Engineering Placement Year 2023-2024 - Advanced Applications
Swytch Technology, United Kingdom
Job Description
This is an advanced application job advert - applications will be reviewed in the New Year and an assessment day will take place in February, please complete this application before the end of January. If you wish to update your application at any point we will only consider your latest application.
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Swytch is changing the way we move. We fundamentally believe that transport shouldn't cost the Earth - so we've made it our mission to make electric transport accessible to everybody.
Since launching in 2017 we have reached over 70,000 customers, across 50 countries who have collectively ridden over 1 million miles! Since then we have raised over $7M to scale our operations and secured a $400K Innovate UK grant to develop a next-generation hybrid eBike system for the future of shared electric vehicles.
Founded by Engineers and cycling enthusiasts Oliver Montague and Dmitro Khroma, Swytch is a close-knit team dedicated to creating low carbon transport solutions which are fun to use and good for the planet. We’re now growing our team to keep up with the unprecedented demand for our technology and to lead the electric transport revolution.
Check out our last campaign: Indiegogo Campaign - https://youtu.be/RGCNW2KOtIE
The Ramp;D Team
Technology is core to Swytch. We have redefined the eBike kit product category with excellent design and innovative technology. Our future is to redefine even bigger product categories, including complete electric bikes.
To achieve this mission, we are assembling a world-class Ramp;D team consisting of Engineers and Designers capable of pushing the limits of what is possible. We are looking for problem solvers, disrupters, and innovators with first class skills in design and technology.
You will be working alongside our co-founder and CTO Dmitro and be in close touch with our Marketing, Manufacturing and Service departments for a clear view of how your innovations impact our customers and company success.
The Role
We are looking for an Engineering student for a one year industry placement to join the Ramp;D team in the Summer of 2023. The opportunity is to join a fast growing, data centred, young tech start up at the very beginning of its technology strategy roadmap.
Your time will be split between hands-on detailed design, prototype production, sourcing components, managing external suppliers, hands-on product testing and doing what’s needed to bring our prototypes to life. You will be closely involved in the entire Ramp;D process from concept to mass manufacture, working alongside senior experts on complex multidisciplinary challenges. You will become an expert in eBike design and manufacturing in an exciting and rapidly growing industry.
This role will give you the opportunity to own your role while being guided by our senior team. A generalist skill set is key to success.
Requirements
- Studying an Engineering degree.
- Available for placement summer 2023 (provisionally 3rd July) for one year.
- Ability to listen, learn and contribute in a professional working environment.
- Exposure to CAD/Modelling software
- Excellent hands-on workshop prototyping experience to be able to rapidly turn around valuable validation prototypes
- A strong confidence in tech amp; IT including G-Suite, Office, Excel, shortcuts, automations and databases
- The ability to work independently, and efficiently.
- An excellent problem-solving mindset.
- A love of data and the proven ability to support your decisions with evidence.
Benefits
- Unparalleled opportunity to develop your career rapidly through exposure to all company areas in a flat structured start-up.
- Typically flexible remote working environment; come sit in our office in East London and enjoy a daily free lunch or work from home in the comfort of your own home, anywhere in the UK. (For all Ramp;D and Manufacturing roles we’ll require you to be in the office a majority of the week to make best use of our team and workshop).
- Competitive London salary.
- Unlimited Annual Leave Policy
- Electric Penny Farthing Lessons.
- Open and transparent company culture giving every employee direct access to our Founders and our quarterly business reviews.
Our team comes from a variety of backgrounds and we embrace our differences. We aim to be diverse in our people, our thinking and our innovation. We strive to create an inclusive culture, building a company and products that are making a better world for everyone. If you want to be part of the electric transport revolution, apply now.