Engineering & Technology - Summer Internship

Gain a broad grounding of engineering and a good understanding of what drives our business and how we deliver.

How long: 12 Weeks

Where: The role will be based in London.  Hybrid working (typically working from home no more than 50% of the time). 

Salary: £25,294 (pro rata)

What you'll need

Candidates must already hold or be on track to achieve a minimum of 2:2 BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc in electrical, electronic, systems or mechatronic engineering or a closely related subject accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Candidates with IET accredited pure Mechanical Engineering degrees will only be considered for the Systems Engineering stream (see below).

If your university is included in the IET list of accredited degrees and your specific degree course is in the process of being accredited, we will consider the suitability of your qualification on a case-by-case basis.  Please provide the following details: degree subject, modules undertaken in the final year, and final year project title. Please state to best of your knowledge when the course is expected to receive accreditation.

Engineering Council (engc.org.uk)

What you'll be doing

This 12-week development programme is packed with a variety of opportunities, designed to provide you with first-hand experience of life as an engineer at TfL. We'll support you in your ambition of becoming a fully chartered engineer.

Your programme will offer you hands-on experience with one of our engineering teams. By working on live projects, you'll gain a broad grounding in engineering and a good understanding of what drives our business and how we deliver.

You'll be working alongside specialist engineers working on a placement across the lifecycle of a wide variety of systems.

The emphasis of both our placement and graduate schemes is on developing 'world-class' engineers who seek to become the senior engineers and leaders of the future.

To guide our choice of placement and to help you to get the most out of it, you will be asked to express a preference for one of the following streams on application:

  • Systems Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Technology Engineering

Where this career can take you

Our engineers have the opportunity to make a huge impact. A career with us can be very varied with opportunities across the whole of engineering for you to grasp.

During this summer placement, you'll gain meaningful and valuable work experience which will support you in your ongoing career journey towards becoming a fully fledged Chartered Engineer.

At the end of your placement, you may have the opportunity to be considered for a graduate position through our fast-track process.