Placement Student - Engineering
About CPI
CPI helps make great ideas and inventions a reality. We’re a team of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.
Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.
From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world a better place.
The role
CPI is seeking enthusiastic engineering students (or equivalent disciplines) who show an interest in a wide variety of subjects related to product design and development, electronics and embedded systems design and development, or software and embedded systems development, as well as a passion for learning new things. The placement will focus on medical product design and development and will be based within CPI’s Photonics & Electronics technology team at NETPark, Sedgefield.
The placement students will be working across a wide range of projects, through which they will get to work alongside a variety of other engineers and scientists with a diverse range of specialities, including electronics, software, mechanical and product design, microfabrication, process engineering, materials science, physics, and biochemistry.
When applying, please state clearly in your cover letter which area of interest you would like to apply for: Product Design Engineering, Electronics Engineering or Software Engineering.
The person
The ideal candidate will be committed to, and actively seek out, opportunities to develop themselves within these new and exciting roles.
This position would suit students whose course includes a sandwich year in industry, or those able to take a placement opportunity in industry between academic years.
Essential:
Working knowledge and broad experience of IT packages, particularly Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Excellent team working skills for establishing sustainable and professional relationships both internally and externally.
Product Design:
Practical understanding of mechanical product design and manufacture and the product development process.
Practical use of 3D CAD, rendering software and prototyping methods, including 3D printing.
An interest in medical technology.
Some experience of integrating electronics into product designs.
Electronics:
Knowledge of electronics, device development and testing and/or the healthcare sector.
Experience of electronic device design, prototyping and testing.
Software:
Knowledge of software, device development and testing and/or the healthcare sector.
Experience of software development and languages such as C and Python.
It would be great if you also had:
Experience of embedded software application development and testing.
Experience of electronic device design, prototyping and testing.
Experience of additive manufacturing or 3D Printing.
Additional information
The closing date is Monday 30 November 2026 at 23:45.
If you wish to apply for this position, please submit your cover letter and CV using the form below.
Please note we cannot offer relocation packages or sponsorship for this role.
What does CPI offer you?
At CPI, we offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, this includes:
Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays – Plus a holiday purchasing scheme.
Generous pension scheme.
Life assurance and accident insurance schemes.
Flexible working.
Learning and development opportunities.
Free parking.