Future Energy Systems Industrial Placement

About the Role

Ready to explore your passion for engineering, energy systems or low-carbon innovation? Interested in shaping the future of energy? At EDF, Success is Personal. Here, you'll learn from experts, develop key skills and launch your unique career within a business that's helping Britain achieve net zero.

"EDF R&D is the only placement opportunity where net zero targets are at the centre of day-to-day work activities. The Future Energy Systems (FES) team is a highly skilled international multidisciplinary team which explores a range of new technologies and business models to support EDF's ambition to help Britain achieve net zero." – Roberto, Senior Manager of Zero Carbon Systems

The Opportunity

This 12-month placement offers a starting salary of £26,750 and the chance to work at our UK Research and Development Centre in #London. You'll contribute to cutting-edge research projects that explore future energy technologies and help shape EDF's low-carbon strategy.

You'll gain experience in areas such as hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuels, low-carbon mobility and heating, and renewable energy systems. You'll also develop technical and commercial modelling skills, support application development and collaborate with academic and industry partners.

What You'll Be Doing

During your Future Energy Systems Industrial Placement, you'll work with our R&D teams to support and deliver innovation projects. Past students have developed Python-based optimisation models, sourced data for applications, liaised with technology suppliers and followed emerging trends in the hydrogen industry.

This placement offers hands-on learning in a collaborative environment. You'll build skills in mechanical modelling, coding, stakeholder engagement and technical reporting, while working alongside experts from EDF UK and EDF R&D in France.

Your Work Location

This placement is based at our EDF R&D Centre in #London (Victoria). We offer flexible working, so you'll have the opportunity to work remotely from time to time.

Who You Are

To be eligible for this EDF industrial placement, you need to be on track to achieve, or have already achieved, a 2:2 undergraduate or postgraduate degree in electrical, mechanical or chemical engineering, physics, maths or another related subject.

Our selection process is designed to bring out the best in you. We use a strengths-based approach, allowing you to showcase your skills and what truly motivates you. We believe that focusing on individual strengths is key to engagement, motivation and success in the workplace.

At EDF we work hard to maintain a culture where Everyone's Welcome. We encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is nevertheless a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility, we reserve the right in our decisions to give priority to those who already have the right to work in the UK.

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a starting salary of £26,750 per annum and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days and more.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That's why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that's unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it's your journey, powered by us. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

We anticipate significant interest in this industrial placement scheme – so please don't delay, apply today Join us and find your success at EDF

We're proud to share that in our last recruitment cycle, we received nearly 32,000 applications across our early career's programmes. While this means the process is highly competitive, please don't be discouraged if you're not successful this time. Every single application is carefully reviewed by a real person who values the effort you put in.

Success is personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and we'll help Britain achieve Net Zero together.