Engine Build Placement

At Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains we offer a 12 month Build Placement programme which will tap into your passion and determination to win, giving you a real opportunity to contribute to our success story. You will be an integral part of our Engineering Team, and using your practical engineering skills you will be expected to overcome challenges relating to the assembly of our Championship Winning Hybrid Power Unit.

The Build Support Team have the responsibility of ensuring all of the Power Unit's high precision components are assembled to exacting criteria, using highly repeatable methods that ensure that our standards of reliability are consistently achieved. Working in an environment where rapid response to change is integral to our success, your ability to react to a performance or development improvement will be the difference between us winning or not.

As part of your Placement Scheme you will contribute to the final assembly and shipping of elements of our Hybrid Power Unit in Formula 1.

You will be involved in working with the trackside team and getting 'live' feedback on the success of the work completed at the factory; this includes providing bespoke tooling and any updated processes to the teams who work on our Power unit. Finally, you will contribute to assembly improvement projects that your new found skills will allow you to identify, analyse and implement.,

• Within this we would like to learn as much about you as possible. Tell us about your hobbies and passions; related and unrelated to the scheme or degree you are studying as this will help you stand out against candidates that may have the same qualifications and grades as you.


• Please remember to list the grades you have achieved against the respective qualifications, employment and project experience.


• As part of our Diversity and Inclusion policy please do not put a photo of yourself on your CV.


• Your application will be screened by HR and the hiring manager


• If successful you will be invited to attend an Assessment Centre which will take place between November 2024 - March 2025


• If successful your scheme will start in August/September 2025
  
  A curious, tenacious and driven individual with a hunger to work in a fast paced environment


• You'll be on track to achieve a minimum of 2:1, or above, in an Electrical, Electronics or Mechanical Automotive degree


• You will ideally have previous experience working with Siemens NX or Visual Basic


• You will need to be creative and innovative to overcome engineering challenges


• You will be adaptable as no two days are the same when there are pressures to be race ready


• You will be a team player, who can effectively communicate with senior managers as well as your peers.


• An interest in cars or racing is not a prerequisite, although the thirst for knowledge will help you to deliver


• A willingness to go the extra mile to help the team succeed
  
  Here at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, quite simply, we're looking for the best. Those who want to be progressively challenged.


Those who are hungry for success. Those who want to win.

To make sure that we are continuously competitive, we invest heavily in our student programmes and look to develop the best emerging talent to become permanent members of our talented, curious and tenacious team.

We've now opened our application window for our 2024 vacancies! We have over 50 opportunities available, across all disciplines, for exceptional students to join our Eight-time World Championship winning team at our state-of-the-art Technology Centre in Northamptonshire.

Our development programmes span all aspects of Engineering (from Mechanical, to Electrical, to Software), Operational opportunities (Programme Management, Purchasing and Manufacturing) as well as Corporate Services (HR, IT and Finance).

We offer the opportunity to work in a fast paced, state of the art Research and Development centre, being involved in exciting technological challenges alongside some of Formula 1's best engineers. You will have access to our latest designs, which will give you exposure to F1 Engineering drawings or CAD models of real products. You will be involved in product build processes, engaging with our team to suggest solutions for continuous improvement, and you will have the scope to work on both mechanical and electronic or hybrid products.

Our benefits package includes:

• A salary of £27,000pa


• Collective bonus


• Company lease car scheme


• 36 days annual leave


• Access to a generous pension scheme


• A variety of other benefits and staff discounts