Placements
Providing students with the opportunity to continue their STEM journey after leaving school or college, Placements enable young people to take a paid gap year to help inform and shape their future career choices by gaining invaluable experience working in industry while developing their skills and knowledge.
We help place students into top UK companies and organisations every year as well as SMEs and start up R&D companies, giving students the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge and experience of working in all areas of engineering, science (particularly physics), technology/electronics, business, marketing and finance across the UK.
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COMPANY BACKGROUND:
This company has been a force for progress for over 100 years, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere. We’re shaping the future and will help you shape your future and fulfil your potential. With the safety, skills, and support to discover who you can be, this is somewhere you can be at your best. Always learning and growing, you’ll start a career to be proud of as you gain a fantastic insight into a leading, global business. We’ll push the boundaries of the world’s most critical technologies in the air, on land and at sea, together.
We’re one of few companies with the breadth of technology and expertise to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. And on a 12-month internship with us, you'll get the chance to experience it first-hand. You'll have the chance to gain valuable experience in areas such as Innovation, Digital, Design and Future Products.
This is an opportunity for a placement in the Future Methods team in the Research and Technology Organisation, which is a central group alongside the business groups in the company. This team is required to radically enhance the methods and software that are used across the company, to drive innovation and efficiency into our ever more environmentally friendly products and services.
You must be flexible about where you work. We see hybrid working as a way to balance and flex our time between the office, home, or another remote working place. Everyone is expected on site, on average, three days per week, although specific arrangements will vary. We encourage and support flexible working arrangements where we can.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
Are you a self-motivated individual, with a passion for applying cutting edge technologies in new ways to novel problems? Do you want to improve your technical skills in an exciting and dynamic space? This internship provides the candidate a technically challenging opportunity to work at the combining advanced engineering and computer science; leveraging state-of-the-art computer and technologies that are shaping the future of engineering solutions.
The Future Methods team at the company work to understand and develop novel and emerging technologies and apply these to computational and design-oriented processes in the wider company. Due to the nature of this work, the team has a broad and varied remit, with the scope to explore wholly new analysis techniques and technologies.
This work is technically challenging, giving the prospective candidate an opportunity to finely hone their skillset. Areas of growth for the candidate will likely include fluid dynamics, materials, thermodynamics, and industrial competencies such as CAD (computer aided design) and CFD (computational fluid dynamics). Incorporation of novel technologies, such as machine learning, will also feature, providing opportunities to work with real-world simulation data to build AI-driven solutions to enhance engineering efficiency. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute towards tangible benefits for the company in response to a real-world challenge it faces, providing an excellent learning prospect.
Successful applicants will have the full support of the wider Future Methods team with its breadth of industry-leading knowledge, whilst also being given the freedom and responsibility to manage their own time and goals. Full training for required systems will be provided to bring a successful applicant to the required competency level in these areas. A mentor will provide on-job technical training and advice throughout the year.
KEY COMPETENCIES:
We are looking for a high-achieving School Leaver/ Undergraduate in a field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or a similarly related STEM discipline. An affinity for computational and numerical analysis techniques is an advantage. Knowledge of software development, with strong coding skills in a language such as Python, would be very beneficial for a prospective candidate.
A successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their ability to work in both individual and team environments. Excellent communication skills, be they written or verbal, are an absolute necessity. A proven track record of delivery against defined milestones in a managed project environment is a distinct advantage.
Offers are subject to candidates passing Security Vetting to Baseline Personnel Security Standard
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
This company has been a force for progress for over 100 years, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere. We’re shaping the future and will help you shape your future and fulfil your potential. With the safety, skills, and support to discover who you can be, this is somewhere you can be at your best. Always learning and growing, you’ll start a career to be proud of as you gain a fantastic insight into a leading, global business. We’ll push the boundaries of the world’s most critical technologies in the air, on land and at sea, together.
