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Enabling The Digital World

Smartphones, computers, networks, self-driving cars, intelligent machines, the latest medical advances, renewable energy – the digital transformation makes our lives easier, safer, and more comfortable.

And we are at the center of it all: The world's leading technology companies manufacture their products with innovative solutions from ASMPT.

Placement Student, Module Test

Join Us Where We Are Enabling The Digital World To Realise Its Incredible Potential, And Where We Will Support You To Realise Yours Too.

Our technology powers EVERYTHING with a digital component: we produce innovative equipment that enables the world’s biggest names in electronics to bring their technology to market. We thrive in a forward-thinking environment where continuous investment powers opportunities to work on exciting new projects on a global scale.

And while we have offices – and career opportunities - around the world, the real magic happens at our Product Innovation Centre in Weymouth. This is the centre of our High End Printing business, where our engineers design, build and refine high-speed, high-precision printers to offer the best-in-class solutions to our customers.

Our People enjoy challenge and opportunity in equal measure. We sharpen our skills and knowledge, and experiment at the cutting edge across multiple disciplines.

We think you will like it too.

The Role

Our placements provide an opportunity to really learn how a business works. During your placement you will be hands on from day one, you will be actively involved in business projects and your experience and knowledge will be utilised and strengthened during the 13 months with us. You’ll be based in our Weymouth office, working alongside experienced professionals and contributing to real business outcomes.

The Module Test Team operates within the R&D department, specialised in the hands-on evaluation of newly developed or enhanced mechanical designs used in our printers. We have an opportunity for you to join the Module Test team and be able to put the knowledge and skills you have gained at university into practice. You will:

• Learn the skills for thriving in an engineering environment, including effective communication within R&D team and across departments.
• Learn how to plan and design hardware tests, execute testing procedures, collect and process data, perform data analysis, and interpret results.
• Learn the skills to present test results to stakeholders concisely.
• Take part in investigative activities to identify technical issues and determine root cause.
• Produce test reports to update stakeholders on test progress, defects found and share observations.
• In addition to contributing to new product development, you will have opportunities to collaborate with cross functional teams on innovation projects.
• Develop your skills by improving the efficiency of existing test techniques and development of new, advance testing capabilities.
• Collaborate effectively with the Module Test team members and mentor, working across all stages of product development and tasks completion.

You will be encouraged to take initiative, work collaboratively across teams, and continuously develop professional skills.

About You

Enabling the digital world offers enormous scope to develop your career beyond traditional ideas of progression or promotion. Enabling is always evolving.
We want to hear from enthusiastic individuals who are currently pursuing a degree in relevant technical discipline - such as Mechatronics, Robotics, Mechanical, or Hardware design – who are eager to apply their knowledge in real-world engineering setting and:

• Have basic knowledge of Product Development Life Cycle.
• Able to demonstrate intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Able to communicate effectively in person and in writing with colleagues at all levels of the organisation to build strong and productive working relationships.
• Able to demonstrate your ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Able to showcase your problem solving abilities through practical example and experiences.

Throughout your placement, you will receive dedicated mentoring, hands-on training, and continuous skill develop opportunities while contributing to impactful projects aligned with ASMPT’s mission.

We Think You Will Enjoy Working At Asmpt Because:

Our culture is unique. Unlike many of our more corporate competitors, we strive to maintain a people-first, family-like culture that people appreciate and enjoy. It’s conducive to collaboration, to encouraging feedback and enabling innovation.

It’s an exciting place to be. Ideas evolve in front of your eyes and we are constantly pivoting and adapting to meet the needs of tomorrow’s technologies. The possibilities here are limitless, the opportunities are huge, and our culture is warm and friendly.

Our people are some of the brightest experts around and everyone has a voice here. It’s a great place to be if you like to see your ideas turn into action, but we tend not to shout about it too loudly. You could say we are the tech sector’s best-kept secret!

We Will Offer You:

Few organisations can rival our complete package of exciting, leading-edge work in an exceptional location that offers a fantastic quality of life.

• A competitive salary
• £1,000 starter bonus
• Hybrid working – with the capacity to work from home 2 days a week
• Mental Health and Wellbeing support – we have a team of mental health first aiders within ASMPT and a confidential, external provider
• Annual leave starting at 25 days
• Discounted corporate gym membership
• Subsidised canteen providing local, fresh, nutritious sustenance
• Company social events – including company gatherings, sports and social club activities, environmental/diversity group activities, football, volleyball, badminton, organised walks etc.

Please note the provisional closing date for applications is December 2025.
Apply online now We are looking forward to your compelling application! JobID: 1309 ASMPT SMT UK Limited | Granby Industrial Estate 11 Albany Rd | Weymouth UK

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electronics industry 2,000 high-tech
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