Industrial Placement - Technical Conformity - environmental propulsion test

Salary: £25,500

Start Date: Monday 16th August 2027 – Friday 4th August 2028

Location: Based in Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3PL
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Work Arrangement: Hybrid working (a minimum of 3 days onsite)

Entry Requirements: See ‘What we’re looking for’ section

As part of Bentley’s annual Early Careers intake, you’ll join a community of around 93 trainees including Industrial Placements, Graduates, and Apprentices. During your placement, you’ll be based at our Bentley Campus "Dream Factory".  to visit our virtual tour. Alongside hands-on work experience, you’ll also benefit from:

• CSR and outreach activities
• Opportunities to participate in charity events, community projects, and social committees
• Masterclasses, development workshops, and social events
• Inclusivity networks and peer support groups
• Placements and rotations across different areas of the business that interest you

As an Industrial Placement Student at Bentley, you will play a key part in Bentley’s journey to create extraordinary vehicles for our customers. Based out of our state-of-the-art headquarters in Crewe, you will:

• Gain hands-on experience within Environmental and Propulsion Test, supporting the compliant, timely and cost-effective testing needed for current and future Bentley vehicle programmes,
• Work alongside and be mentored by engineers, technicians and specialists responsible for environmental, emissions, energy, range and propulsion test activities,
• Develop an understanding of how test strategy, laboratory operations, data quality and technical problem solving support certification, Conformity of Production and vehicle development.

• Support the planning and coordination of environmental and propulsion test activities, helping to align vehicles, facilities, equipment and resources with programme timing and customer requirements,
• Assist with the preparation, execution and review of laboratory and real-world testing, working with engineers and technicians to ensure activities are completed safely and to the required quality standards,
• Collect, structure and analyse test and operational data, helping identify trends, investigate issues and communicate clear conclusions to stakeholders,
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of test methods, processes, documentation and digital tools, including activities supporting new propulsion technologies and future regulatory requirements,
• Support facility and capability projects by preparing reports and presentations, tracking actions and risks, and collaborating with internal teams, Volkswagen Group colleagues and external test partners.

ET/T is Bentley Technical Conformity’s Environmental and Propulsion Test function. It provides the test strategy, facilities, processes and specialist capability needed to support certification, Conformity of Production and Research and Development activities for current and future vehicle programmes.

You will gain insight into the operation of Bentley’s environmental and propulsion test capability, and will collaborate with engineers, technicians, certification teams, programme stakeholders, Volkswagen Group colleagues and external suppliers to deliver accurate, compliant and timely test results while helping prepare the function for future technologies.

The successful candidates will be on track to achieve a 2:1 in the following degrees:

Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Data or Computer Science, Mathematics or a related technical discipline.

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