What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent – Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent – Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
Each year AWE opens up a wide range of placement opportunities for students at University looking to undertake a paid Year in Industry. We offer placements across Engineering, Science, Project Management and Cyber functions here at AWE. We would be delighted to receive your registration of interest, if you are looking to start a placement in 2025, as we will open for next year's applications in September 2024. We will contact you to let you know when adverts open.
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of keeping the UK safe and secure. We have been assigned a critical mission by the UK Government:
- to protect the UK from nuclear threats such as terrorism and the contravention of international treaties
- to provide the warheads for the UK’s current nuclear deterrent – Trident
- to design, develop, manufacture and maintain the warheads for future nuclear deterrents
This placement is within the Warhead Systems Engineering Team. We support the UK’s Continuous-At-Sea-Deterrent by providing the capability to design, coordinate, integrate and verify Nuclear Warheads and enable systems to meet current and potential future customer requirements. We deliver an integrated solution, managing the systems from cradle to grave taking consideration of safety, performance and through-life maintenance. To facilitate this, we interface with the MoD and other defence partners.
Due to AWE’s critical role, further technical details of our placements are classified. But rest assured, you will be doing remarkably interesting things as part of your placement journey with us.
Our placement roles are be based at our Aldermaston site in Berkshire which is served by public transport from both Reading and Basingstoke.
Please note that you need to be a UK national who has not lived overseas within the last 10 years due to security.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.
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Apply by
30.09.2024
