Quality Engineering Placement

Monash University; Brixworth; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £30,000 p/a

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 in Northamptonshire is offering a trainee role within our Formula 1 engineering environment. You will lead quality and risk management across a portfolio of parts, coordinating with Engineering, Purchasing and Production to resolve issues and ensure on-time delivery to specification.

The role supports design reviews, supplier expansion, and root-cause analysis to implement robust countermeasures, helping protect our Power Units on race tracks.

Qualifications

• Curious, tenacious and driven individual with hunger to work in a fast-paced environment.
• 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 experience to complement academic studies.
• Self-motivation, adaptability and creativity.

Responsibilities

• Quality engineering leadership of a diverse portfolio of parts and suppliers to ensure on-time delivery to specification.
• Supply data analysis to highlight improvement opportunities reducing non-conformance.
• Lead continuous improvement activities to cut costs, lead-time and improve yield.
• Support design review processes to ensure parts meet quality and manufacturing capability.

Skills

Curious mindset

Driven

Hands-on

Self-motivated

Adaptability

Creativity

Courage to challenge

Education

Engineering degree (2:1+)

A-Levels in Maths/Sciences

Job description

Job no: 498330
Work type: Student
Location: Brixworth
Categories:

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 £30,000 p/a
• 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: 01 Sep 2026 GMT Daylight Time
Applications close: 31 Dec 2026 GMT Standard Time

In August we will open our application window for our next intake of Early Careers vacancies! We have over 50 opportunities available, across all disciplines, for exceptional students to join our Eight-time World Championship winning team at our state-of-the-art Technology Centre in Northamptonshire.

Want to find out more about what our F1 Trackside Team do here at HPP, view the video below from Barney our Head of Product Validation to get an in-depth insight into the world of the F1 Engineering.

HPP team members and their partners gathered for an evening of appreciation and connection at Rushton Hall for our Long Service Celebration.