We’re one of few companies with the breadth of technology and expertise to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. And on a 12-month internship with us, you'll get the chance to experience it first-hand. You'll have the chance to gain valuable experience in areas such as Innovation, Digital, Design and Future Products.
This is an opportunity for a placement in the Future Methods team in the Research and Technology Organisation, which is a central group alongside the business groups in the company. This team is required to radically enhance the methods and software that are used across the company, to drive innovation and efficiency into our ever more environmentally friendly products and services.
You must be flexible about where you work. We see hybrid working as a way to balance and flex our time between the office, home, or another remote working place. Everyone is expected on site, on average, three days per week, although specific arrangements will vary. We encourage and support flexible working arrangements where we can.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
Are you driven and motivated to learn complex new ideas and disrupt the status quo? Are you looking to join a dynamic team where you can apply and enhance your skills across a range of challenging problems?
The role of Future Methods is to develop or acquire radical changes to the methods and software used across all business groups within the company. We aim to provide innovations that enable us to do things significantly more environmentally friendly, faster and better. One such opportunity is to dramatically increase the efficiency with which we can design, manufacture and deliver new components. This will be done through the automation and seamless communication of the standard processes and systems that are used to design, analyse and ultimately order new parts.
To aid in this effort, we are seeking dynamic engineers with an interest in computer science to become key members of the team responsible for delivering this vision. In doing so, you will be viable manufacture. Working alongside colleagues in IT and the Supply Chain, you will have the opportunity to learn from a diverse group of technical specialists and acquire a broad skillset.
A typical day includes...
- supporting development of proof-of-concept tools that deliver disruptive new capability.
- actively learning new skills and researching emerging technologies to help drive your project forwards.
- presentation and demonstration of progress to key stakeholders.
- cultivating collaborative relationships with colleagues across the company to explore, understand and improve current processes.
The work involved will develop your ability in:
- computer programming (python/javascript/...)
- computer aided design (CAD), model based definition (MBD)and engineering modelling
- understanding and using scripting and automation systems
- understanding the component design lifecycle
- problem solving
- presentations
- report writing
KEY COMPETENCIES:
We are looking for a high-calibre School Leaver/ Undergraduate studying Computer Science, Mathematics, Aeronautical Engineering or related Aerospace, STEM discipline. The successful applicant will have an ability to change today’s status quo and be able to demonstrate strong numerical analysis, mathematical and computing skills. A good awareness of Finite Element / CFD analysis, web and app development and machine learning would be an advantage.
The candidates will need to have the ability to work both individually and as part of a global team. Candidates will need to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills and be able to present their work clearly and concisely at formal technical meetings.
Offers are subject to candidates passing Security Vetting to Baseline Personnel Security Standard
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
This company has been a force for progress for over 100 years, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere. We’re shaping the future and will help you shape your future and fulfil your potential. With the safety, skills, and support to discover who you can be, this is somewhere you can be at your best. Always learning and growing, you’ll start a career to be proud of as you gain a fantastic insight into a leading, global business. We’ll push the boundaries of the world’s most critical technologies in the air, on land and at sea, together.
We’re one of few companies with the breadth of technology and expertise to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. And on a 12-month internship with us, you'll get the chance to experience it first-hand. You'll have the chance to gain valuable experience in areas such as Innovation, Digital, Design and Future Products.
This is an opportunity for a placement in the Future Methods team in the Research and Technology Organisation, which is a central group alongside the business groups in the company. This team is required to radically enhance the methods and software that are used across the company, to drive innovation and efficiency into our ever more environmentally friendly products and services.
You must be flexible about where you work. We see hybrid working as a way to balance and flex our time between the office, home, or another remote working place. Everyone is expected on site, on average, three days per week, although specific arrangements will vary. We encourage and support flexible working arrangements where we can.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
The Future Methods team acquire and develop highly innovative methods, in advance of deployment within the business areas. As an intern in this team, you will help drive the next generation of Systems and Engineering Simulation and you will help research, develop and utilise these highly innovative modelling methods within both the Future Methods team and potentially our academic network. You may also work with teams responsible for the detailed products, systems and other modelling methods across the range of existing and future the company's products and services.
