Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

Do you want to use your passion for engineering to create innovative solutions to some of the world’s most complex challenges? 

Ricardo is looking for a systems engineering Intern to join our global automotive and industrial team. You will be using your specialist skills working with the Systems Engineering team assisting with projects on all different levels throughout the internship program.

• Assisting with gathering information and documentation for engineering proposals.
• Working with commercial and development teams to understand customer needs.
• Providing assistance to our technical support staff.
• Researching and understanding associated technologies in design, engineering, and program management.
• Applying theoretical knowledge and engineering techniques to the solution of basic analytical engineering problems.
• Participating in experimental investigations, participates in recording, plotting and performing preliminary analysis of results.
• Conferring with research and more senior engineers to prepare modifications to drawings, specifications, calculations, test work, results and reports.
• Analysing dynamic system response data against performance requirements.
• Monitoring own work to ensure quality; looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Meeting productivity standards; strives to increase productivity, completes work in a timely manner.
• Delivering superior levels of customer service to both internal and external customers while demonstrating Ricardo’s core values.
• Performing other job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Basic Qualifications.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Computer engineering, electrical engineering.
• Understands basics of software and programming functions.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a group/team environment.

Working hours

Monday to Friday - 8.30 am to 5.00 PM, 40 hours per week

Co-op rotations on A/B schedule - 3 months at a time, with subsequent slots (post study) subject to availability.

Salary 

Competitive remuneration.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, creed, gender identity. sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital or parental status (IL only), height, weight, national origin, citizenship status, age, domestic violence victim status, arrest record  or conviction record (MI only), genetic information, military or veteran status or disability, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or municipal law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.