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We encourage you to concentrate your efforts on the roles that best align with your skills, interests and university experience, as this will strengthen your application and give you the best chance of success.

Role Available in Location: Ware

Education required:

To apply for this placement, you must be:

Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or Robotics

Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) University for the duration of your placement.

If you have already graduated with a Bachelor's Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Expected Start date: July 2026

Duration: 1 year (approximately)

Salary: A salary of £25,400 plus a bonus.

Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required

Application Closing: Early applications are encouraged as candidates will be reviewed regularly, and the advert may close at any point.

Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?

A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career to take on a real role with genuine impact. You'll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments.  You'll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.

What do we offer you?

• A competitive salary, with an annual bonus based on company performance.

• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements.

• Access to our cutting-edge wellbeing platform: personalise your experience, help reduce stress, increase focus, build connections and resilience. You will also have access to a confidential helpline 24/7, mindfulness, health screenings and financial wellbeing support. 

• Access to Private Healthcare Insurance, including 24-hour access to an online GP.

• Optional Support: Includes identity protection, long-term care insurance, home, auto, and pet insurance

• Opportunities to work with Employee Resource Groups, providing opportunities to network, gain mentorship, and develop personally and professionally.

• Access to IPUnite which is a community of Early Careers programme participants offering development, networking and social connections to help you make the best of your programme. You will also be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students.

• 2 volunteering days per year

Typical skills you can expect to learn on this placement will include:

• Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams

• Communication (written & verbal)

• Time management

• Problem-solving

• Networking

• Data analysis and management

• Technical skills (detailed within each role description)

The Role

Overview of the Department

The Automation Engineering team at GSK Ware is integral to maintaining and optimising the site's manufacturing processes, leveraging advanced automation and control systems to produce innovative medicines for respiratory diseases, HIV, and cancer. The team combines hands-on engineering expertise with a deep understanding of automated equipment, enabling them to modify, improve, and continuously enhance systems for efficiency and compliance. From system design and installation to operational support and regulatory validation, the team ensures the site meets high standards while driving innovation and delivering tangible business benefits.

Key Placement Learnings

• Assist engineers in updating control logic and user interfaces for process equipment, ensuring all changes follow proper procedures.

• Collect and analyse operational data to identify causes of downtime or variability and present their findings.

• Additionally support system validation by helping execute test plans, recording results, and preparing documentation to confirm automation systems work correctly.

• Develop skills in understanding and modifying control systems, analysing operational data to identify performance issues, and applying structured methods to verify that automation systems operate as intended.

• Also build attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and experience in working within regulated engineering environments.

Apply now!

These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass each stage to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2026:

1.           Eligibility Form

2.           GSK Digital Assessment

3.           Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview

You can find hints and tips on our recruitment process and get guidance from real GSK mentors on our Early Careers Hub here.

We're 100% open to all talent. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the inclusion of our patients and because it's the right thing to do. You can learn more about Inclusion at GSK here.

For more information about GSK and our careers please visit our website here.

Need help with your application? Please email us at [email protected] or call us on 01582 692870 and let us know how we can help you.

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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