# Embedded Design Engineer - FPGA Academy

Job Description: Salary: Engineer:£37,400 to £53,550 / Senior: £45, 200 to £61,950 / Principal: £53,300 to £71,400 Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity. Your Impact Are you looking for a change of role and are wondering if a move into FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) design might be for you? Leonardo provides a route to develop your existing skills in our on-site FPGA Academy, to allow you to become a full-time Senior FPGA / Firmware Engineer. You’ll then apply your talents to a range of cutting edge designs in our world class Radar and Advanced Targeting Systems (RATS) team. About the FPGA Academy The FPGA Academy is a 16-week structured training and development programme designed for engineers with transferable technical skill sets (such as electronic engineering, embedded software, or systems engineering) who wish to transition into FPGA / Firmware Engineering. The Acade

- **Id**: 3716176
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/leonardo-embedded-design-engineer-fpga-academy>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T12:18:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6346
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule, Gym membership, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Defense Manufacturing, Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 54177
- **Name**: Leonardo
- **Domain**: leonardo.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/leonardo-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 76
- **Open postings**: 201
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.945
- **Repost share**: 0.02
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 27
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 37400
- **Max**: 53550
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 71845

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Embedded C** — Optional: no
- **Post-training** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: no
- **UVM** — Optional: no
- **VHDL** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T00:50:43Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Secondment Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker; Cap exempt: no; Checked at: 2026-11-06T06:20:25+00:00

## Liveness

- **Score**: 62
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.619
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 71845
- **Is top pay**: no

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