bp is a global company that offers a world of opportunities for professionals as well as those starting out in their career. We’re guided by our purpose and ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and help the world get there too.
What does this mean for you? It means you can expect purposeful work, world-class training and the flexibility to realize your full potential. Not to mention the chance to join a company committed to delivering more sustainable energy for all. Ready to crack on? Your perfect job match awaits.
Your Early Careers Program
This role is part of the One Digital Early Careers program which supplies bp’s future pipeline of digital talent. Joiners become part of a diverse, global digital community who are helping to lead bp through the energy transition, to provide reliable, affordable, and lower carbon-energy to the world and achieve net-zero.
The One Digital Early Careers programme provides a range of foundational career experiences and a gateway to an exciting and rewarding digital career.
Early Careers Experience at bp
The One Digital program is two years, comprising two 12-month rotations within a dedicated digital discipline. Designed to give you a breadth of experience and the opportunity to build technical depth to apply to the most complex problems of the future. These rotations will be complemented by a technical development pathway for your discipline, which outlines the technical competencies you are working towards. Alongside this you’ll also complete our Ignite training modules which will support you to build your interpersonal skills.
Throughout the program you’ll have a dedicated support network to provide guidance on the program and advice on career development. You’ll also be a key part of the bp early careers community, with events, socials and the opportunity to network with other early careers from across bp.
Role and responsibilities
The high-performance computing (HPC) team operates bp’s supercomputing centre, which is used by scientists across the company to develop new technologies in subsurface imaging, simulations of hydrocarbon and carbon sequestration reservoirs, wind, molecular biology, lubricants, etc.
HPC Developers work alongside our customers in the technology and research teams to develop and optimize their simulation, ML and data processing tools.
We are looking for candidates with enthusiasm for computational science, software development, and an interest in working with domain scientists to understand and develop their ideas into practical tools.
The role of the HPC developer can include:
- Development and implementation of new scientific algorithms on our large-scale Linux clusters. This will often involve OpenMP and MPI programming on parallel computing systems.
- Development and optimization of ML and reinforcement learning algorithms applied to subsurface resource and renewable energy problems.
- Optimization of codes to ensure they run effectively on a variety of computer architectures, which may include CPUs and GPUs.
- Development of software tools that improve our effectiveness at using large Linux clusters.
- Development of visualization tools for scientific data.
- Supporting research scientists with their software development projects.
Requirements
- To apply for this role, you will need to be in your final year of study and be on track for a 2:1, or have completed your degree with a 2:1
- PhD in degree in Engineering, Geophysics, Computer Science, Physics or Math
- Moderate programming experience in Python, Fortran, C/C++, MPI/OpenMP, TensorFlow/PyTorch or other scientific programming languages
You are also expected to have strong spoken and written English language skills, including business and technical English. Language skills will be assessed throughout the recruitment process.
Location
This role is likely to be based out of the following UK office:
bp Sunbury - International Centre for Business & Technology (ICBT), Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 7LN
Please note: Location will depend on business needs and can change for each year on the Early Careers development program as you move between roles. If you are required to relocate during the program, depending on distance, you may be offered relocation assistance.
Start date
8th September 2025
Other information
Please note the following when applying:
- You can only apply to one bp early careers opportunity globally per academic year – within this time, we will only process the first application you make. You will be withdrawn from any subsequent applications.
- Exploration Days are a key part of the assessment process and will be in person – bp will cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs, in line with the travel policy which will be shared with you. Please ensure you will be available to attend in person.
- Unless you apply to a role with a location explicitly stated, role locations are not guaranteed – where multiple locations are stated, you will be placed in a location based on business need.
- Accommodation – once confirmed, where you need or decide to move closer to your location, you are responsible for organising and funding this accommodation.
Adjustments
We are keen to make our recruitment process accessible to all. If you require any adjustments, to any stage of the recruitment process, please mention this in the allocated section on your initial application form. Someone will then be in touch to discuss or confirm the adjustments as appropriate for you. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss adjustments before applying, please get in touch:
T: +44 1635 584149
E: enquiry@bpgraduates.co.uk
Reward
- Starting Salary: £43,000
- Sign on Bonus: £3,000 (One off payment, subject to tax and national insurance)
- Wellbeing Allowance: Claim up to £1,500 each calendar year (subject to tax and national insurance) for products and services that contribute to physical, mental, financial and social wellbeing
- Flexible Benefits: In addition to your base salary, you’ll receive a flexible allowance (currently 20% of your base salary) that you can take as cash or use to buy a range of extra benefits, such as a pension, critical illness, dental care, personal accident and travel insurance, and our cycle to work scheme.
- Private Medical Insurance: We’ll pay for private healthcare, and you only pay an income tax charge.
- bp Share Plans: You can choose to take part in our share plan and buy bp shares every month.
