ARM – Graduate and Internship Opportunities

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ARM Holdings is the world’s leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier. What you probably know is that the company makes lots of microprocessors which go into devices such as mobile phones and low power computers. But wait, there is more.

At a recent Open Day, one of the parents of a prospective student talked to me about ARM computer. In addition to the hardware, a large part of the business writes software, some of which is low-level, but there are plenty of higher-level software developer opportunities in the company. The person noted that the company would love to hear from top-quality students for internship and graduate opportunities.

Anyway, there is a chance that the 2013 opportunities have been snapped up, but I encourage you to have a look on their recruitment site. I haven’t looked at all of the links, but it looks like some of the application dates have passed. If there is a position that really interests you, you could always consider emailing to ask if a late application would be welcomed. Otherwise, you could keep an eye on other vacancies that may come up.

The two links are provided below. You may yet find a great opportunity waiting for you in Cambridge or beyond.

http://www.arm.com/about/careers/students/student-vacancies.php

http://www.arm.com/about/careers/graduates/index.php

As a side note: What was also encouraging was that the person thought the types of skills we aim to encourage through our course fit well with the extra skills that companies want from prospective employees. These are skills such as the team working and the communication skills in addition to the technical background.

Forthcoming final year careers events

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One to One
Half-hour One to One Drop in Sessions with Carolyn
Next Tuesday (12th March) between 9.30 and 12.30
Following Tuesday (19th March) between 1pm and 5pm.
To get book your place, please sign-up on the sheet at Comp Sci reception.
These sessions will be in the comp sci foyer.
CVs
The majority of the people who wanted CV advice also wanted one-to-one sessions. So, please take your CV along with you to a one-to-one session with Carolyn.
The Careers Service has a resource that you can read about this very topic: http://careers.aber.ac.uk/cas_web/interface/view_content.php?structure_id=715
Session on Careers Outside Computing
Next Wednesday 13th March from 10am to 12noon, Carolyn will run a session on careers outside computing. To help me plan a room for enough people, please email Neil Taylor by Monday 11th March 9am.
Interview Practice
A general email should have come out to you about interview practice for graduate jobs. The event is today, Thursday 7th March. Details below. Booking is essential. If you haven’t already booked a slot, you could see if there are any slots left.
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Interview practice for graduate jobs and internships with major recruiters
Thursday 7 March 2013  11am or 2pm  MedRus Main, Penbryn
Want to secure a top graduate job or internship, but not sure how to come across well at interview? Then this is the event for you.
We have a number of recruitment representatives from some of the UK’s largest graduate recruiters coming to help you prepare effectively. Organisations present include: Network Rail, Europe Rent-A-Car, Dwr Cymru, the Civil Service, Teach First, and Rachel’s Dairy.Places are limited so sign up today at http://aber.prospects.ac.uk/ to ensure you get your chance to practise your one-to-one interview technique and increase your confidence and ability so you can secure your future.  There is a choice of two sessions – 11am or 2pm.

N.B. Only pre-registered students will be able to take part. Do not turn up on the day without registering.

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IY – Broadsword Publishing, Aberystwyth

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Broadsword Publishing http://www.broadsword-publishing.com/ based here in Aberystwyth are looking for one, possibly two, industrial year students:-

We are looking for someone with C++ experience who has a love of computer games to work with us on the latest consoles and PC apps. They must be flexible when it comes to projects as the games industry is very volatile, and specs for games can change on a daily basis!

Please email your CV and covering letter to John Jones-Steele, Head of Programming jjs@broadsword-publishing.com .

Salary is £14k

Closing date is 30th March.

 

 

IY – Gwynedd County Council – Cyngor Sir Gwynedd

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There will be TWO IY positions available – please see below for more info.  We have had students here for the past few years who have done really well, and these posts are only being advertised to Aber students so it’s a very good opportunity.

To apply, please forward me lal@aber.ac.uk your CV and covering letter. Please note the Welsh language requirements.

Closing date is 22nd March

Salary will be £12,489 to £12,787

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Person Spec    Job Description

Lorraine

 

IY – General Electric

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Adrian has emailed this to you back in December, they’ve just contacted me to say that the closing date has been extended to 15th February.

Please see:-

General Electric

One of our current IY students has sent this to me. He’s working for General Electric at the moment, and says they have three of our students this year. His comments:
“The Jobs aren’t so technical but very good experience for project management and working for a very large organisation 300,000+ employees. Plus the pays pretty good!”
So if that sounds like you, do have a go at this!

IY – MPC Data – Trowbridge, Wiltshire

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Details of an IY placement with MPC Data in Trowbridge, Wiltshire just come in this morning, see below.

Even though they only ask for a CV it would be a good idea to email them a covering letter as well.  Closing date is 15th February.

Salary is £17k.

Again – we have had students with them for many years now and only advertise to Aber students, so a very good opportunity for you.

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MPC Data is currently looking for motivated students for a 1 year placement.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on leading-edge platforms for a wide range of markets, including consumer, automotive and security products. Developing software for embedded and mobile devices.
Candidates must be able to come up to speed on new technologies quickly. Good communication skills and the ability to work within a team is essential. The selected engineers will be responsible for the design and development of boot-loaders, drivers, system-level OS components, middleware and applications for complex 32-bit embedded operating systems, including Linux (incl. Android), Windows CE (and derivatives) and QNX.
Please take a look at our website at www.mpcdata.com and that of our parent company at www.bsquare.com
We offer a supportive environment where you can rapidly develop your software and project management skills while at the same time gaining the essential experience of working in the embedded industry. MPC Data have a long and very successful association with Aberystwyth University taking on several students for the last 10 years and with several of those students returning to fill permanent positions after graduation.
If you are interested then please send your CV to jobs@mpcdata.com marked for the attention of Jonathan Short.
MPC Data is based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

IY – Lighthouse UK – Shrewsbury

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Please see:-

Job_Description_Industrial_Placement_2013_14_v2_0

Lighthouse UK application form

Here are the instructions:-

If candidates could complete the word doc and save it as their name i.e. martin_lee.docx and email it direct to me martin.lee@lighthouseuk.net

They need to complete sections 1,2,5,6 & 7 they can sign the document if we interview. (section 5 is the key one, they need to consider this carefully)
I don’t want covering letters, as this info will be contained in section 5, their email just needs to say “please see attached application form for the role of industrial placement for 2013/14”. We want to make it easy for them to apply.
It’s also worth telling them there will be a short practical test at interview. Approximately 30 minutes.