Work Experience Placements 2026

Job description

Work Experience Placements 2026

Vacancy details

General information

Entity

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

Reference

2025-165129

Position description

Domain

Production

Job field / Job profile

Industrial engineering - Special processes engineering

Job title

Work Experience Placements 2026

Employment type

Internship / Student

Contract length

1 week

Professional category

Student

Part time / Full time

Part-time

Job description

Please note:

This is aimed for students aged 14-18 in full time/part time education wishing to get experience working in an aerospace environment.

The placement will be one week long.

Please attach a supporting document answering the questions below in the job advertisement

We are only able to support requests for work experience between May 2026 to July 2026

But what else? (benefits, specificities, etc.)

We will be offering different types of work experience throughout the these dates including:

· 
Manufacturing – get hands on experience of what takes place to build a brand new landing gear in the heart of our facility.

· 
Maintenance Repair and Overhaul – get hands on experience of what happens when an aircraft has completed its flight cycle and needs to complete its service.

· 
Business support – see what else is needed to be a leader in aerospace including, finance, customer support and our testing facility.

Candidate skills & requirements

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic student to work with us on a week long placement. We will show you what it takes to work in this industry and you can see first hand what our engineering, manufacturing and business teams are involved in. This is a fast-paced

environment and where a passion for innovation is key.

Position location

Job location

Europe, UK, England, West Midlands

City (-ies)

Wolverhampton