Electrical Engineering Placement

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Electrical Engineering Placement

Working at ASM is a unique experience! We have a strong emphasis on internal progression and we only recruit exceptional individuals. In fact, many Senior Managers started their careers with us in more junior roles.

We appreciate that you will not come into the role a seasoned professional; but we will provide all the training that you need to become a competent & integral part of the team. If you’re expecting a placement of filing, faxing and fetching coffee, then you’re in for a shock! We will make it our mission to make sure your 13-month placement is as enjoyable as possible and educational.

We are now approaching our 4th intake of placement students, with our 2019 intake set to be our biggest yet. We will be recruiting 18 placement students, across several key departments, such as: Automation Engineering, Intellectual Property, Software Engineering, Test Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Media, Tooling Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Furthermore, we are proud to say that we have two new placements for 2019 in Business Analytics and a Manufacturing Systems due to the success of our current placements.

To add to our growing success, our placement opportunities for the second-year running have ranked 19 in the RateMyPlacement top 50 placement opportunities in the UK! Our opportunities are exceptional and are ranked higher than companies such as Porsche, Adobe, Virgin Media, Panasonic, Audi and Toyota. Not only do we offer a best in class placement opportunities; we offer a higher that industry average base salary of £18K. In addition to a generous salary and superb training and development opportunities, we will give you a £1K starter bonus when you join us to do whatever you like with. If this sounds like the placement opportunity for you, we want to hear from you.

Your duties and responsibilities:

• Where appropriate, liaise with internal staff (e.g. Customer Service Engineers and Engineers from within the Engineering disciplines) for the purpose of clarifying the exact nature of identified faults and parameters for project success.
• To learn how prototype and production equipment is developed using CAD systems and to learn how to undertake initial testing/simulations to check correct functionality and operation of designed circuits.
• To learn how to build initial design/prototype, with or without outside assistance, and subsequently test in accordance with department standards.
• Produce and complete appropriate documentation related to the electrical design process e.g. circuit diagrams, loom drawings.

Your profile:

• You will have completed first or second year of degree course in Electrical Engineering, or similar subject.
• Ability to demonstrate part competence in own discipline.
• You will be able to receive and understand relatively straight-forward instructions for direction and guidance.
• Able to apply basic knowledge/skills to own work.
• You will have a sense of intellectual curiosity and a willingness for learning.
• Is self-driven, actively looks for ways to contribute.
• You will be able to communicate effectively both face to face and in writing with people at various levels in an organisation.

How to apply

If you are interested, we want to hear from you. Please apply by sending your current CV and covering letter to careers@asmpt.com. Please ensure that you refer to the unique vacancy number (ATR-001) when submitting your application.