Hardware Graduate Programme Brentwood 2025

Want to do the best work of your life? Do you want to help invent the tech your friends and family use every day?  Our products including Sky Q, Sky Glass and broadband routers are in more than one in every two homes in the UK, and you are sure to have used them.

Join a workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

About this programme

Join our Hardware graduate programme and you’ll spend two years taking on varied hardware roles, rising to unique challenges and working on the kind of exciting innovative projects you just don’t find anywhere else. All while discovering first-hand how we bring millions of people the entertainment they know and love.

And the best thing is you don’t have to specialise too soon. From system architecture to testing and compliance, this programme lets you taste it all before deciding on the career path that suits you best.

What you’ll be doing

This programme gives you exposure to several different areas of hardware engineering. Over the course of two years, you’ll take on three 8 month rotations in the following areas:

• Product Design (system architecture, schematics and layout)
• Testing and Compliance
• Research and Development  

From the start, you’ll get going with current live projects contributing to the company, as well as working on new and upcoming ideas. You’ll have opportunities to work alongside great and talented people. Plus, you’ll get lots of freedom to try out new ideas and shape where our multibillion-pound business goes next. And by the end of the scheme, you’ll have developed all the core skills you need to take on your first permanent role.

Transferable soft skills including:

• Collaboration
• Problem solving
• Presentation and report writing

Hard skills including:

• Schematic design
• CAD layout
• Compliance testing
• Product reliability testing
• Understanding product lifecycles

This programme would lead to various roles based in electronic engineering – including, but not limited to:

• Hardware engineer
• Layout engineer
• Test engineer
• Compliance engineer
• Engineering manager.

What we’re looking for

There’s two types of requirements for this programme.

Education:

You have or will be graduating soon with a degree in any engineering or related field.

Other skills you may have include:

• A passion for technology
• Staying up to date with the latest technology developments
• A can-do attitude and the desire to contribute into this very dynamic and fast-moving market sector
• Effective collaboration
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

Right to Work: You’re required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK by the start date of the programme. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this programme.

Your application journey  

Step 1 – Submit your application.

We’ll be asking for your personal details, academic information and anything else that you think would be relevant such as work experience.

Once your application has been submitted, you’ll be invited to complete our immersive digital assessments. This may land in your junk folder so don’t forget to check it.

Step 2 – Complete our online digital assessment. 

This looks at your Sky fit and business fit. Why not pop onto our dedicated Preparation Hubto familiarise yourself with the digital assessment before applying. You’ll have the opportunity to practice beforehand, so please read our email instructions carefully. We’ve added some tips to help you along the way.

Step 3 – Attend our in-person assessment centre

For the final stage, we’ll invite you to our assessment centre and give you siome tasks to get to know you better. The day will give you a practical insight into what it’s like to work as a Hardware Graduate and will assess your technical aptitude. 

Once you’ve completed your assessment day, we’ll let you know when you can expect to hear back from us.

Reasonable adjustments – if you need us to make any adjustments to help you complete any stage of your application, let us know you submit your application and someone from our Early Careers team will get in touch.

Where developing you begins

Enjoy an action-packed, learning experience with us as part of your graduate programme. We’ll help you grow into a great future leader, with the right tools and support. Our 2-year learning and development programme sits alongside your graduate programme and supports you during your programme and beyond.

Plus, you’ll have access to a range of tools, from workshops to digital courses (like Sky Learn), which will help you along the way. It’s a journey and we want you to see your progress, so you’ll get your very own development report to track your success.

Our support doesn’t end there. You’ll join a cohort of grads on the same journey as yourself and we’ve also got an Emerging Talent community setup to support early talent in Sky. They host regular events and talks on topics important to young people starting their career journeys.

Inclusion is important  

It’s our people that make Sky Europe’s leading entertainment company. That’s why we work hard to be an inclusive employer, so everyone at Sky can be their best. CVs aren’t everything. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential what you’ll bring to Sky.   

We celebrate diversity because different people, with different perspectives make Sky a better business. Our customers are incredibly diverse, so we should be, too.   

So why wait?    

Our graduate programme is designed to put you at the centre of the action. You’ll learn, grow and help make the magic of Sky happen. A career at Sky is where better begins.

Got questions about this programme? Email us at earlycareers@sky.uk

If you are successful in your application for this programme, your appointment will be subject to receiving a positive outcome from your Criminal Record Check.   

Perks

Let’s not forget about the great perks. There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our fantastic range of benefits really are something special, here are our highlights: free Sky Q (for the TV you love all in one place), a generous pension, 25 days paid annual leave, discounted Mobile and broadband and private health care.

You’ll also get access to Sky Learn.  Our new, group-wide learning platform, bringing all content under one roof, so developing new skills is simpler for everyone. You can search by skill and find courses, videos, podcasts and more, giving you greater control over your own development and future career.