Thermal Engineering Student Placement

Red Bull; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading motorsport team in Milton Keynes is looking for a Thermal Engineering student for a one-year placement starting in summer 2026. Responsibilities include developing test rigs and supporting the race team during events. This role requires applicants to be enrolled in higher education post-placement. A good salary and additional perks like free food and gym access are offered.

Benefits

Free daily food allowance

Free gym access

Discounts with partners

Unlimited Red Bull

Qualifications

• Returning to higher education after placement required.
• Ability to develop and run experiments.
• Experience with technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop new test rigs for thermal properties.
• Support race team with live track data analysis.
• Manage thermal engineering laboratory.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Data analysis

Technical documentation

Education

Currently enrolled in higher education

Tools

Thermal simulation software

Job description

Thermal Engineering

The key accountabilities of this role are:

• Develop new test rigs and run experiments to determine material thermal properties and validating thermal systems as well as cooling solutions of the car.
• Provide support on running and keeping up to date a cutting-edge technology thermal engineering laboratory.
• Support the race team during the race weekends analysing live track data of thermal systems via access to our operations room.
• Work on varying projects covering systems and parts of the whole car including brakes, cooling circuits, insulation materials and many more
• Development and correlation of fluid dynamic and 1D, 2D and 3D thermal simulations, based on a first-principals approach.
• Preparation of technical documentation to support your designs and experiments
• Developing problem solving and communication skills through working closely with designers, managers, mechanics and technical specialists from throughout the organisation
• To be eligible for this placement applicants must be returning to higher education to study for at least 1 year after their placement year. Confirmation of this should be in place at time of application. While we would like to open this opportunity up to all applicants these positions are intended to be a work placement for students currently undertaking higher education and is therefore the eligibility requirement. Please do not apply if you do not fall within the requirements for this position.

The placement will be for 1 year, starting in the summer of 2026. To be considered for this Student Placement, please apply to this advert and submit both your CV and a one-page Cover Letter. Not only is this a fantastic opportunity to complete your student placement at our championship winning team, but it is also a great opportunity to work with some of the greatest talents in F1. A good salary is just the start, there are many other benefits too, such as a free daily food allowance, free gym access and fitness classes, multiple discounts and offers with our partners, free barista style coffee, unlimited Red Bull and much more!

Application closing date: 16:00 (BST) Friday 26th September 2025.