Materials Engineering Placement

At Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains we offer a 12 month Materials Engineering 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 strong first principles engineering you will be expected to overcome engineering challenges throughout the Hybrid Power Unit's lifecycle, from initial concept to on track performance.

As a team we pride ourselves on challenging and developing our Placement Students, by providing exposure to the breadth of engineering within our Formula 1, Advanced Technology and Project ONE divisions; working closely with many teams throughout the business to help continually improve our Power Units.

As a Materials Engineering Placement Student you will have the opportunity to play a key role within a team of specialist engineers, working on understanding the relationship between the structures we need to create, and the properties of a material to support performance and manufacturing feasibility. You'll work to develop the key materials technologies, in order to enable continued performance and durability development of the Hybrid Power Unit.

You will have the autonomy to actively contribute by managing your own materials research and development project work, enhancing your materials characterisation skills with access to a wide variety of equipment.,

• 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 - February 2025


• If successful, your scheme will start in September 2025
  
  Curious, tenacious and driven individuals who thrive in a fast paced environment


• To be on track to achieve a 2.1 degree, or above, in a relevant Materials Engineering / Metallurgy or related degree


• A strong academic background in relevant A-Level disciplines, for example maths or sciences (or equivalent qualification)


• An excellent understanding of engineering first principles


• Practical, "hands-on" experience to complement your academic studies


• Excellent communication skills


• Self-motivated, thorough engineers that are adaptable, creative and innovative


• The courage to challenge and desire to be challenged, to expand your technical knowledge and skills
  
  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 state of the art Technology Centre, being involved in exciting technological challenges alongside some of the world's best engineers. You will get the opportunity to engineer solutions in world class facilities and, having been thoroughly proven at our Technology Centre, you will be able to see your ideas raced in F1 or powering the revolutionary Project ONE hypercar or enabling the technologies of the future.

Our benefits package includes:

• A salary of £27,000


• Collective bonus


• Company lease car scheme


• 36 days annual leave


• Access to a generous pension scheme


• Onsite Gym


• A variety of other benefits and staff discounts