ELI - Autonomy Software Engineer
Pubblicato il 06-10-2026 - Leonardo in Varese
Questa posizione è in Leonardo
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Job Description:
Leonardo is an international industrial group and one of the world's leading companies in the Aerospace, Defence, and Security sectors, delivering multi-domain technological capabilities in the fields of Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cyber Security, and Space. With more than 60,000 employees worldwide, the company has a strong industrial presence in Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, and the United States, and operates in 150 countries through subsidiaries, joint ventures, and equity investments. A key player in major strategic programs at the global level, Leonardo is a technology and industrial partner to governments, defence administrations, institutions, and businesses.
Within the Engineering area, we are seeking an Autonomy Software Engineer for our office in Cascina Costa (VA).
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an Autonomy Software Engineer to help build the software foundations of our autonomy activity.
This is not a pure implementation role: you will investigate methodologies, software paradigms and design approaches, and turn them into reusable frameworks, reference architectures and engineering procedures that the wider team can build on. The position combines hands-on autonomy software development with a genuine research and exploration mandate.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
* Investigate and evaluate software methodologies, paradigms, design patterns and tooling for dependable autonomy software; produce trade studies, reference architectures, guidelines and procedures.
* Design and prototype reusable frameworks and infrastructure for deterministic autonomy software.
* Bridge research-grade components and robust, production-quality deployment, including partitioning and mixed-criticality concepts.
* Build internal tooling and test / CI harnesses for deterministic validation.
* Contribute to the team's technical direction, coding s