2027 Graduate - Software & AI Systems Engineer
Graduate software engineer joining PA Consulting's Software & AI Systems team, building embedded/firmware, IoT and cloud-integration, image-processing and VR systems for client products and devices. Onsite at their Global Technology and Innovation Centre in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire; starts Autumn 2027 at £31,000.
- Compensation
- £31K / yr
- Location
- Melbourn (Cambridgeshire)
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Junior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Studying towards or completed a STEM-related undergraduate degree
- Proficient programming skills in C++, Python, Rust, C or C#
- Right to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship)
- Growth-oriented, curious, eager to learn and apply new technical skills
- Collaborative and relationship-focused; builds strong client and peer relationships
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong problem-solving, innovative thinking and adaptability
- Professional and reliable workplace conduct
Nice to have
- Familiarity with agile, version control, TDD, CI and virtualisation
- Experience in AI engineering or agent design
- Commercial experience in software design, development or testing
- Knowledge or experience of embedded software, sensors, IoT, cloud, robotics or VR/AR
Full description
- Deadline: Ongoing
- Salary: £31,000
- Location: Melbourn (Cambridgeshire)
- Degree required: Bachelor's
- Starting: September 2027
- Disciplines: Software, AI, Computing, IT, Data, Physics
Company Description
We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.
Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.
We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.
Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.
PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.
Job Description
Why considering joining us?
Joining us as a graduate is the next step in starting your career. Whether you’re coming from a specialist background or from an unrelated subject, we want you to be bold, stay curious and dive into the opportunities we have to offer.
Within the Software and AI Systems team:
- We design and build software for real products and devices – some of the most innovative and life-changing imaginable.
- We develop software close to the hardware, from bare-metal and RTOS-based embedded systems, through machine control and industrial automation, to embedded Linux and desktop applications that manage and interact with connected devices.
- We love a challenge and the ability to use our technical know-how and innovative thinking to find the best answers.
- Our multi-disciplinary teams specialise in developing end-to-end products and devices, taking early-stage concepts through to complete product releases - and even to small volume production line scale-up.
Essential requirements
- Qualification: Undergraduate degree — studying towards, or completed a STEM related degree
- Coding experience – Proficient programming skills, with experience in any of these languages: C++, Python, Rust, C or C#. Or significant experience in multiple other similar languages with a desire to learn.