About Leonardo

Leonardo develops multi-domain capabilities in the Aerospace, Defence and Security sector.

The company plays a prominent role in major international strategic programmes and is a trusted technological partner of governments, defence agencies, institutions and enterprises. Innovation, continuous research, digital manufacturing and sustainability are the cornerstones of Leonardo’s business worldwide.

Leonardo in the UK Early Careers
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Our Business Areas include:

  • Electronics
  • Helicopters
  • Aircraft
  • Cyber & Security
  • Space
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Aerostructures 
  • Automation

Early Careers

At any one time we have over 400 people on a range of training schemes at our sites across the UK and operate a worldwide education programme aimed at encouraging young people throughout their academic careers to take an interest in science and technology.

Leonardo is committed to maintaining its skilled workforce, and recognises the need to expand the UK’s pool of engineering resources by supporting initiatives such as the ‘5% Club’ which aims to increase the number of graduates and apprentices in the UK.

Our strategic partnerships with colleges and universities help identify and develop valuable engineering research capabilities and make the transfer from academia to the workplace as easy as possible.

Your talent and energy are essential to the future of our high-tech business to continue evolving in the competitive market and to ensure we meet our customers’ needs.

By choosing to join Leonardo, you will work as a part of team dedicated to solving complex engineering challenges which make a real difference to the world around us and help to keep people safe.

Find out more about the exciting and challenging careers we offer.

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The facts

Undergrad intake: 30+
Graduate intake: 70+
In the UK, Leonardo has its origins in the Marconi Company, dating back to 1898.
Leonardo invests over 10% of its annual revenues into research and development.
Leonardo has major operations in the UK, Italy, Poland and the US.
Leonardo helicopters are used by more than 1,400 customers in over 100 countries.
Leonardo is a global leader in defence electronics.
We have over 51,000 employees worldwide.
We have 75 Customer Service and Support Centres across the world.
Over 12,000 students have Followed us on Gradcracker.

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We sponsor the Aerospace – Helicopters & Airborne Systems sector.

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