Materials Engineering Placement

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Materials Engineering Placement

At Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains we offer a 12 month Materials Engineering Placement programme which will tap into your passion and determination to win, giving you a real opportunity to contribute to our success story. You will be an integral part of our Engineering Team, and using strong first principles engineering you will be expected to overcome engineering challenges throughout the Hybrid Power Unit’s lifecycle, from initial concept to on track performance.

As a team we pride ourselves on challenging and developing our Placement Students, by providing exposure to the breadth of engineering within Formula 1, Formula E and Project ONE; working closely with many teams throughout the business to help continually improve our Power Unit.

As a Materials Engineering Placement Student you will have the opportunity to play a key role within a team of specialist engineers, working on understanding the relationship between the structures we need to create, and the properties of a material to support performance and manufacturing feasibility. You’ll work to develop the key materials technologies, in order to enable continued performance and durability development of the Hybrid Power Unit.

You will have the autonomy to actively contribute by managing your own materials research and development project work, enhancing your materials characterisation skills with access to a wide variety of equipment.

What can we offer you?

We offer the opportunity to work in a state of the art Technology Centre, being involved in exciting technological challenges alongside some of the world’s best engineers. You will get the opportunity to engineer solutions in world class facilities and, having been thoroughly proven at our Technology Centre. You will be able to see your ideas raced in F1 or Formula E, or powering the revolutionary Project ONE hypercar.

Our benefits package includes:

• A salary of £18,500pa
• Collective bonus
• Company lease car scheme
• 36 days annual leave
• Access to a generous pension scheme
• Onsite Gym
• A variety of other benefits and staff discounts

What do we need from you?

• Curious, tenacious and driven individuals who thrive in a fast paced environment
• To be on track to achieve a 2.1 degree, or above, in a relevant Materials Engineering / Metallurgy or related degree
• A strong academic background in relevant A-Level disciplines, for example maths or sciences (or equivalent qualification)
• An excellent understanding of engineering first principles
• Practical, “hands-on” experience to complement your academic studies
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-motivated, thorough engineers that are adaptable, creative and innovative
• The courage to challenge and desire to be challenged, to expand your technical knowledge and skills

The process:

• Submit your on-line application, CV and covering letter
• Your application will be screened by HR and the hiring manager
• If successful you will be invited to attend an online interview which will take place between November 2020 – March 2021
• If successful your scheme will start on Monday 6th September 2021

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, there may be periods of time during the process where you don’t hear anything from us. Don’t worry! We will advise you of the outcome of your application regardless of the result so please bare with us. Please be advised that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to applicants, apologies for any inconvenience.

About Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Ltd

Mercedes-Benz has been setting the standard in racing for over 100 years. At Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains we work tirelessly to continue the proud history of the legendary Silver Arrows. To do this we deliver pioneering innovations to the race track with every development of our Five-time World Championship winning Hybrid Power Unit. In addition to Formula 1, we are also leading the transfer of state-of-the-art Formula 1 technology into the revolutionary Mercedes AMG Road Car “Project One” and will be racing in Formula E for the first time in 2019.

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