Engineering Degree Apprentice

During the apprenticeship you will gain experience working in the different sections within the department:

Application customer support functions, with small teams spread across Europe.

System Team which helps support performance of the system (i.e., rail pressure and injector calibration); Hardware support, including design of customer application and supporting returned parts investigation for EU/Global Diesel customers.

Detailed activity:

• Responsibility for the assigned aspects of the Diesel Fuel Injection System (specific tasks assigned to an individual will depend on level of experience & knowledge)
• Responsibility includes discussion with the customer (e.g., component application explanation), system analysis (e.g., system specification, pump capacity), calibration (e.g., rail pressure control, injector characterisation), pre-development (e.g., control system development, engine demonstration projects)
• In this role you will experience customer project management, simulation and testing. It will be necessary to manage the customer/supplier relationship during their engine development (including new business acquisition), input into change point analysis to determine necessary validation, collaborate with internal DENSO colleagues to make judgements on customer validation and take responsibility to create material to show why we have confidence to release parts to production
• Component Hardware Team Engineers who ensure the components design and customers use of the components is suitable to achieve the customers’ requirements (performance, life, etc.)

Detailed activity:

• Hardware support, including design of customer application and supporting returned parts investigation for EU/Global Diesel customers
• Responsibility for the design, testing and analysis of parts of the Diesel Fuel Injection system. Responsibility includes discussion with the customer (e.g. understand customer validation results, presentation of results), component testing of injector pump and rail, analysis/judgement, discussion with component design team and reporting to customer
• Test team manage engineering responsible activities in our Test Facilities

Detailed activity:

• Test engineer leading various test related activities including Diesel Fuel Injection Component and System benches, Gasoline component bench and engine dyno facilities
• To operate as a technical expert for wide range of test related activities
• To guide and support test technicians to be as efficient and effective as possible, through activities such as automation, process optimisation, initial data analysis and reporting
• Responsible for optimisation of the available test equipment, along with identification of weaknesses in capability and the investigations and reporting to identify instrumentation improvements

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

• Mathematics A Level or equivalent, grade A (Desired)
• Physical Science A Level or equivalent, grade A (Desired)
• Engineering Diploma BTEC or equivalent, grade DDD (Desired)