Software Engineering Placement

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Software 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; so 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! 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. If this sounds like the placement opportunity for you, we want to hear from you.

Your duties and responsibilities:

• Liaise with Team Leader/s to clarify objectives, area of responsibility and standards associated with of each specific piece of work to be undertaken.
• Complete project deliverables as required to agreed targets (time, cost, quality).
• To learn Object Oriented Analysis & Design using UML.
• To learn implementation in C# and C++ programming languages, in relation to the project in question, to: -
  • Develop new code; or
  • Enhance existing code; or
  • De-bug existing code
• Carry out unit testing of developed code, rectifying errors/ faults as and when identified.

Your profile:

• You will be currently studying for a degree in Software or an Engineering field, with a view to progressing to a Software related discipline.
• You will be able to describe, both written and orally, systems, machines, and their operation or ability to learn.
• Able to communicate effectively face to face and in writing with people at all levels in an organisation.
• Have a strong sense of order, efficiency, and completeness, and able to create systems to achieve this.
• Always approachable and responsive to new ideas.
• Able to organise own time and workload to deliver against tasks set by others, with a medium to short term horizon.

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-011) when submitting your application.