🚀 Internship
Undergraduate Placement - Electronics Engineer (Science)
AWE
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15d ago
🚀 Placement Program
Reading
🤑 £20.5K
AI generated summary
- The ideal candidate for the Undergraduate Placement - Electronics Engineer (Science) role at AWE must possess a growth mindset, be curious, innovative, resilient, and a team worker.
- The candidate will be responsible for fault finding, problem solving, and repair of bespoke electronic equipment, including low and high voltage components, as well as supporting hydrodynamic trials, under the guidance of experienced project personnel at AWE.
Description
- AWE is a high performing streamlined business, delivering extraordinary products. By joining us as an Undergraduate Student, you will make a direct contribution to the successful operations in the Trials and Test Technology Centre, where we conduct trials across mechanical, explosive and extreme environments, and maintain capabilities such as the Orion plasma LASER facility. You will also gain knowledge and experience of industry best practice within the Electronics Engineer discipline.
Requirements
- You will possess the following traits and qualities:
- Growth Mindset; You’re full of grit and determination. Clear where you are going and how you will get there.
- Curious; you’re a person who loves to think outside the box. (You’re a person who loves to take the box apart!).
- Innovative; you’re open to learning about new technologies and ground-breaking ideas.
- Resilience; you’re an advocate of ‘speaking up’ for yourself and others openly and constructively.
- Team Worker; you’re dependable and reliable. You’re interested in collaborating with and supporting others.
Education requirements
Undergraduate
Area of Responsibilities
Engineering
Responsibilities
- Exact taskings will depend on the projects available at the time. You can expect to be part of the team responsible for fault finding, problem solving, repair and maintentance of bespoke equipment; working on everything from low voltage PCBs to custom-built hight voltage enclosures, as well as supporting the diagnostics team on hydrodynamic (explosive) trials. During this, you will be supported and mentored by experienced project personnel, well versed in AWE processes.
- There are 3 exciting opportunities for placements within the Trials and Test Technology Centre. Interested candidates will most likely be studying an Electrical/Electronic degree.
Details
Work type
Full time
Work mode
office
Location
Reading
Salary
20500 GBP
Benefits
- A market leading contributory pension scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Excellent work/life balance
- 9-day working fortnight. This means you get every other Friday off work.
- Access to employee discounts portal – everyday savings on retail, hospitality and leisure.