Engineering Early Careers
Leonardo UK offers early career opportunities to those wanting to work in engineering, with apprenticeships, a graduate programme, internships and summer placements available. You will gain invaluable experience and have the support of highly experienced and knowledgeable engineers.

Through our commitment to skills development, you will have the opportunity to gain various industry-recognised qualifications throughout your career.

Engineering Graduates

As an engineering graduate, you are integrated within your specialist discipline area and immediately work with customers and suppliers on current and future projects at the heart of our business operations.

Engineering Apprentices

As an engineering apprentice, a series of rotational placements introduce you to the many aspects of engineering design; covering Mechanical, Electronic, Systems, Software and Quality Engineering undertaken whilst working on live practical tasks and projects.

Apprenticeships across Leonardo offer a foundation from which you are able to experience how the business works and operates, whilst continuing your learning journey and gaining more qualifications within your chosen career path. The business supports day release to college, and has work-based assessors who can help guide you through understanding the practical application of many of the theories that you will learn whilst studying.

Engineering Internships and Summer Placements

An engineering internship complements your continuous development and study through project delivery as part of an existing integrated project team within the business.

Innovation: people and technology in harmony

Innovation: people and technology in harmony

Innovation is central to everything Leonardo does and stands for. In the UK, we invest around £220 million (around 10% of turnover) in research and development. This helps focus our people on developing creative, fit for the future and bespoke capability for our customers' success.