Full-Time
Aerospace, defense tech design and manufacturing
£59.5k - £75k/yr
Edinburgh, UK
Hybrid
Hybrid work with onsite requirements at Edinburgh, UK.
UK Top Secret Clearance Required
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Leonardo operates in aerospace, defense, and security, designing and manufacturing advanced technologies for militaries, intelligence agencies, and defense contractors. Its products combine hardware, software, and services and can include end-to-end systems built by subsidiaries such as Leonardo DRS; training and ongoing support are core parts of the offering. The company differentiates itself through a broad, diversified portfolio and long-standing relationships with US and allied governments, enabling end-to-end development and sustainment. Its goal is to provide reliable, state-of-the-art capabilities with strong customer support and training for defense, intelligence, and civil infrastructure customers.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Rome, Italy
Founded
2022
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Flexible Work Hours
Health Insurance
Leonardo SpA reported a 40% surge in orders to approximately €16 billion in H1 2026, driven by strong demand across divisions including major helicopter and jet contracts. Revenue rose 10% year-over-year, excluding currency headwinds. EBITDA reached €730 million, up 30%, whilst return on sales improved to 7.6% from 6.5%. Adjusted net income increased 74% and free operating cash flow improved 45% despite remaining negative in the first half. The company raised its full-year guidance, increasing expected new orders to €28.2 billion, EBITDA to €2.21 billion, and free operating cash flow to €1.37 billion. Net debt stood at €3.2 billion, including the IVECO Defence Vehicles acquisition. The acquisition contributed €6 billion to the backlog and €400 million in Q2 revenues. Helicopter deliveries increased from 72 to 81 units, whilst aerostructures revenue jumped 44% on higher B7A7 production rates.
Airbus, Leonardo and Thales are preparing to seek European Union approval for a three-way space merger, arguing Europe needs a unified champion to compete with SpaceX and China. The deal, known as Project Bromo, would combine major European space assets across satellite manufacturing and systems. The proposed company would employ roughly 25,000 people, generate approximately €6.5 billion in annual revenue and maintain an order backlog exceeding three years. Ownership would be split with Airbus holding 35% whilst Leonardo and Thales would each own 32.5%. The merger faces opposition from Germany's OHB and Spain's Indra Space, which warn it could reduce competition in Europe's satellite market. The deal represents an early test of new European Commission merger guidelines that may prioritise scale when companies face global competitors.
Leonardo AI releases model consistency workflows for enterprise content material groups. Leonardo AI has printed detailed workflows for sustaining model consistency in AI-generated visible content material, addressing one of many persistent ache factors for enterprise advertising groups adopting generative AI instruments. The methods middle on utilizing picture references relatively than textual content prompts alone to manage particular visible variables - shade palettes, typography, logos, and model mascots. For video technology, Leonardo recommends Picture-to-Video (I2V) and Begin/Finish body workflows to forestall the "id drift" that causes topics to warp or mutate throughout movement sequences. The technical strategy. The core perception: textual content prompts aren't sufficient. Once you ask an AI mannequin to make use of "model colours" or a "particular font," you are primarily asking it to guess from its coaching information. The consequence tends towards generic, middle-ground outputs. Leonardo's resolution includes creating visible reference sheets - shade swatches with HEX codes, font samples, emblem recordsdata - and importing them immediately as picture references alongside textual content prompts. For a UI mockup utilizing a particular shade palette, this implies producing a shade swatch sheet by way of instruments like Canva's palette generator, then feeding that picture to the mannequin whereas additionally together with HEX codes within the immediate textual content. Typography presents a more durable problem. Font substitute stays one of the crucial troublesome duties in AI picture technology, in response to Leonardo. Even fashions that render legible textual content wrestle to match particular named fonts from prompts alone. The workaround: create a easy visible displaying the font and use it as a picture reference, then swap to fashions optimized for textual content dealing with - Leonardo recommends their Nano Banana Professional mannequin for this job. Video consistency requires extra management. Video technology compounds the consistency drawback. With out anchoring frames, AI fashions should concurrently invent visible fashion and calculate physics of movement - a recipe for glitches. The Begin/Finish body workflow locks in precisely the place a video begins and concludes, eliminating guesswork. Leonardo emphasizes upscaling pictures earlier than feeding them to video fashions; low-resolution beginning frames may cause the AI to misread pixel noise as bodily shapes, creating artifacts throughout animation. Completely different fashions serve completely different functions. Leonardo suggests Veo 3.1 for morphing animations and Kling 3.0 for character-driven sequences, although mannequin choice depends upon the precise artistic utility. Why this issues for advertising and marketing groups. The "generic output entice" is not simply an aesthetic drawback - it is a model dilution drawback. Foundational AI fashions educated on large datasets naturally output the statistical common of comparable pictures. That common lacks the distinct character that differentiates manufacturers. Leonardo's steering consists of constructing centralized immediate libraries so groups work from similar foundations relatively than every member improvising their very own strategy. With out standardization, model consistency breaks down rapidly throughout campaigns. The corporate acknowledges that technical workflows alone will not produce actually on-brand content material. "AI fashions are glorious at following structural directions and matching colours, however they lack empathy," the information states. The human operator offers the emotional intelligence to attach model messaging with viewers expectations - AI handles execution pace and visible technology. For enterprise groups evaluating AI content material instruments, these workflows symbolize the present cutting-edge for managed technology. Whether or not opponents like Midjourney, DALL-E, or Runway supply equal model management options might decide which platforms seize the enterprise market.
Leonardo AI unveils comprehensive image editing suite with six model options. Leonardo AI releases detailed guide to AI image editing featuring Nano Banana, GPT Image 1.5, and Flux models as competition heats up with Adobe, Google, and Canva. (Read More)
Leonardo has entered a binding agreement to acquire UK-based cybersecurity firm Becrypt through its wholly owned subsidiary Leonardo UK Ltd. The acquisition will strengthen Leonardo's position in UK and Five Eyes cyber defence domains, particularly in securing sensitive government environments. Founded in 1996 and employing around 100 people, Becrypt develops technology protecting data up to Top Secret classification, including secure operating systems, collaboration tools and data transfer solutions. The company serves the UK Ministry of Defence and wider government departments. The acquisition builds on Leonardo's recent cybersecurity partnerships across Europe, including Axiomatics, SSH Communication and Arbit, as part of its strategy to build resilient sovereign cybersecurity capabilities. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and expected to close within the second quarter of 2026.