Placement Student: Formulation - Colloid Science​/Materials Science​/Nanomaterials​/Automati

Placement Student:
Formulation—Colloid Science / Materials Science / Nanomaterials / Automation & Digital / Process Technology*

Real Living Wage (2026 rate £13.45 per hour, 2027 rate TBC)

CPI helps make great ideas and inventions areality. We’re ateam of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.

Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.

From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world abetter place.

CPI have an exciting opportunity available for 6 students working towards a degree in science or engineering disciplines to join the Formulation team in one of 5 technical teams
* based at our state of the art National Formulation Centre in Sedgefield to support various crucial and exciting projects.

Through the development of innovative approaches and processes you could help CPI to solve some of the biggest challenges the industry face. You will have the opportunity to be involved in many varied and exciting projects (from lab scale right through to pilot scale) using processes to help make products which are more sustainable and environmentally responsible. One position is available within each of the teams below
** giving you in depth exposure to formulation disciplines at work, in the team you apply for (make note on your cover letter which team(s) you would be interested in working for).

Due to CPI’s collaborative nature, although the opportunities vary, each will provide you with experience of working across multidisciplinary teams within the Formulation technology team, supporting colleagues on activities within the Colloid Science, Materials Science, Nanomaterials, Automation & Digital and Process Technology teams to support both commercial and internal projects. Your contributions in any of these roles will help CPI support the UK in achieving its Net Zero targets and make the world ahealthier place!

• Colloid Science—within the colloid science team, you will gain experience in developing and optimising colloidal systems such as gels, emulsions and aerosols. Your role will be applying this knowledge over sectors in pharmaceuticals, food, personal care, agritech, and coatings. You will learn how to synthesise, optimise, and assess the performance of colloidal systems using the latest scientific techniques.
• Materials Science - Through adiverse portfolio of projects, you will gain experience across aspectrum of industry applications including sustainable packaging, battery materials, healthcare, personal care, and additive manufacturing ( 3 D printing), to name afew. As part of amultidisciplinary team, you will be working in our state-of-the-art laboratories formulating and fabricating these next-generation materials, applying the scientific knowledge you have gained to date, from your chemical, physical or engineering degree.
• Nanomaterials – As part of the nanomaterials team you will gain valuable experience in the Nanomaterials group, working within the batteries and conductive nanomaterials sector. You will contribute to the advancement of the next-generation of energy material technologies at our start-of-the-art AMBIC facility located on NETPark in Sedgefield. As part of the team, you could be working in areas such as liquid polymers, synthesis optimisation and scale up of energetic materials, electrochemical testing of energy devices, and electrode characterisation.
• Automation & Digital - within the Automation & Digital team you will be responsible for the handling and maintenance of numerous automated systems designed to aid high throughput activities. This work involves collaborating across teams to translate traditional laboratory processes into streamlined, digitally enabled continuous manufacturing…