Electronic Engineering Placement: Invent, Prototype & Advise

TTP plc; Melbourn; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Free onsite lunch

Life insurance

25 days annual holiday - pro rata

Local sports and cultural discounts

Job summary

TTP plc is offering a Year In Industry Placement Intern role, based on-site near Cambridge. You will contribute to projects across invention, analysis, prototype design and transfer to manufacture, working with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

As you gain experience, you’ll build entrepreneurial skills, engage with clients, and develop a broad understanding of industries from health tech to 5G, AI in drug discovery, and beyond. Starts Aug/Sep 2027.

Qualifications

• Deep intellectual curiosity and inventiveness with first-principles thinking.
• Commercially aware and entrepreneurial, eager to turn breakthrough tech into real-world products.
• Proactive and self-starting with strong personal responsibility.
• Collaborative and emotionally intelligent, able to influence stakeholders and communicate complex ideas clearly.
• Strategic and systems-minded, able to see the big picture and navigate ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Support multi-disciplinary project teams in inventing new products and technologies.
• Contribute to all stages of technology and product development from invention to prototype design.
• Engage with clients, present findings, and help translate requirements into deliverables.

Skills

Curiosity

Entrepreneurial mindset

Proactive

Team collaboration

Systems thinking

Education

2:1 in Electronic Engineering or related

Strong A-Levels

Job description

TTP plc is offering a Year In Industry Placement Intern role, based on-site near Cambridge. You will contribute to projects across invention, analysis, prototype design and transfer to manufacture, working with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

As you gain experience, you’ll build entrepreneurial skills, engage with clients, and develop a broad understanding of industries from health tech to 5G, AI in drug discovery, and beyond. Starts Aug/Sep 2027.