Design Engineer Advanced Apprentice (Graduate)

Graduate Design Engineer in Bosch’s Research and Development team, starting 1 December 2026 on a two-year fixed-term contract, designing sustainable heating appliances using CAD modelling, technical drawings, and engineering design processes.

Your tasks

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our Research and Development team as a Graduate Design Engineer!

This is a chance of joining an industry leading company as a Graduate Design Engineer in R&D, working for a department producing new generations of sustainable heating appliance. Designer will work in experienced team that have ownership over projects and the responsibility taking designs from concept to market, whilst being supported with technical training opportunities

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• CAD modelling & technical drawings

• Development of designs through engineering tools like Failure Mode Effect Analysis and Design for Manufacture & Assembly

• Working closely with production plant in Clay Cross and Purchasing to maintain production of series appliances.

• Interpreting customer and legal requirements into a solid design solution

• Planning of workload and work packages

• Engineering change management

• Design for environment material compliance

• Liaising between sites and departments

Your profile

Right To Work: please ensure you have valid Right To Work in the UK status for the duration of the contract term. This is a 2-year fixed term role.

Our ideal candidate must have:

• Degree, Higher National Diploma in Engineering or equivalent practical experience

• Experience with CAD and producing technical drawings

• Proactive individual, who wishes to learn and expand their skill set

• Good team player and capable of running own projects

• Proven problem solver and critical thinker

• Enjoys understanding how things work and taking ideas from start to finish

Our ideal candidate should have:

• UK driving licence

• NX Siemens experience advantageous

Deadline for Applications: Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays (pro-rata for your first year)

• Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus

• Enhanced pension contributions

• Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, group income protection and death in service benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP

• Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group

• Subsidised on-site café and canteen

• Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme.

• Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events

• Volunteering days

• Policy to support growing families

• Access to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes

• Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme

• And more!

We welcome applications from a range of candidates but please note that to apply for this position you must have the right to live and work in the UK from the start date of employment and for the duration of your employment.