Undergraduate summer internships

Location: Plymouth
Type: Summer internship
Start date: Summer 2025

What you’ll be doing

You will be based in one of our design, safety or facility management offices working with the teams who maintain the facilities at Devonport, Plymouth to support the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Royal Navy. Our growing Engineering teams work collaboratively with our customers in the UK and around the world incorporating leading edge technology into existing vessels and to create innovative new ship designs. During this summer internship you’ll be given the opportunity get involved in real-world projects from your first day.

What you’ll get out of it

Half of the entire Royal Navy surface fleet is based in Devonport, so you’ll spend your summer getting hands-on with some of the world’s most advanced naval technology. You’ll have a variety of different opportunities, working as part of technical departments, project management or production teams.

What you’ll need

• Studying a STEM degree.
• Many of our early careers roles are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold or have held may impact which roles you are eligible for. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). For our early careers roles, you must be able to achieve BPSS and many of them require you to be eligible for Security Clearance.