Year In Industry Programme

Programme overview

Programme modules

• System Engineering: integrate UAS systems, including powertrain, actuators, control systems, and payloads; maintain test facilities.
• Air Vehicle Design Engineering: contribute to avionics design and support navigation, communication, aircraft management, and command-and-control system design.
• Software Engineering: work on R&D projects and test scripts, design desktop applications and Windows Forms GUIs, and program desktop apps that interact with microcontroller-based systems.
• Software Engineering: maintain documentation and evidence for product development, qualification, and testing.
• Manufacturing Technology: contribute to UAS platform design and support airframe manufacture, including mould-making, 3D printing, and composites lay-up.
• Manufacturing Technology: operate CNC machines and workshop tools and equipment safely.
• Project Management: develop and manage allocated projects using project plans, manage risks and opportunities, report progress, and keep projects within budget.

About you

• Be working towards and on track to achieve at least a 2:1 BSc or Master's degree in a science or engineering discipline.
• A passion for aerospace is essential.
• A full UK driving licence is advantageous due to the office location.

Pay

• Salary is £26,000 per annum.

Location

• The programme is based in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.

Benefits and development

• Benefits include 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, pension, life assurance, income protection, private medical and dental insurance, enhanced maternity and paternity provisions, and training and development opportunities.
• Other benefits include professional membership reimbursement, a paid volunteering day, financial advice access, a share incentive plan, and a buy/sell holiday policy.
• Participants receive internal training, digital learning resources, peer support, regular one-to-one meetings, and quarterly development conversations.

About Callen-Lenz