Renishaw is a market-leading, global provider of manufacturing technologies, analytical instruments and medical devices.
We work closely with our customers to solve complex engineering and science challenges. Our unique blend of pioneering research and product innovation helps our customers to solve complex engineering and science challenges, meaning we touch billions of lives around the world.
Our Early Careers cohort consists of around 90 Graduates, 210 Apprentices and 60 Placements. You are the people who can make a real difference. By bringing your new and innovative ideas you will help keep Renishaw at the forefront of the industry, and that’s why we invest if your continuous development and success from day one.
Our values
At Renishaw you’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.
We are proud of our strong working culture and work hard to promote diversity and inclusivity. We encourage our people to act in line with our core values of:
- Innovation
- Inspiration
- Integrity
- Involvement
Scheme overview
As a Graduate Electronics Engineer you will play a key role in ensuring Renishaw remains a market leader, often by using the latest electronic technology to ensure we maintain the best possible performance from our products. Graduate Electronic Engineers are challenged with developing and delivering smaller, faster, and more reliable products.
What will I gain from this graduate scheme?
Length: 2 years
Placements: 4, 6 month placements
Placements and projects will enhance your current skills and knowledge, supporting your thirst for knowledge and experience in training and development, and will involve you working on real projects which deliver tangible business benefits.
What type of things will I be working on?
Within Renishaw, Electronic Engineers require a variety of different skills from: Analogue to Digital Design; Embedded software to VHDL and DSP coding; Using DC to through to RF; Designing with Passives to Custom Silicon Design; From Magnetic Sensing to Opto-Electronics; Creating Circuit Design to PCB Layout; And from Blue-Sky Research to Final Product Development.
Graduate Electronic Engineers will gain an understanding of the following core knowledge and opportunities:
Signals and systems
- System configuration and architecture
- Signal processing and signal conditioning
Electronic devices and circuits
- Analogue & digital devices and implementation
- Component packaging and manufacturability
Control systems
- Power devices and design
- Algorithm and data manipulation
Embedded systems
- FPGA (VHDL) and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) devices and configuration
- Peripherals and interconnectivity using defined protocols
- Development of algorithms and implementation
- C (C++, C#) firmware code to support development
Communications
- Standard communication interfaces including USB, PCIe and other peripheral support
Conceptual, prototype design and development testing
- Prototype assembly
- Research, testing and commissioning
- Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT)
- Documentation and standards
- Product Upgrades
What career opportunities are available?
Electronics Graduates go on to roles such as:
- Senior Design Engineer
- Principal Design Engineer
- Technical/Design Manager
Where will I be working?
- Unit 1, Lower Trelake Business Park, Tedburn Road, Whitestone, Exeter, EX4 2HF
- Possible occasional travel to other Renishaw sites • Hybrid working options available, role-dependent
What skills and qualifications do I need?
Applicants must have
- A 2:1, or higher, degree in a technical field– Electronic Engineering, Design, Physics or Mathematics
- Highly motivated and keen to continue to develop and enhance their current skills
- An interest in designing with new technology and work in an engineering organisation
- A keen eye for detail and thirst for understanding electronics
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (*not available at our Castle Donington, Exeter, York & Edinburgh sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
