Early careers

Real work. Real Clients. Real Impact. Let’s get started.

Join the team at CDP
Shape your own career

As a CDP intern or graduate, you’ll get stuck in from day one, working on real projects for our global clients in a range of sectors.

You’ll have the chance to get involved in a wide variety of activities – from defining opportunities and creating concepts, to transferring products to manufacture and managing their lifecycle – working on projects with real-world results, helping deliver on our mission to improve lives through innovation.

The culture here at CDP is all about collaboration, not competition. All our graduates and interns have opportunities to learn and contribute directly to client projects, every day.

One of us

Everyone at CDP is a valued member of the team. Our interns and grads are no exception. You’ll be paid a salary, and get the same great benefits (including flexible working) as all our employee-owners.

We have a flat structure which favors trust and support over supervision and rules. Your appraiser (hiring manager) is here to provide support and mentoring, making sure you have everything you need to excel in your career, including meeting any learning and development needs.

And your buddy is here to help answer any other questions you have and make sure you’re settling into your new working life at CDP.

Make it happen

 

Our extensive workshops provide all kinds of prototyping equipment: CNC milling machines, pillar drills, lathes, laser cutters, paint spray booths, and 3D printers, to name a few examples.

You’ll receive training to be able to use many of these on your own projects. In addition to making prototypes, our workshops are ideal for short lead time requests, modifying parts, and producing vacuum casts and 3D prints that look exactly like the final injection molded product.

It’s (y)our company

In 2018, we became a fully employee-owned company, like organizations such as John Lewis.

Led by a team of 10 partners with an elected trust committee, each employee-owner receives company shares (held by the Employee Ownership Trust), giving us all a direct stake in our company’s success and a voice in its direction.

Our extensive workshops provide all kinds of prototyping equipment: CNC milling machines, pillar drills, lathes, laser cutters, paint spray booths, and 3D printers, to name a few examples. You’ll receive training to be able to use many of these on your own projects.

In addition to making prototypes, our workshops are ideal for short lead time requests, modifying parts, and producing vacuum casts and 3D prints that look exactly like the final injection molded product.

Let’s get sociable

We’re a sociable bunch. If you have an interest, we probably have a group or the enthusiasm to create one.

Feeling energetic? Join one of our cycle-to-work days (complete with cooked breakfast) or sign up for the Cambridge Consultancy Cup football tournament. For something more leisurely, come along to one of our ‘stitch and natter’ sessions, gaming or cinema nights, or head down to CDP-ub for a drink, BBQ and ice cream.

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