Category: Placement Opportunities

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Data Analytics work placement with PwC – Birmingham and London, 2015

We wanted to take this opportunity to let you know about a brand new work placement we have launched this year within our Technology practice.

If you’re currently studying a Data Analytics degree and due to graduate next summer, or looking for a work placement for your sandwich-year, then our Data Analytics work placement is the perfect opportunity.  With opportunities for both undergraduates and graduates to join us, this 11 month work placement will provide an insight into what we do with Data. You can apply to either our Birmingham or London office.

Note: some clarification on degree topic: we do ask that students have some experience in Data Analytics or Big Data ideally, however we are open to considering Computer Science students also who show that they have an appreciation of this field or are going on to study it.

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Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge, Hampshire – Placement

Information technology (IT) and wildlife research Student Placement 2015/2016

Background

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is an independent wildlife conservation charity with its 60 scientists carrying out research into game, associated species and habitats, from its HQ at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, and at out-stations throughout the country. The Trust’s main areas of interest encompass farmland, moorland, woodland and river management for game and other wildlife. All of these areas of research generate a great deal of data, which needs to be collected, stored, processed and analyzed.

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AstraZeneca Sandwich Placements

One of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is offering a number of placement opportunities:

  • within the Finance and Global Product and Portfolio Strategy IT (F&GPPS IT) function
  • within the R&D Information function at the Alderley Park site in Cheshire or an AstraZeneca Cambridge site.

The process for this year’s recruitment will be carried out via the website, www.astrazenecacareers.com. All students are required to use the on-line application system.

Application dates: Finance and Global Product and Portfolio Strategy IT currently open  and will close 28th November 2014.

R&D Information will open Friday 14th November and will close Friday 16th January 2015.

Placements are expected to begin August/September 2015.

More information:

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DCA Software student placement

Software student placement

Company background

Founded in 1960, today DCA is one of Europe’s leading product design and development consultancies, operating in many diverse markets and with services ranging from design research and strategy to industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronic hardware and software engineering. While you may not have heard of us before, you’ve probably used a product that was designed here.

Role

We’re looking for the best software students to come to our offices in Warwick (UK) for industrial placements lasting between six and twelve months. This is an ideal role for an undergraduate student specialising in software engineering, who will benefit from gaining valuable experience in all aspects of the software development life cycle. The candidate will be required to participate and contribute towards software feasibility studies, design, coding, debugging and testing. DCA are involved in a wide range of software projects including medical devices, fluid pumps, web based applications and PC based test tools, however our primary projects involve embedded software running on various microcontrollers. A student will benefit from improving not only their software engineering skills but their hardware and electronics knowledge as well. In addition to contributing towards customer-based projects, the student may also be required to research new software tools and technologies to aid in future development and help improve software development procedures (including software, scripts and documentation).

A placement here will complement your studies and give you the advantage that comes with hands-on experience when looking for a job after university. Because our projects are so varied and we only employ the best engineers, you’ll get a great range of exposure to different aspects of software design and you’ll learn a lot along the way. There’s a vibrant atmosphere at DCA in which you’ll quickly be made to feel part of the team and our placement students manage to have some fun as well as meeting the challenges of the job – have a look at http://www.dca-design.com, http://youtu.be/a6hz8kwiS5g or https://www.facebook.com/dcadesign to learn more.

Pay and benefits

We offer competitive rates of pay. You will be entitled to 22 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays, adjusted on a pro rata basis for placements of less than 12 months. Car drivers will be provided with a parking permit for the centre of Warwick.

Essential qualities

  • The ability to program in C/embedded C to a reasonable level.
  • An understanding of the software development life cycle.
  • A basic knowledge of UML design.
  • A basic knowledge of embedded systems and relevant hardware.
  • A proactive, enthusiastic and self-motivated attitude, with the ability to work individually and as part of a team.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills in the English language.
  • The ability to problem solve (e.g. debug other people’s software).

Desirable qualities

  • A working knowledge of Java, C# or Python.
  • An understanding of configuration management.
  • An understanding of safety-critical software and processes.
  • An awareness of governing coding standards (e.g. MISRA).
  • Experience with static analysis tools (e.g. lint).
  • An understanding of approaches to software testing: unit, integration and system tests.

How to apply

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to
technical@dca-design.com, with an indication of your preferred placement dates.

 

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Feral Interactive: Placements in Games and Web Development

Feral Interactive, a leading developer and publisher of AAA games for Mac and Linux, is offering year-long industrial placements to university students currently studying Computer Science or a related degree.

Our game developer placements involve working on real game code: you’ll be porting top PC and console releases to the Mac and Linux platforms. You’ll also help to develop our in-house tools and support the overall development process.

You’ll be working on the same projects as our graduate developers, and will work directly with them and our experienced programmers, gaining invaluable experience in games development. This includes getting familiar with the development cycle, bug tracking and working with a QA team.

We like to see students who’ve gone beyond the requirements of their course: we’re happy to look at examples of your own projects and code, so feel free to include them with your application.

See attached files for more information and how to apply.

Game Developer placements at Feral

Game Developer

Web and Tools Developer