The work will be technically challenging and will provide an opportunity to apply truly disruptive, novel systems modelling software, computational and numerical techniques to the analysis of products, potentially ranging from disruptive environmentally friendly gas turbines, future vehicles and power.
This is an opportunity to work with cutting edge technology and to experience how numerical simulations are used as a powerful tool within the aerospace industry. Successful applicants will be supported by an individual mentor from the Future Methods team who will provide technical input and direction to the particular project being performed. Training will be provided to familiarise you with the software systems you’ll will be using and to develop your technical knowledge. The mentor will also provide on the job technical training throughout the placement year.
KEY COMPETENCIES:
We are looking for a high-calibre School Leaver/ Undergraduate studying Computer Science, Mathematics, Systems Engineering, Mechanical and / or Electrical Engineering, or related STEM. discipline. Successful applicants will have an ability to change todays status quo and be able to demonstrate strong numerical analysis, mathematical and computing skills. A good awareness of modelling systems and some working experience in using Model Base Systems Engineering software will be an advantage.
The candidates will need to have the ability to work both individually and as part of a global team. Candidates will need to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills and be able to present their work clearly and concisely at formal technical meetings.
Experience of using Windows computer operating systems will be required. Engineering modelling, Python and artificial intelligence experience will be an advantage.
Offers are subject to candidates passing Security Vetting to Baseline Personnel Security Standard
About the Role:
The role will involve managing a number of internal initiatives working in Infrastructure Support in IT Managed Services and Security. The successful candidate will interact with individuals from many areas of the business and have opportunities to develop technical, communication and co-ordination skills.
Job Description:
1. Internal Projects: Assist in deploying new automation technologies, upgrading internal systems, and participating in security activities.
2. Daily Proactive Checks: Perform routine checks including backup, anti-virus, and NCentral monitoring to ensure system integrity.
3. Issue Monitoring: Identify and log proactive tickets for any failures or abnormalities based on established procedures.
4. Remediation Tasks: Execute permitted remediation tasks, such as rerunning backups, to maintain IT operations.
5. Equipment Management: Prepare and distribute laptops and peripherals for new starters and replacements for existing staff.
6. Backup Review: Analyze backup failures, understand their causes, and implement resolutions.
7. Disk Space Alerts: Review alerts and provide suggestions or resolutions to optimize workspace.
8. User Management: Create new user accounts in Active Directory, M365, and other platforms.
9. Ad Hoc Tasks: Support various projects with additional tasks as needed.
What We Offer:
• Hands-On Experience: Gain practical experience in IT infrastructure and security.
• Professional Development: Enhance your technical and soft skills through real-world projects.
• Collaborative Environment: Work with a supportive team and interact with professionals across the business.
• Growth Opportunities: Potential for future career advancement within the company.
• Life outside of work: Yearly company conference, team social events.
What we are looking for:
• Minimum Qualifications; Subject and/ or minimum grades: GCSE min A-C in maths, English, Science. An A-C in Information Technology is desirable.
• Currently considering a degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Interest in computer hardware, operating systems, security and supporting infrastructure.
• An interest in how businesses apply technology is preferred.
• Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and security principles.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Driving license, preferrable but not essential
Note: Candidate must be willing for a background check to be completed.
· We are looking for a year in industry student to help support the engineers, get fully involved in the office and help us out in developing high-quality systems to allow us to develop the best designs that we can.
· We are looking for someone to help us set up more efficient ways of working. The student will be encouraged to learn building energy modelling techniques, 3D drawing techniques, including learning to use specialist software such as Revit, AutoCAD, MATLAB and IES Virtual Environment, and would help engineers out by setting up standard ways of working and developing tools within these software programmes, working closely with project engineers to develop high quality designs.
