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STEM Summer Internship – Awerian

Description

Summer Internship 2025 with Awerian

Discipline:      STEM

Location:        Cambridge, United Kingdom

Salary:            Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Are you looking for a memorable summer that will lay the foundations to your future career? If so, consider applying to Awerian (part of the TTP Group), because our internship is not only about kickstarting your career, but also about learning from experts passionate about their work and making life-long friends along the way.

 

At Awerian, we pride ourselves on being an independent technology company where scientists and engineers collaborate on projects vital for strengthening the UK’s Defence and Homeland Security. As an intern at Awerian, you will be part of a team at the forefront of this innovation race to defend and protect the UK from the latest technological and cyber threats.

 

During this internship, you will contribute to exciting projects to get hands-on, practical experience and learn more about what a career in innovative technology and product development can offer. As Awerian is a multi-disciplinary environment, you will work alongside talented people from a wide range of academic STEM backgrounds – from engineers to physicists – getting to learn from them, whilst also making your own mark on projects.

 

We are looking for STEM students who are passionate about their subject, like variety and are ready to create their own opportunities within Awerian. You will have the chance to participate in all areas of the work we do, including time in the lab, joining team meetings, and interacting with our clients.

 

The length of this internship can be flexible according to individual circumstances, but we do ask for a commitment of a minimum of nine weeks.

 

We are keen to hear from candidates with an educational background and interest in the following areas:

 

·         Physics & Mathematics

·         Hardware Cyber Physical Security

·         Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

Requirements

When considering applications, we are looking for individuals with the following qualifications and personal characteristics:

 

  • Studying towards a 1st or high 2.1 degree in Engineering (Electrical and Electronics, General, Information & Software), Physics or Mathematics at a leading university (similar disciplines considered)
  • Must have completed at least 2 years of study by the time of the start of your internship (so students at the beginning of second year are very welcome to apply)
  • Enthusiastic and curious in nature. We want people who love to learn and get to the heart of a problem – and who do so enthusiastically!
  • Experience of prior internships or extracurriculars applying your degree are desirable but not essential.

 

Benefits

This is a paid internship (salary competitive).

 

Awerian is an employee-owned business operating from pleasant surroundings on the Melbourn Science Park in South Cambridgeshire. Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and technical collaboration, while providing you the freedom to do your best work.

 

Other benefits include free lunch and all-day fresh fruit; 25 days’ annual holiday (pro rata), plus bank holidays; access to onsite gym, lunchtime activities on offer, such as Zumba, football, and the TTP rock band; discounts and memberships to local sports facilities and the theatre; and access to a cycle to work scheme.

 

 

Please note:

You will need to be eligible for UK security clearance

This role is not eligible for UKVI sponsorship visa scheme

We encourage you to apply as early as possible as we review applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert early if we have recruited for all the roles earlier than the closing date.

Closing Date: 31st January 2025

Our business revolves around collaborating with one another to tackle genuinely hard problems. Equality and diversity in the workplace are some of the most challenging problems facing society. We continuously strive to do better, and we fundamentally believe in the power and importance of diversity – both for our community and for the overall success of our business. 

We therefore encourage applications from all individuals. Whatever your background, whatever your identity: we would love to hear from you.

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Applying to TTP

We’re always recruiting

We never close our applications, because we never stop looking for people to join us. Our internships can be competitive though, so the earlier you apply the better.

We can sponsor working Visas

If you’re a foreign national that meets the Home Office criteria.

There’ll be a couple of stages to your interview

There are two stages to our interview process for graduates, and one stage for interns. For both of those roles, there are usually a number of one-to-one interviews with our consultants. We focus on your technical abilities and consumer awareness and use our interviews to see how you’d fit into TTP.

We hold our interviews at TTP Campus in Melbourn

On the outskirts of Cambridge. The interview process is usually around a couple of hours and it’ll include technical problem-solving style questions.

We’ll cover expenses for your interview

Which includes cost of your return travel to the interview. If you need to stay overnight in Melbourn, let us know in advance and we can organise something.

After the interviews, you’ll hear back from us in a few days

It’ll normally take a few weeks to finish the interviews, but this can sometimes take a little longer depending on how busy we are.

Relocation support

Available for new employees moving house as a result of their employment at TTP, subject to certain criteria. E.g. your previous home is in excess of a 40-mile radius of TTP offices and your new home is considerably closer.

Contact the People Team to discuss how TTP could support your transition into the company.

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