Test Engineering Placement 2025-26

Manufacturing, Mechanical, Materials.

About Textron Specialized Vehicles

Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of golf cars, utility and personal transportation vehicles, snowmobiles, side-by-sides, all-terrain vehicles, professional turf-care equipment, and ground support equipment.

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Textron Specialized Vehicles markets products under several different brands. Its vehicles are found in environments ranging from golf courses to factories, airports to planned communities, and theme parks to hunting preserves.

About Textron Inc.

Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defence, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services.

Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Textron Systems, and TRU Simulation Training. 

Opportunity

Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd (part of Textron Specialized Vehicles) are seeking a Test Engineering Intern at our facility in Ipswich, Suffolk. In Ipswich, we design, manufacture, and distribute turf maintenance equipment under the brands of Ransomes and Jacobsen.

An ideal applicant will be able to demonstrate strong desire to work in a Test Engineering environment. The projects and tasks you will work on will be varied, allowing you to gain a broad understanding of the function.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Support the creation and development of engineering test plans to demonstrate components, systems, or vehicles meet functional requirements as defined by Senior Engineers;
  • Support the completion of Test Requests to demonstrate how all designs meet technical, performance, and reliability targets as identified by a Senior Engineers or Engineering Managers;
  • Support the creation and maintenance of engineering test reports and review these reports with senior engineering staff;
  • To ensure that all tests can be carried out in a safe efficient manner;
  • Utilise best practice reference documents and standard in-house tests where possible;
  • To read, understand, and incorporate requirements of standards and directives relevant to the product under development;
  • Liaise with other Engineers and departments when implementing new principles;
  • To assist in the development of test regimes to validate design elements of a project;
  • Be engaged in communication at all levels within Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd, and with relevant suppliers, distributors, dealers, and end users;
  • Other duties as required.

Qualifications/Skills/Experience required:

  • You should be enrolled in an Engineering related degree that offers a placement year opportunity;
  • Good knowledge of CAD (ideally UG NX);
  • Comfortable designing in a variety of materials including steels, plastics and alloys;
  • Able to deliver a hands-on approach working within a multi-disciplinary ‘team’ to take design concepts and develop appropriate test plans, equipment and rigs to demonstrate how components, systems and vehicles meet both legislative and reliability targets;
  • Prior internships/work experience is advantageous;
  • Self-motivating and able to work with low levels of supervision to defined objectives.

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary;
  • A nine day working fortnight (every other Friday off work);
  • 30 days' holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays;
  • Company pension scheme (6% employer contribution);
  • Life assurance scheme;
  • Company sick pay scheme;
  • On-site golf course and football pitch;
  • Employee Assistance Programme;
  • Long service awards;
  • Perks at work (discounted cinema tickets etc);
  • Learning and development opportunities.
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  • Deadline
    January 31st, 2025
  • Starting
    July 2025
  • Salary
    £22,500 + benefits
  • Degree required
    2:1 and above (expected)
  • Duration
    12 months
  • Location
    Ipswich
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Preferred Disciplines...
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials & Minerals
  • Mechanical
Also Accepting...
  • Mechatronics
  • Product Design
  • Systems
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