· This might involve programming within these software programmes to develop standard tools for engineers to use in the office.
· We would encourage the successful student to get involved in the modelling of buildings using software programmes that allow us to analyse how abuilding will react to the sun, the weather around them and the users within them to ensure that they are energy efficient and allow the users to remain comfortable all year round.
· We would aim to give the student the opportunity to get involved in the design of some of the buildings that we are working on, to give real experience of the Construction industry. The student would also have the opportunity to visit construction sites and understand how the work that they have been doing translates into the finished product.
· Lastly, the student would be given the opportunity to research specific subjects so that we can use this knowledge to help all the engineers work efficiently and accurately.
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
The company is a global security company that realises technology for a safer future. We employ 9,000 people across the UK with 2,500 based at the Edinburgh site.
During your time at the company, you will get to work alongside our world-leading experts on award-winning technology that:
· Acts as eyes and ears of the Eurofighter Typhoon.
· Allows service men and women to return safely home to their families.
· Helps coastguards to save lives of people lost at sea.
· Uses laser technology to protect ships from incoming threats.
· Digests a city’s worth of data each second so future pilots can protect the UK.
You’ll be working in a friendly and supportive environment where the reviews of our colleagues saw the company named by Glassdoor as one of the Best Places to Work in the UK.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
The placement will be within the Radar Modelling and Simulation group. The role will require the successful candidate to write some C# code to implement a tracker model in a pre-existing radar toolset. This will require knowledge of 3D vectors, rotations, file formats, and independent research skills.
The candidates must have strong mathematical skills, particularly: complex numbers, vectors, matrices, and coordinate transformations. They will show great curiosity of the physical world and an interest in the representation of real-world objects as mathematical models. Although this is a software engineering task, the candidate is not expected to know how to programme a computer; this will be covered through on-the-job training using Microsoft C#, an object-oriented programming language and possible accelerated programming through the computer’s graphical processing unit (GPU).
The job is office-based in Edinburgh although the successful candidate will be issued with a company laptop and may choose a hybrid pattern of home and office working. They will be mentored throughout by a small team of highly experienced engineers with a strong track record of successful projects involving pre-university Year in Industry students – both at the Scottish and National levels. The successful candidate will be the 14th student to work in this small team.
KEY COMPETENCIES:
· Mathematics at Higher or Advanced Higher (or A level)
· Physics at Higher or Advanced Higher (or A level)
· An interest in coding, either prior experience or a willingness to learn on the job
· An awareness of what object-oriented programming is
· The ability to work with minimum supervision
· The ability to research topics using the internet, textbooks, academic papers, etc
· An eagerness to learn about the world of airborne radar
· An understanding of what products are made by Leonardo, Edinburgh
· Experience in presenting work to audiences
· UK citizenship and eligible for UK security clearance (Security Check)
Please note that in order to apply for this opportunity you must be eligible for UK Security Clearance. Normally this is to the level of Security Check (typically known as “SC”) for our business which includes having a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in the UK.
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
Do you want to work on real-time projects alongside leading scientists and engineers within a globally renowned company?
The company is an international leader in electronic and information technologies for defence systems, aerospace, data, infrastructures, land security and protection, and sustainable ’smart’ solutions. We are a continually expanding company, offering exciting opportunities to talented individuals who want to work at the forefront of technology. With the majority of our engineers having chartered status, you can look forward to working with highly skilled professionals that are passionate about their work.
The company’s Year-in-Industry Programme offers you a paid placement to develop your knowledge and skills in our innovative and practical environment. In addition to working with our highly skilled engineers and business professionals, successful completion of a Year-In-Industry Placement can often lead to an offer for subsequent summer placements, or a permanent graduate position on our industry leading Graduate Development Programme.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
We offer a range of exciting Year-in-Industry placement opportunities across various technical functions. The company relies on having the very best employees to maintain its competitive edge and has some of the industry’s most sophisticated technology at its fingertips. Undertaking a placement with this company can provide invaluable support to your current studies: you will not only be working for a company at the cutting-edge of technology, you will also be enhancing your skills and business acumen and opening up your horizons to the diverse and dynamic ways in which your degree could be used in the future.
