Aerospace Software Engineering Graduate

Leonardo
Yeovil
11 months ago
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Job Description:

At Leonardo, we have a fantastic new opportunity for a Aerospace Software Engineering Graduate.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy,
Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 7,000 are based in the UK.


As one of the leading helicopter manufacturers in the world, Leonardo Helicopters is part of the multi-national Leonardo Group of world class engineering companies. Leonardo Helicopters designs, develops and manufactures
an unrivalled range of the most advanced helicopters, rotary wing technology, also developing mission and performance critical systems. Our helicopters are used extensively in civil and military roles worldwide. Primary operations are in the UK, Italy, Poland and the USA.


Programme Description
In conjunction with the Engineering Management Team and the Early Careers Team, you will have the opportunity to input into the design of your training scheme to include placements which give an insight into the complete
Helicopter Product Life Cycle.
Typically, your placements will consist of 3-6 month rotations across the Engineering department (potentially including a placement within Customer Training) including the opportunity to do an external placement elsewhere
in the business. The graduate scheme will give you the opportunity to build on your technical knowledge and also develop soft skills through opportunities which a direct entry position may not be able to offer.


What you'll get
• Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
• Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
• Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best
suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
• Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for
- Carers (employees caring for families or friends)
- Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
- Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)

- Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
- We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
• Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
• Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
• Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Gold Award
• Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support
• Generous annual and flex leave in addition to bank holidays
To find out about all of our Company benefits please visit:

https://uk.leonardocompany.com/en/peoplecareers/
life-at-leonardo/company-benefits

The Graduate Scheme will start with an Induction into Leonardo, followed by a team building week event at an offsite location incorporating all Trainee starts. There will also be a Engineering specific induction to ensure that scheme requirements and expectations are fully established.
Working with world-leading specialists, you will increase your technical skills and capability, and develop your academic and practical understanding of the diverse world that is manufacturing & supply chain.
Our Graduates will participate in Software Engineering activities directly applied
development of the Mission System, Simulators and Human Machine. In particular, you will:
• Perform defined engineering design and analysis tasks, required for project, process
and departmental purposes using established methods
• Develop and integrate engineering solutions from design concepts and schemes.
Gather and collate relevant technical and commercial information, as directed, to aid/influence design and technical solutions
• Perform defined requirements capture and analysis, software development, testing, simulator and Human Machine Interface assessment activities to ensure that the engineering solution meets customer requirements
• Become familiar with software development in an applied and diverse product
environment
• Assist with the creation of software requirements and participate in the over sight of test activity and the creation of documentation, to support the Systems Engineering and qualification process
• Assist with the development of new technologies, methods, and procedures for business benefit
• Produce standard engineering documents, reports and qualification statements within agreed formats for work undertaken
• Investigate assigned customer and product issues to produce a recommendation for their resolution
• Understand the contribution that your activities have on the improvement of overall aircraft capability
• Perform engineering tests in our Engineering Simulation facility and rig environments that comply with required processes and procedures, to produce valid engineering data to support the design and qualification process
• Perform assessment activities to ensure that the engineering solution meets customer requirements
• Identify and develop improvements to methods and procedures used in your activities
• Support the interpretation of system and user requirements to develop software requirements in collaboration with our customers


We are relentless about inclusion. We understand an inclusive environment is one that welcomes everyone as they are. We see diversity as a strength. We still have some way to go to achieving diverse teams across our whole
business. We would like you to be part of our journey to creating that better balance and welcome applications from all individuals from all walks of life as we build a stronger company together.

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