, design verification or product sustainment. Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering and non-engineering teams. A proactive, self-starting approach and the tenacity to drive problems through to resolution. It would be nice if you had Experience in one or more of the following would be beneficial: Experience with any of the following technologies: Military Avionics, Electro-Optics, Lasers, Power Electronics. Familiarity or experience with FRACAS, RCCA, Five Why’s, FMEA. Knowledge of electronics manufacturing standards, e.g. IPC-A-610. Knowledge of product configuration management tools. Awareness of electronic manufacturing processes. Experience with Siemens Xpedition, or similar ECAD toolsets. Automatic test equipment, production test systems, diagnostics or test coverage improvement. This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn. 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) or Developed Vetting (DV). 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. 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. Be part of something bigger - apply now! #LI-HB1 Primary Location: GB - Edinburgh Contract Type: Employee-Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid

Leonardo · Newcastle, United Kingdom

Job Description: Test Solution Design Engineer Salary: £44, 000 to £71,400 Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity. Your impact Are you interested in designing and developing advanced test solutions for some of the most innovative defence and aerospace projects in the UK? If you like the sound of delivering electronic test solutions for platforms such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, then we would like to hear from you. We are looking for an experienced Test Solution Design Engineer to join our well-established Test Engineering community at our Edinburgh based site. You will play a pivotal role in the design, development and integration of test solutions that supports our industry-leading contribution to Radar programmes and wider defence capabilities. As a Test Solution Design Engineer, you will: Support the creation and delivery of test solutions within a defined work package area, ensuring that the solution meets all stakeholder requirements across performance, cost and schedule. Capture, analyse and mature stakeholder needs, associating priority, interest and influence to determine the optimum technical approach to solving complex engineering challenges. Design and development of electronic hardware solutions across the full design lifecycle, from concept and detailed design through to integration, verification and qualification. Produce high-quality design documentation and technical reports, ensuring configuration control and compliance with relevant standards and processes. Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure architectural alignment with other elements of the programme. Contribute to the resolution of emerging technical issues by proposing and driving through robust solutions, escalating more complex risks and supporting the identification of opportunities and risk mitigation strategies. Develop, coach, mentor and upskill engineers within the wider engineering community, promoting best practice in electronic design. What you’ll bring Experience working across the full design life-cycle. Experience working with electronics hardware Experience working with Test solutions Experience with integration, verification and qualification This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn. 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) or Developed Vetting (DV). 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. 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. Be part of something bigger - apply now! Primary Location: GB - Newcastle Contract Type: Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid

Leonardo · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Description: Salary: £54,000 to £71,400 Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity. Your Impact Are you an experienced Hardware Engineer that would like to aid in the delivery of high-performance hardware that forms part of our Surveillance RADAR systems? If so, we would love to hear from you. In this role, you will experience the full engineering lifecycle within Leonardo assisting with requirement and architecture definition and maturation, the design of new novel PCB level electronics and work with the wider project team to support integration and qualification of product What you’ll bring Provide design of product within the Electronics Hardware discipline, to ensure successful delivery / transfer to production. Ensure engineering design is best practice by following Company and Engineering life cycle processes. Design engineering solutions taking into account all requirements such as product quality, safety, reliability and testability Create work package plans, advising on optimum team size/capability mix and reporting against the teams work programmes including analysis of risk Resolve routine and complex technical and delivery issues within engineering, related to defined work package assignments, and in accordance with local team engineering plans and processes. Communicate non-routine technical and delivery issues to by local engineering team or direct line management with resolution proposals. Support a culture of innovation within the local team, engineering discipline, and wider business that creates solutions to project and business problems. Promote a culture of best practice sharing and knowledge exploitation Contribute to local team and Engineering Unit decision making Participate in continuous improvement activities to develop skills and competencies within the individual’s own engineering discipline and wider project. May supervise an Engineer or Senior Engineer Participate in self-development activities to improve Skills & Competencies in the specific engineering discipline and wider project The skills and experience we are looking for: Higher education approved STEM qualification at degree level as a minimum or equivalent as recognised by professional accreditation schemes Circuit design (schematic capture) layout and simulation practitioner experience. Mixed signal knowledge using ADC/DAC, FPGA, SoC based design for high performance signal processing, communications and control. Integrating in-house designs with COTS modules (power supplies, single board computers, RF interfaces) Analysing system level requirements documents and understanding their application to Hardware designs Good domain knowledge of high-speed serial communication links and knowledge of associated protocols and architectures, Power Supply Design and Analogue Design Hands on experience of Hardware, Firmware & Software Integration of Micro Processor Based designs onto hardware platforms is essential Debugging, testing and verification of new designs and supporting their commissioning and integration into the target system Ability to liaise with suppliers of key components and assemblies 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) or Developed Vetting (DV). 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. 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. Be part of something bigger - apply now! Primary Location: GB - Edinburgh Additional Locations: GB - Newcastle Contract Type: Employee-Permanent Hybrid Working: Hybrid