Category: Undergraduates

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Software Engineer Internship, Tokyo

Open to undergraduate, masters and PhD computing students,  a 6-8 week internship with HENNGE, one of the first Japanese IT ventures based in Tokyo, Japan. Owning over 73% market share in the whole of Japan, HENNGE is the #1 cloud-based security provider.

Join us for a unique 6-8 week internship that offers personal and professional development and experience in working in a Japanese company with the most global working environment, under the direct supervision of our experienced Cloud Product Development engineers.

As our business continuously grows and expands, we are looking for talented engineers (front-end, back-end, data) to join our team in Tokyo.

Further details on Newcastle University Careers Service job platform My Career and the company website: https://hennge.com/global/

All conversations in the office will be done in English (Japanese is not required).

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Placement opportunity in Software Engineering with XACTPCB Ltd

Printed circuit boards are at the heart of all electronics and XACT is the world’s leading provider of award winning patented Smart Manufacturing technologies to the global printed circuit industry. XACT’s innovative products utilise integrated data capture and machine learning to enable fabricators to manufacture high-technology circuit boards of ever-increasing complexity whilst reducing costs, increasing profitability and improving time to market. XACT has over 150 active customers spread around the world.

XACT is now looking for an enthusiastic software engineering student to work on placement based in North Shields (2 minutes from the Metro) for a 12-15 month period from June 2019.

We would expect a candidate to have knowledge of object-oriented software design. Experience with C#, MVVM, WPF, Git and Visual Studio would be beneficial but is not required.

As a placement software engineer you will join our agile development team to develop new features within our latest generation of products. This will involve a number of roles; programming, testing, documenting and working on a number of areas within the product; GUI development, data integration and client/server communication. The placement will provide an opportunity to develop a well-rounded understanding and practical experience of modern software development.

The ideal person will have a positive and flexible attitude, be eager to learn and committed to achieving results. The learning curve will be steep but support will be provided by an enthusiastic team of software engineers.

To apply for this position, please send a cover letter and CV to recruitment@xactpcb.com

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City Internships – Placement opportunities in America

City Internships has Global Accelerator Programs in Paris, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. These internships are filling very quickly so interested students are encouraged to take the opportunity to apply sooner rather than later.

Students can also continue applying to our other larger and longer-running Program locations; which are New York, Los Angeles, London, Miami and Washington D.C.

For a short reminder of what they do: Programs are open to students from any year and with any major, and they may choose a placement in one of 9 career fields although computing students should look for Technology & Engineering placements.

Students may apply now at: https://city-internships.com/apply

For those who wish to review our Prospectus which explains our Programs and offering, you may find it here and also a printable Noticeboard Flyer is available here.

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YINI – Year in Industry Placements

YINI is ideal for students studying either a STEM, Computing, Business or Marketing Degree.

What is YINI?

A paid placement opportunity for Undergraduate students to;

  • Increase & Improve their Employability Skills through relevant work experience
  • Build links with Employers for possible graduate employment
  • Gain an Industrial Accreditation (up to Platinum Level)
  • Go into the world of work with support from the YINI scheme
  • Opportunity to develop work-ready skills through a range of YINI Master Class Workshops

Who is YINI for?

YINI is open to any student with the Right to Work in the UK, who is seeking;

  • A paid placement lasting between 10-12 months
  • A placement usually taken in the penultimate year of their degree or a placement taken & completed before graduation

Students are usually in their penultimate year of their degree, likely studying one of the following;

  • Engineering (such as Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Systems, Manufacturing)
  • Computer Science, Software, Systems, IT
  • Physics
  • Business
  • Marketing

Most of our placements are in:                Science, Engineering, Technology or Maths (inc. Computing, Electronics)

Smaller number in:                                       Business, Finance, IT, HR or Marketing

 

Who do we place with?                               Large blue-chip companies such as Rolls Royce, Network Rail and EDF Energy, as well as SMEs

                                                                           Across the UK (except Northern Ireland)

 

When & How can students Register?