Quality Engineering Graduate

Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains; Brixworth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £33,000pa

Collective bonus

Company lease car scheme

36 days annual leave

Private healthcare and pension scheme

Onsite Gym

Staff discounts

Job summary

Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains invites applicants to join a 24-month Quality Engineering Graduate Scheme based in Brixworth. You’ll contribute to the fast-paced, highly collaborative supply chain and gain exposure to Formula 1 programs through a diverse portfolio of parts.

You will work with engineering, purchasing, production, and inspection to resolve issues, improve yield, and ensure on-spec delivery. The scheme offers many benefits and a pathway into motorsport excellence.

Qualifications

• Enrolled on a Mechanical / Automotive / Mechatronics / Motorsport / Aeronautical Engineering degree on course for a 2:1 or higher.
• Strong academic background in Maths/Sciences or equivalent.
• Excellent understanding of engineering first principles.
• Hands-on practical experience to complement your studies.
• Self-motivation, adaptability and creativity.
• Willingness to be challenged and expand technical knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality engineering leadership across parts and suppliers to ensure on-time delivery to specification.
• Supply statistical data to the supply chain to identify improvement opportunities and reduce non-conformances.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to cut cost, lead-time and boost yield.
• Support new part design review processes for quality performance and manufacturability.
• Conduct on-site supplier visits and audits to enable Mercedes AMG HPP approvals for new parts.
• Lead root-cause analysis with robust countermeasures to keep Formula 1 programmes on target.

Skills

Curious mindset

Self-motivation

Adaptability

Creativity

Education

Mechanical / Automotive / Mechatronics / Motorsport / Aeronautical Engineering degree (2:1 or higher)

Job description

Job no: 498332
Work type: Student
Location: Brixworth
Categories:

At Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains we offer a 24 month Quality Engineering Graduate Scheme which will tap into your passion and determination to win, giving you a real opportunity to contribute to our success on track. In Quality Engineering we work collaboratively across the business to enable the fast-paced development of technology by creating a dynamic and responsive supply chain. The team is responsible for ensuring that product is delivered on time, to specification and with full traceability against the specification.

As a department we pride ourselves on challenging and developing our trainees with a scheme which will provide exposure to our Formula 1 programs via ownership of a diverse portfolio of products.

• Quality Engineering leadership of a diverse portfolio of parts/suppliers via daily support to our Engineering, Purchasing, Production (Internal Manufacturing or via our approved External Supply Chain) and Inspection departments to resolve technical and non-conformance problems to enable on time delivery of parts to our specification.
• Supply statistical data to the supply chain to highlight improvement opportunities leading to non-conformance reduction.
• Lead continuous improvement activities to reduce cost, reduce lead-time and improve yield.
• Support the new part design review processes to ensure current part quality performance, manufacturing challenges/capability and previous component failure history is reviewed. You will enable a new part specification which is capable and reliable, while meeting cost and delivery targets.
• Expand the supply chain through on-site visits and audits, leading to Mercedes AMG HPP approval in readiness for new part introduction.
• Lead root cause analysis using industry recognised analytical methods, to solve problems. Containment through to implementation of robust countermeasures so our F1 programmes stay on target and our Power Units remain protected from potential failure.

What can we offer you?

We can offer you the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art Technology Centre. You will be supported by a wealth of expertise, while you will take on the challenges to deliver championship-winning Formula 1 parts on time to specification.

This is a fantastic opportunity to start a career in Formula 1, enhancing your knowledge and gaining vital experience to supplement your current degree learning.

Our benefits package includes:

• A salary of £33,000pa
• Collective bonus
• Company lease car scheme
• 36 days annual leave
• Access to private healthcare and generous pension scheme
• Onsite Gym
• A variety of other benefits and staff discounts

What do we need from you?

• A curious, tenacious, and driven individual with a hunger to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Enrolled on a relevant Mechanical / Automotive / Mechatronics / Motorsport / Aeronautical Engineering or related degree on course for a 2:1 degree or higher.
• A strong academic background in relevant A-Levels (Maths / Sciences) or equivalent disciplines.
• An excellent understanding of engineering first principles.
• Practical "hands-on" experience to complement your academic studies.
• Self-motivation, adaptability and creativity.
• Courage to challenge and desire to be challenged, to expand your technical knowledge and skills.

We recognise that the ideal candidate for this role may not meet every requirement in this advert and understand that some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Mercedes AMG HPP our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring are critical to our success. HPP does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status or group or class protected by any local law and we encourage applications from any background.

During your application process we are committed to providing additional support where it may be needed. If you need additional financial support to help attend Assessment Centres and Interviews you can apply to be considered to receive our Interview Travel Bursary which will provide full reimbursement for any travel expenses incurred. At the point of a successful invitation to interview please raise this with your Recruitment contact at HPP.

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, there may be periods of time during the process where you don’t hear anything from us. We will advise you of the outcome of your application regardless of the results in due course. Please be advised that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to applicants, apologies for any inconvenience.

Advertised: 20 Oct 2026 GMT Daylight Time
Applications close: 31 Dec 2026 GMT Standard Time