Quality & Continuous Improvement Engineer Industrial Placement

Atlassian; Grove; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

At Atlassian Williams F1 Team, a 12-month industrial placement offers hands-on experience in Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement within a high-performance engineering environment. You’ll work on projects that shape the future car and our business, growing with a cohort from day one and returning to university with practical experience you can apply immediately.

The role focuses on improving right-first-time manufacture, embedding a culture of operational excellence, and supporting

Qualifications

• Currently studying a degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Strong planning, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Self-aware, resilient, optimistic, and open to change.
• Understanding of manufacturing and operational processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support improvement projects to enhance standard operating procedures.
• Conduct root cause analysis and lead investigations across operational areas.
• Champion quality awareness and right-first-time culture across departments.
• Support onboarding and training programmes to promote problem-solving and quality conversations.
• Demonstrate and promote performance excellence behaviours across the business.
• Deliver strategic quality projects embedding quality practices across the organisation.
• Participate in Lean health checks and time & motion studies.
• Collaborate with CI and QE teams to standardise learning from root cause analysis.
• Support data-driven decision-making and robust data capture for improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to designing and delivering training for continuous improvement methodologies.

Skills

Planning

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

Engineering/Business/Operations Management degree

Tools

Lean

Job description

At Atlassian Williams F1 Team, our Industrial Placement gives ambitious students 12 months inside Formula 1. You'll take on real responsibility with projects that shape the future car and our business. Grow with a cohort from day one, then head back to university with experience you can apply immediately. Join a high-performance team, push boundaries, make an impact.

This 12-month industrial placement offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in both Quality and Continuous Improvement functions within a high-performance engineering environment. The role is designed to support the improvement of right-first-time manufacture and support strategic transformation initiatives and embed a culture of operational excellence across Williams F1 Team.

Quality Assurance (6 months)

• Lead and support improvement projects to enhance standard operating procedures.
• Conduct root cause analysis and lead investigations across operational areas (e.g., Composite, Metallic, ADM Manufacture).
• Champion quality awareness and right-first-time culture across departments.
• Support onboarding and training programmes to promote problem-solving and quality conversations.
• Demonstrate and promote performance excellence behaviours throughout the business.
• Deliver strategic quality projects aimed at embedding quality practices across the organisation.

Continuous Improvement (6 months)

• Participate in Lean health checks, workplace assessment/benchmarking and time & motion studies.
• Recommend changes to eliminate waste and improve operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with CI and QE teams to ensure standardised learning from root cause analysis.
• Support data-driven decision-making and ensure robust data capture for improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the design and delivery of training initiatives that support continuous improvement methodologies and tools.
• Support cultural transformation by promoting a mindset of operational excellence across teams.
• Assist in change management activities to ensure successful adoption of improvement initiatives, including stakeholder engagement, communication planning, and resistance management.

You are currently studying for a degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or a related field.

You are self-aware, resilient, optimistic, and open to change.

You can demonstrate integrity, openness, and a collaborative working style.

You have an understanding of manufacturing and operational processes.

You can work effectively in a dynamic and diverse environment.

You possess strong planning, communication, and interpersonal skills.

You can work independently and take initiative.

History doesn't repeat itself. It's rebuilt - one breakthrough at a time.

Be part of the team redefining performance and writing the next winning chapter for Atlassian Williams F1 Team.

Atlassian Williams F1 Team- Shape our team's next chapter:

For nearly 50 years, Williams F1 Team has pushed the limits of speed and innovation. As one of the most successful teams in F1 history, with 16 World Championships and a legacy shaped by legends like Sir Frank Williams and Nigel Mansell, we're now on a bold mission to reclaim our place at the front and win multiple championships again.

Our People Promise:

Join a high-performance team where ambition and our people promise guide everything we do. In a fast-paced, challenging environment, your work directly shapes our winning formula. Collaborate with the brightest minds in motorsport, building on our rich heritage and pushing the boundaries of speed and innovation. We want people who live our values - innovation, teamwork, resilience, excellence, and accountability to create the winning formula that drives Williams F1 Team back to the top.