Year-in-Industry placement students will be involved in a variety of tasks in one of the following engineering disciplines – Systems, Software, Hardware, Firmware or Microwave Engineering.
Placement students have the opportunity to be involved in one or more phases of the engineering lifecycle to create and deliver new and emerging capabilities required by our customers: from the development of architectures and concept designs for the next generation of EW capability, through to live trials of equipment and systems alongside our customers and end-users. Providing support to real projects, placement students will be required to apply knowledge gained while studying in a practical way. Placement students will undertake activities including designing, testing, qualifying and supporting technology across our range of products. The challenging tasks will involve communicating with other team members to gain information before completing objectives and examining outcomes.
The placements will be based at Capability Green, Luton, home to the Electronic Warfare and Major Air Programme Lines of Business.
Working as part of an established engineering community, and supported by a team of experienced engineers, you will be responsible for:
• Delivering small packages of work to time, cost and quality.
• Working within a team to achieve project targets, collaborate across multiple disciplines and solve problems.
• Communicating with team members to share knowledge.
• Gaining an understanding of the EW domain to support the development of relevant products and technologies.
• Completing tasks to a high standard in accordance with appropriate processes and procedures.
• Using the opportunity to develop engineering skills. A supervisor will be available to provide mentoring whilst working as a fully integrated member of the team.
KEY COMPETANCIES:
• Good communication skills are essential, both written and verbal
• Ability to solve technical problems
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths(STEM) related degree (or A-Level subjects for Pre-University Applicants)
• Computer literacy and the ability to use the MS Office suite of tools
• MATLAB/Simulink experience beneficial
• Aptitude and interest in engineering and/or science
SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
Nationality and Security Clearance
Please note that in order to apply for this opportunity you must be eligible for UK Security Clearance. Candidates must be able to obtain the level of Security Check (typically known as “SC”) for our business. One of the requirements for this level of clearance is a minimum of 5 years permanent residency in the UK.
Applications for our Pre-University Year-In-Industry Placement roles are reviewed on the merits of each application and on a case-by-case basis. Please note that successful Candidates typically undertake STEM subjects at A-Level, such as Mathematics, Physic, Chemistry or Biology. Successful candidates also demonstrate a keen interest in the Engineering field, and potentially (however not mandatory) support their studies through extracurricular STEM engagements.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
· Collaborate with development and product teams to understand software features and testing needs
· Execute test cases, report issues, and verify bug fixes to ensure a high-quality user experience
· Use manual testing techniques to identify software issues, from minor bugs to critical failures
· Assist in creating and maintaining test documentation, such as test plans and test cases
· Contribute to automated testing scripts to improve test efficiency and coverage over time
· Participate in team meetings to stay aligned with project goals and deadlines
· Assist in the Release Management process and contribute to the drafting of customer and stakeholder communications
· Gain hands-on experience with testing tools and methodologies, building skills for career growth
KEY COMPETENCIES:
· You will have achieved excellent academic results at A-levels and GCSEs in maths and sciences or are able to demonstrate outstanding technical skills and are proficient in English. We are looking for a team player who thinks holistically, enjoys solving complex problems and thrives working autonomously, while not afraid to ask for input and learn from your teammates if you’re stuck.
· You should take pride in your work and want a career where your creative abilities will make a difference in the world of technology whilst being part of an impressive R&D environment.
· Experience using Playwright and/or TypeScript, Behave and/or Python would be advantageous.
· You will be able to demonstrate a history of being interested in technology with related hobbies, projects or interests.
Does this sound like you? We'd love you to apply, even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements and qualifications.