Industrial Placement-Software
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 industrial 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. The Opportunity Our Central London team is looking for talented and enthusiastic software engineers to develop and maintain the internal knowledge management software for our MOD customer. The role will suit those with a Computer Science background who wish to apply their abilities in a broad corporate context. The Type Of Project You Will Be Working On
- Customer Integration: You will be a member of a software project team within our larger Defence Analytics Group working in Central London. The group is integrated into a joint unit with government employees, members of the armed forces, and other contractors.
- The Challenge: To develop and maintain in-house knowledge management software for the dissemination of technical assessments. This tool is primarily written in C# for customer interaction, linking into underlying databases and presenting the information via a web interface.
- Collaboration: You will be working in close liaison with wider teams across the customer base to understand their requirements, with the opportunity to contribute, influence, challenge and improve joint ways of working and knowledge.
- Breadth: You will be working in an environment where supporting different customer requirements presents a variety of challenges.
- A Computer Science background, or other STEM degree with a strong emphasis on programming, with the ability to apply these skills to a variety of problems.
- Front-End Development: A number of languages are utilised, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and relevant frameworks (e.g., ASP.NET) for designing and maintaining web applications. You do not need experience with all of these, but you do need a willingness to learn.
- Software Development: Experience in software prototyping, design, and development, preferably with knowledge of programming languages such as C#, .NET, XAML, and WPF.
- Problem-Solving: Ability to address technical and strategic challenges, particularly in integrating systems across different environments.
- Customer Support: Good communication and interpersonal skills to provide effective support and advice to customers, often at short notice.
- Project Management: Organisational skills to assist in managing production runs and delivering updates on schedule.
- The ability to work office-based in central London.
- Back-End Database Management: Knowledge of SQL and experience with database management systems (e.g., SQL, Transact-SQL) for maintaining and querying databases.
- An appreciation of, and interest in, aerospace technologies.
- Impact: You will help ensure that MOD’s technical assessments are robust and delivered in a timely manner to UK Defence partners and front-line forces.
- Opportunity: You will play a key role in the delivery of MOD technical assessment which is a critical input to MOD’s equipment procurement programs.
- Knowledge: You will develop an understanding of C# coding within a real-world project and an engaged customer base.
- Skills: You will develop a range of software, project planning and interpersonal skills.
- Insights: You will get to work within a Leonardo team that is fully integrated with its MOD customer which will provide an excellent opportunity to see up-close how the MOD operates.
- Teamwork: You will work with a diverse technical team in a highly collaborative environment.
- 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).
- Tailored perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.