Graduate-Intelligent Mobility-Bristol

Arup; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Arup in the United Kingdom is offering a graduate opportunity in Intelligent Mobility. You will work on user-focused mobility projects, data analytics, and transport systems design across highways, tunnels, and public transport, contributing to safe and sustainable journeys.

You will join a multidisciplinary team, develop technical reports, gain CAD experience, and learn to translate complex recommendations into real-world transport solutions.

Qualifications

• Full working rights in the UK.
• Recently graduated or due to graduate before employment starts.
• Ability to understand and apply engineering principles.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in design and analysis of intelligent transport systems.
• Prepare technical reports, drawings and presentations.
• Support project teams with data and requirements capture.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Telecommunications Engineering

Mechatronics

Civil Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.

Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.

The Opportunity

Within our Intelligent Mobility business our goal is to prepare our clients for a new era of user-focussed mobility and to create environments where more people can enjoy integrated, seamless journeys. To achieve this, we work with governments,industryand investors to use data and technology to reimagine mobility.

We focus on operational needs and user requirements, using data analytics, transport expertise, and technology to make journeys more efficient and enjoyable. Our goal is to create safe, sustainable, and efficient transport systems by considering entire journeys across all modes of transport.

Some of the exciting work we do includes:

• Designing intelligent transport systems for highways and tunnels, optimizing performance through advanced traffic management.
• Developing transport system specifications and standards, with a focus on traffic control, communications, and information systems.
• Conducting feasibility studies for zero-emission buses.
• Leading the largest trial of connected and self-driving vehicles in the UK.
• Supporting the rollout of Electric Vehicle Charging Points across the strategic road network in England.
• Designing traffic signal and parking guidance systems to keep traffic moving.
• Creating electronic payment systems for tolling, road pricing, and smart public transport ticketing.
• We have been delivering Intelligent Mobility and ITS solutions for over 30 years on projects worldwide. Our services cover the full project lifecycle, from concept and design to testing, commissioning, and ongoing operations.
• Help translate technical recommendations into real-world transport solutions and project deliverables.
• Review project documentation, codes, and standards to support the preparation of reports, presentations, drawings, and sketches.
• Designing intelligent transport systems for highways and tunnels, optimizing performance through advanced traffic management.
• Researching future mobility solutions supporting the development of feasibility studies.
• Capturing and developing requirements for multimodal transportation systems.

For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

• Electrical Engineering
• Telecommunications Engineering; Mechatronics / Robotics Engineering; Civil Engineering
• Ability to understand and apply engineering principles
• Ability to analyse technical information and data
• Competence in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to conduct structured research and communicate technical findings
• Ability to produce clear technical reports, presentations and supporting documentation
• Awareness of systems engineering and engineering design principles
• Knowledge of Intelligent Transport Systems and traffic management systems
• Requirements capture and management
• Knowledge of communications, control or information systems
• Awareness of connected and automated mobility, electric vehicles, smart ticketing or future mobility
• Experience of CAD or technical drawing software

To be considered for a graduate opportunity, your application must include a copy of your academic transcript and meet the following criteria:

• Full working rights in the country of application
• No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role
• Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes;

• Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
• Innovative minds: We’re looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Growth seekers: You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
• Adaptable adventurers: You’re ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.

You should be able to start this opportunity on 1 September 2027.

Advert Closing Date: 12 November 2026

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work permanently in the UK without our sponsorship.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our graduates.

We also provide for our permanent members Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accidentinsuranceand Income protection cover. In addition,you’llhave access to flexible benefitsto help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas.

We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.
We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates.
As a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer in the UK, we will strive for one third of all our interview places to be allocated to candidates who have disclosed that they are disability confident and best meet the requirements of the role.