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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

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Placement: Clicksco, Wynyard Park

Clicksco is international online marketing specialists who are looking for a number of placement students to join their ever expanding team. The client have offices all over the world and put great emphasis on creating a fun and exciting environment in which to work. The offices for this role are based in Wynyard Park – just off the A19.

Currently the client is looking to hire developers who are passionate about doing things right and making a quality product. Initially the work will be with our travel product but opportunity will be provided to work on the Big Data and Cohort analysis developments.

  • C# 5 / 6 – we are happy to consider Java programmers who are willing learn c#.
  • Experience with DALs ORMs such as EF / NHibernate
  • Ability to work to a house style
  • Ability to work with version control systems
  • Ability to work with code quality tools
  • Ability to work with a rapid development methodology
  • Ability to learn new languages on demand
  • TDD / BDD / Agile

Contact Dr Mike Lockyer <mike.lockyer@traveljunction.com>

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Graduate Jobs in Computing Science, Internships, and Work Experience

Are you looking for graduate opportunities in your final year or information on work during your studies like placements, work experience and internships?

I am an official student representative for the Graduate Recruitment Bureau (GRB). GRB work with 100s of graduate recruiters of all sizes in all industry sectors across the UK, and have placed many graduates from Newcastle University.

They provide a unique student ‘matchmaking’ service: write in your degree course/location and they will set you up with companies for jobs, internships and work experience.

This is a great chance to be contacted by a large recruitment company and have them tell you about popular employers and the vacancies that are available.

So… sign up at:

http://www.grb.uk.com/sbm/64

Only takes 30 seconds to fill in, what have you got to lose?

Good luck with your career!

Charlotte Stokes

(Graduate, working as a GRB rep)