Placement
TL;DR
Key Takeaways
- Gain hands-on experience in electric powertrain product development and validation.
- Support product development, systems engineering, and testing activities.
- Based 100% onsite in Cwmbran, UK, starting Summer 2027.
- Applications close Tuesday 22nd December.
About the Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic engineering student to join our Electric Powertrain Product Development Engineering team in Cwmbran, UK. This placement offers hands-on exposure to product development, systems engineering, verification and validation, and engineering test-lab activities. You will work alongside experienced engineers on real projects, helping develop and validate electric powertrain technologies while building practical engineering skills.
This placement is 100% onsite, Monday to Friday, in Cwmbran, beginning Summer 2027.
What You'll Do
- Support product development activities from early engineering concepts through prototype builds, integration, testing and design improvements.
- Contribute to systems engineering tasks, including understanding requirements, interfaces, system architecture and traceability between requirements and verification evidence.
- Assist with planning, preparing and executing component, subsystem and electric powertrain integration tests under appropriate supervision.
- Gain practical experience in a test-lab environment, including test setup, instrumentation, sensors, data acquisition and safe working practices.
- Analyse test results, investigate performance trends and support troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and engineering problem solving.
- Help document test procedures, test reports, engineering findings and recommendations for design or system improvements.
- Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, controls and test engineers across multidisciplinary projects.
- Use engineering tools such as CAD, MATLAB and Excel to review designs, process data and communicate technical results.
What You'll Need
- Currently studying towards an accredited degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Mechatronics, Systems, Automotive or a related engineering discipline, with eligibility for a placement year.
- Demonstrate an interest in electric powertrains, product development, systems engineering and practical testing.
- Show curiosity, a hands-on approach and a willingness to learn in workshop and laboratory settings.
- Good analytical, problem-solving, communication and Microsoft Office skills.
- Experience from university projects, student teams, laboratory work, programming or data analysis is beneficial but not essential.
Key Requirements and Competencies
- Work effectively both independently and as part of a cross-functional engineering team.
- Follow laboratory safety procedures and work carefully with equipment, test data and technical documentation.
- Adapt to changing project priorities and communicate progress and technical issues clearly.
- Apply structured thinking, attention to detail and a continuous-improvement mindset.
- Demonstrate customer awareness, sound engineering judgement and enthusiasm for learning.
Relevant Technical Interests (Desirable)
- Engineering fundamentals: mechanics, electrical systems, controls, thermal management and instrumentation.
- Requirements management, verification and validation, and system-level integration.
- Test methods, measurement uncertainty, sensors, data logging and interpretation of experimental results.
- CAD, MATLAB/Simulink, Python or similar engineering analysis tools.