Quality Industrial Placement

Functional Description: 

Quality plays a critical role in completing root cause analysis investigations, that ensure performance and safety critical items are restored. Our team of skilled engineers work around the race calendar, ensuring containments and preventative actions are robustly delivered. 

Quality Industrial Placement: 

Join our Quality Engineering team to support root cause investigations and drive improvements in safety and performance-critical components. You’ll work closely with engineers and project managers to analyse data, track investigations, and implement corrective actions that directly impact race performance. This hands-on role is ideal for students with a mechanical or automotive engineering background, strong analytical and CAD skills, and a keen eye for detail. You’ll gain exposure to technical problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and the fast-paced world of Formula 1. Motorsport experience through internships or personal projects is highly desirable.   

Shape the Future 

• Contribute to a strong quality culture across the business, supporting the delivery of safe and reliable race car components. 

• Collaborate with engineering and project teams to identify and resolve technical issues through structured investigations. 

• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product reliability and operational efficiency. 

• Help shape the future of Williams Racing’s quality standards during a period of performance-focused transformation. 

Make Real Impact 

• Track and manage open investigations, ensuring validation and timely closure. 

• Perform full root cause analysis into technical problems affecting race performance. 

• Analyse data, update processes, and present findings to the Quality and Operations leadership teams. 

• Support supplier improvement projects and contribute to cross-functional action plans. 

History doesn’t repeat itself. It’s rebuilt - one breakthrough at a time. Be part of the team redefining performance and writing the next winning chapter for Williams Racing. 

Atlassian Williams Racing – Shape our team’s next chapter: 

For nearly 50 years, Williams Racing has pushed the limits of speed and innovation. As one of the most successful teams in F1 history, with 16 World Championships and a legacy shaped by legends like Sir Frank Williams and Nigel Mansell, we’re now on a bold mission to reclaim our place at the front and win multiple championships again. 

Our People Promise:  

Join a high-performance team where ambition and our people promise guide everything we do. In a fast-paced, challenging environment, your work directly shapes our winning formula. Collaborate with the brightest minds in motorsport, building on our rich heritage and pushing the boundaries of speed and innovation. We want people who live our values - innovation, teamwork, resilience, excellence, and accountability to create the winning formula that drives Williams Racing back to the top.   

Early Careers: 

At Atlassian Williams Racing, our Industrial Placement gives ambitious students 12 months inside Formula 1. You’ll take on real responsibility with projects that shape the future car and our business. Grow with a cohort from day one, then head back to university with experience you can apply immediately. Join a high-performance team, push boundaries, make an impact.   

Find Your Place 

• Bring a strong background in mechanical or automotive engineering—through study, internships, or personal projects. 

• Experience with CAD software and a basic understanding of engineering principles is essential. 

• Demonstrate strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and effective communication skills. 

• Be proactive, collaborative, and eager to learn in a high-performance, fast-paced environment. 

• Motorsport experience through internships or personal projects is highly desirable. 

Life at Williams  

Based at our Grove campus in Oxfordshire, enjoy competitive benefits, exclusive events, subsidised dining, and 24/7 gym access with fitness classes. Need a break? Relax in green spaces or explore nearby Oxford city centre, just 30 minutes away by bus. 

Additional Information 

Atlassian Williams Racing is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion and welcomes discussions about reasonable job adjustments. 

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities. 

Atlassian Williams Racing is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.