Graduate Engineer (September 2026 start)

Each year we recruit a number of graduates to support our core businesses in materials solutions for fusion. These role’s will support both:

1.      Technical research, analysis, and critical thought of materials engineering for fusion enterprises globally.

2.      Expanding our portfolio of patented disruptive technology, through research & development, with new ideas, and approaches in fusion materials and engineering.

The role will require teamwork, and the ability to communicate complex challenges to a range of audiences. Materials engineering and reactor design are a grand challenge for the realisation of fusion power on the grid, you will be working on problems without obvious solutions requiring tenacity, and lateral approaches to solve.

Some national and international travel will be required.

Qualifications & Experience

Ideally you will have some of these:

• A strong academic background within engineering, materials science, physics or a similar STEM environment.
• Either an early career professional or expecting to graduate soon. 
• An ability to critically analyse and present data. 
• An ability to communicate technical concepts. 
• Good verbal and written communication, and presentation skills. 
• A willingness to learn new things and to change your mind with new knowledge.

Maybe, you will have some of these:

•  A desire to build business and strategise for the future.
• Experience developing computational approaches (e.g. Python, CFD) to support problem solving.
• Experience of using CAD (e.g. SolidWorks) to create technical drawings and manufacture systems, including structural analysis (FEM).
• Experience working in a lab environment.

Eligibility

The candidate must have the right to work in the UK.

Our benefits

• 28 days annual leave
• Company bonus scheme
• Flexible working around core hours
• Company pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced parental pay
• Inclusion in the Business Health Scheme
• Assist and support chartership progression with the appropriate body.

Additional Information

Underrepresented people are less likely to apply for engineering roles if they do not meet 100% of the job requirements.

We are actively seeking these kinds of applicants and believe in hiring people not checklists.

If you are interested but unsure if your experience aligns, please get in touch with our Careers Team via careers@oxfordsigma.com, discuss if this role or others we are developing may match you as a person.

Apply

We’d love to understand more about you, and why you want to get involved in fusion.

Please upload your CV and covering letter (both in PDF format) below.

We will close application at on 17:00 12^th December 2025, however applications will be reviewed weekly and initial interviews offered during this period.