Mechanical​/Aeronautical Placement Student

Mechanical/ Aeronautical Placement Year Student

Role locations: Glasgow, Leatherhead and Bristol

Start Date: 29th June 2026

Role Closing Date: 11th January 2026

Contract length: 10-12 months

Frazer‑Nash are an engineering, systems and technology consultancy. Through our meaningful innovations, our experts support organisations to make lives safe, secure, sustainable and affordable.

In a nutshell, engineering consultancy is all about providing advice to positively impact our clients’ projects and businesses and the wider world around us.

With the transition to net zero and the drive towards a more sustainable and more equitable society, the world is facing many challenges. Working with our clients, we are finding engineering and technology solutions and getting a kick out of it as we do!

As a placement year student, you will be a part of this and will typically be working on multiple projects simultaneously, managing your time and accruing a wealth of experience and skills. Hence, no two days in Frazer‑Nash will be the same.

As a Mechanical/Aeronautical placement year student you’ll be surrounded by a collaborative engineering community to support you, deliver impact, learn and excel. This community includes your graduate engineer peers and those in the first few years of their careers through to internationally recognised experts with many decades of experience.

This is a placement year for students wanting to explore a career within the Mechanical/Aeronautical industry at Frazer‑Nash.

Discipline areas you could join:

• Fluids, Thermal and Process Engineering
• Structural and Mechanical Integrity
• Design or Hardware

These areas support our Defence, Energy and Transport & Industry client sectors and are geographically based across our range of UK offices.

Within these areas you will be involved in delivery of a diverse range of projects to our clients, working from component level to system level, throughout all aspects of project lifecycle (from R&D to decommissioning) and in conjunction with other technical disciplines.

Project examples include:

• aerodynamic optimisation of an offshore wind farm
• assessing the integrity of nuclear power station equipment for extended life
• design of a space based resource extraction system
• prediction of cooling flow effectiveness in an aerospace jet engine
• certification of a structure for operation during earthquakes
• development of multi‑physics novel space satellite system
• design of process equipment for packaging and storage of nuclear waste

Those selected will receive training, mentoring and coaching to support their development into becoming well‑rounded consultants and will be supported to achieve professional accreditations including chartership with one of our five partner institutions (IMechE, RAeS, IET, RINA & IoP).

• A problem solver: with the ability to critically question what you see, to solve problems that build on your technical understanding, and show initiative and ownership for your ideas and work.
• A collaborator: with the ability to work with supervision and with others with different technical backgrounds.
• A self‑starter: with the ability and desire to take ownership of the tasks ahead of you and deliver them to the client, project or team to create an impact.
• A communicator: with the ability to discuss and convey projects and outcomes with internal stakeholders and clients who may be themselves in a technical or non‑technical role.

You will need to be on track to gain a 2:1 Degree or higher (or equivalent/experience) with a related Engineering or relevant physical sciences bias.

Security Vetting

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer‑Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre‑employment screening and will be required to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Step 1: Application – CV submission.

Step 2: Measure Potential – Arctic Shores’ task‑based assessment. You will be asked to complete some exciting, engaging tasks which will enable us to get to know you better! In return, you’ll receive a personalised feedback report.

Step 3: V…