Leonardo Tech Stack
Defense and space prime contractor with embedded systems and radar focus
Leonardo is a public defense prime with 60,000+ employees across Italy, UK, Poland, and the US, active in fighter jet radar systems (Typhoon, Gripen), uncrewed platforms, and cyber defense. The tech stack reveals heavy embedded systems depth: C++, Ada, VxWorks, FPGA, and specialist CAD/PLM tools (Creo, Teamcenter). Active adoption of MBSE, SAP Ariba, and GPU/TPU compute signals a shift toward model-based engineering and higher-fidelity simulation—consistent with the complexity of multi-domain defense programs like GCAP. Engineering dominates hiring, but pain points around configuration management, regulatory compliance, and supply-chain manufacturing indicate internal process maturity gaps despite technical sophistication.
Tech Stack 200 technologies
What Leonardo Is Building
◆Challenges
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory standards
- Risk assessment gaps
- Supply chain manufacturing support
- Ensuring compliance with u.s. import/export regulations
- Ensuring product compliance
- Managing change control processes
- Cost effective delivery of business continuity services
- Complex configuration management
- Preserving continuity during disruptive events
- Planning accuracy
▲Active Projects
- Gcap
- Global combat air programme (gcap)
- Radar for typhoon fighter jet
- Radar for saab gripen fighter
- Configuration management process implementation
- Lifecycle management process
- Configuration audits planning
- Support solution design for typhoon and team tempest
- Typhoon ecrs m-scan radar system
- Sap p6 data integration dashboards
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Chief Engineer, System Integration Lead, Inclusion and Diversity Lead
