Summer Internship - Mechanical Engineer

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.

Do you want to design a machine to detect 50-micron holes at 3000 bottles an hour? How do we make an autoinjector safely deliver drugs at home with a range of viscosities? Does the idea of making sustainable packaging with a 40-tonne press excite you?

The mechanical engineering team at PA use their core engineering knowledge to help ask the right questions at every stage of the development process:

• We work with scientists to understand the fundamental of any new problem. Together we prototype, characterise and explore technologies and processes
• By collaborating with designers and human factors experts we can pin down the form and function of new products
• Engineers of all disciplines – mechanical, electronic, software (and some in between!) – will come together to design, test, and build new products and systems
• We use our industry knowledge to inform future technical strategies for clients and work with others in PA to provide clients with wider business solutions

What you can expect

The range of work performed at the Global Innovation and Technology Centre is broad and ever-changing. You might:

• Develop a new food safe material that can survive being submerged
• Assemble prototype test rigs to prove a new process is possible
• Observe user interactions with a product to ensure it is intuitive
• Capture high speed video of fine sprays to characterise nozzle performance

Assessment process

First Stage Assessments:

• Application form
• Online Assessments
• Technical Assessment

Final Stage Assessments:

In Person Assessment Centre with Technical Assessment

Adjustments or accommodations
- Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on

This role is open to undergraduate in their penultimate year of university. If you intend to return to university after the internship to complete an MEng, you will also be eligible for this position.

• Qualification:
  Undergraduate degree — studying towards an accredited degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related subject)
• Growth-oriented and curious
  — open to change, driven to succeed, hungry for new challenges, and eager to broaden your understanding of the world apply new technical skills and rapidly acquire domain expertise. You will be able to think creatively and laterally, applying existing knowledge to new problems
• Collaborative and relationship-focused
  — thrive in dynamic teams, build strong relationships with clients and peers, and support others to succeed.
• Credible and communicative
  — comfortable in high-performance environments, with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Comfortable working with hands on work in both a workshop and a lab setting
• Analytical and adaptable
  — demonstrate strong problem-solving…