Engineering Industrial Placement
Location: Banbury
Contract: 1-year industrial placement
Start Date: July 2026
Salary: £23,500 per annum
What do we offer?
This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience within a world-leading aerospace organisation. Over the course of your year with Safran, you’ll work alongside experienced engineers on real projects that contribute directly to the development of next-generation composite technologies.
You’ll develop practical technical skills, learn how to apply your academic knowledge in an industrial setting, and gain valuable insight into how engineering operates within a global business.
You’ll also have the opportunity to get involved in wider business initiatives, such as STEM outreach, community engagement projects, and early careers events designed to support your personal and professional growth.
What does the role look like?
Our Engineering Industrial Placement provides you with a unique opportunity to apply your academic knowledge in a practical, real-world engineering environment. Based at our Banbury site, you’ll work alongside experienced engineers on projects that contribute directly to the design, development, and validation of advanced composite technologies used in aerospace applications.
You’ll be involved in a range of activities, from product design and testing to supporting new product introduction, gaining valuable experience that will help you prepare for a future career in engineering.
What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?
* Support the identification, design, and validation of new systems and components.
* Create CAD models and detailed drawings, defining key technical and quality features.
* Conduct design validation using hand calculations, FEA, and testing.
* Assist in the design and commissioning of tooling for manufacture and testing.
* Collaborate with engineers, suppliers, and customers to ensure technical compliance.
* Analyse test data and compile engineering reports.
What will you bring to the role?
Essential skills:
* Excellent technical, analytical, and problem-solving ability.
* Strong organisation, planning, and communication skills.
* Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Desirable skills:
* Passion and interest in composite materials and manufacturing.
About Us:
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.
Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets