Graduate - Applied Scientist; Physics

Global Innovation and Technology Centre, Back Lane, Melbourn, Hertfordshire, SG8 6DP
, United Kingdom, Melbourn SG8 6DP
, GB

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Why consider joining as a Graduate in Applied Sciences?

• As a physicist at PA, you’ll be able to apply what you have learned to real world challenges – this could be any part of your degree or science you have never seen before. Our scientists are constantly learning about their craft and broadening their knowledge, working alongside colleagues who all have a passion for using what they know, every day.
• Joining us as a graduate is a big step. If you want to make use of the specialist skills your degree has given you, we want you to be bold, stay curious and dive into the opportunities we have to offer.

What you can expect:

We can’t tell you everything we are doing now – there’s not enough space! Some of the core capabilities our graduate scientists support is:

Making Science real

We help clients understand, contextualise and mature science from a blank sheet of paper to real world products and capabilities. We do this by understanding what the problem is that they are really trying to solve, and how we can use the whole palette of techniques available within science to do this. Our breadth spans the creation of new kinds of radio receiver based on atomic gases , showing quantum computers can help make better decisions , to working with exciting start-ups to accelerate the development of affordable cell and gene therapies , which is set to revolutionise the healthcare industry.

The world needs products and processes that are more sustainable and make more efficient use of resources. We develop novel materials as replacements for single use plastics, novel sensors and sensing systems to help us make more intelligent use of resources ; we support public sector, start-ups and the world’s largest corporates in understanding and achieving their sustainability ambitions.

Creating new medical devices and therapies

We develop new medical device s and the manufacturing processes that help save lives. We supported the UK’s Ventilator challenge – massively scaling the supply base for ventilators during the pandemic – everyone who needed a ventilator got one and made use of our physics base to create a new way to test autoinjectors – saving time, energy and resources in developing these lifesaving technologies.

There are so many more stories we’d love to share with you, but you’ll have to come talk to us to find out more!

Assessment process

First Stage Assessments:

• Application form
• Online Assessments
• Technical assessment
• Pre Screen Telephone Interview

Final Stage Assessments:

In Person Assessment Centre with Technical assessment

• Qualification: Completed or studying towards an undergraduate degree in Physics (or a related subject)
• Growth-oriented and curious
  — open to change, driven to succeed, hungry for new challenges, and eager to…