Summer Placement Software Engineer

Our client is a global aerospace, defence and security company. Job Description: Your impact Are you ready to make an impact and gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects from day one? We're looking for summer placement students who want to be part of something extraordinary —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. Our client's Summer Placement Programme offers you a paid opportunity (£25,000) to develop your current skillset in an innovative and practical environment that can lead to a place on our award-winning Graduate Development programme.

Come and join one of our multi-disciplinary integrated project teams, in Edinburgh and contribute to the solving of real-life engineering problems on state-of-the-art avionics sensor systems, such as: the radar for the Typhoon fighter jet; the radar for the SAAB Gripen fighter; one of our family of Surveillance AESA Radars (Active Electronically Scanned Array); an IRCM (Infra–Red Counter Measures) system; or perhaps on one of our laser target designator or laser ranging systems.

The 13-week Summer Placement Programme We have created a programme across our UK sites that not only increases your technical skills, but gives you the opportunity to work on meaningful real-life projects, alongside experienced engineers and graduates across our business.

You will receive coaching and support to achieve your personal goals and work in multidisciplinary teams to gain as much experience across the product lifecycle from your time in industry as possible. Our ultimate aim is to see you through your undergrad years and successful placements may result in an offer to return for further placements or for an offer on our Graduate Development programme.

The programme will run from 1st June 2027 to 27th August 2027. As a Summer Placement Software Engineer

you will

Provide support to real projects. Be required to apply knowledge gained while studying in a practical way. Undertake activities including designing, testing, qualifying and supporting technology across our range of products. The challenging tasks will...

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