Composites Engineering Graduate Scheme 2027

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Sheffield (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Wellbeing initiatives

Experience McLaren cars

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Ltd. is recruiting graduates to join Engineering and Quality teams at the Composites Technology Centre in Sheffield. The two-year rotational programme (4 x 6 months) develops technical skills, operations understanding, and leadership potential for a permanent role within McLaren Composites.

Participants gain experience across manufacturing and quality processes, with rotations complemented by professional development workshops and knowledge sharing sessions.

Qualifications

• Must have or be on track for at least a 2:1 in a relevant degree in composite research, engineering or related field (UK university).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential.
• Passion for cars and working at cutting edge of automotive industry.

Responsibilities

• Support Engineering and Quality teams to plan, implement and control changes across design, manufacturing, project and facility workstreams.
• Identify and undertake development activities to improve composite processes.
• Optimise process and material flow and mitigate bottlenecks through technical innovation.
• Record and interpret complex process data to drive improvements and resolve problems.
• Participate in professional development workshops and leadership activities during rotations.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Passion for cars

Leadership potential

AI proficiency

Education

2:1 degree in composite research/engineering

Job description

We are recruiting for graduates to join our fantastic Engineering and Quality teams at the McLaren Composites Technology Centre based in Sheffield. The successful candidates will support the Engineering and Quality teams to plan, implement and control changes to design, manufacturing, project and facility workstreams. This is a two-year rotational programme (4 x 6 months), offering experience across various manufacturing and quality processes. It's designed to develop your technical skills, operational understanding, and leadership capability, preparing you for a permanent role within the McLaren Composites function.

What You'll Do

As an Engineering Graduate, you will be gaining valuable experience within our Engineering and Quality team. This will include, but may not be limited to, working in these key areas:

• Identifying, planning, undertaking and supporting development activities to improve composite processes.
• Optimise process and material flow, identify and mitigate bottlenecks through technical innovation.
• Support production activities, including process or technical fault finding, and respond to product quality concerns with containment and countermeasure actions
• Record, process, analyse and interpret complex process data to improve process knowledge, drive technical development, and resolve problems in a robust manner.
• Alongside your rotations, you'll take part in professional development workshops, innovation challenges, and knowledge sharing sessions to sharpen both your technical expertise and leadership potential

What You'll Bring

You must have achieved or be on track to achieve at least a 2:1 in a relevant degree in composite research, engineering or a related degree at a UK university.

You must also bring a passion for cars, and a desire to work at the cutting edge of the automotive industry within our composites business area.

Enthusiasm for the automotive industry.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

You must also bring a passion for cars, and a desire to work at the cutting edge of the automotive industry within our Engineering business area

Personal Attributes

We're looking for individuals who combine expertise with curiosity, energy, and commitment to innovation. Desirable traits include:

• Engineering mindset - a passion for process excellence, quality, and hands-on problem-solving.
• Operational curiosity - interest in how a high-performance product is created at scale.
• Attention to detail - care and precision in analysis, planning, and execution.
• Continuous improvement thinking - always looking for ways to do things better.
• Adaptability - able to pivot between technical detail and big-picture thinking.
• Team collaboration - thrive in cross-functional environments, building trust with operators, engineers, and leadership.
• Resilience - ability to work through challenges and maintain momentum in a high-precision, time-critical environment.
• Ownership - proactive in taking responsibility and seeing tasks through to completion.
• Effective communicator - clear and confident when presenting solutions and progress.
• AI proficiency - comfortable using AI tools ethically and effectively to support learning, productivity, innovation, and problem-solving.
• Passion for performance engineering - enthusiastic about McLaren's vision and products.

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide - ranging benefits package, which includes:

• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
• Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars
• Qualifying criteria applies

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact. It drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.