Work experience weeks
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Work experience at Renishaw
Looking to gain hands-on experience with a global engineering and technology leader? Our work experience opportunities provide valuable insight into the world of innovation and advanced manufacturing.
Applications have closed for this year and will reopen in December 2026, further details to follow.
Our 2026 work experience programme
Applications for our work experience programmes for students in years 10 to 13 (or equivalent) have now closed.
Engineering work experience (Gloucestershire)
Join us for a hands‑on week exploring life at a global engineering and innovation company. You'll get to tour our facilities and hear directly from the experts who bring engineering to life.
Duration: 4.5 days (with an earlier finish on Fridays)
Timings: 9am - 3.30pm (finishing at 12.30pm on Fridays)
Dates: 6th - 10th July 2026
Engineering work experience (South Wales)
Join us for a hands-on week exploring life at a global engineering and innovation company. You'll get to tour our facilities and hear directly from the experts who bring engineering to life.
Duration: 4.5 days (with an earlier finish on Fridays)
Timings: 9am - 3.30pm (finishing at 12.30pm on Fridays)
Dates: 27th - 31st July 2026
Software work experience (Gloucestershire)
Gain real insight into software engineering as you write code, solve team challenges, and learn from experts shaping the future of technology.
Duration: 4.5 days (with an earlier finish on Fridays)
Timings: 9am - 3.30pm (finishing at 12.30pm on Fridays)
Dates: 13th - 17th July 2026
Our locations
Gloucestershire - New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8JR
South Wales - Miskin Business Park, Vale of Glamorgan, CF72 8XY
You will not be able to get to the site by public transport, so please ensure you either have your own transport or can get a lift before applying.
About our work experience
Our work experience is for students in years 10 to 13 (or equivalent) and there are two schemes available:
Engineering
- Learn about Renishaw's product development process
- Gain a greater understanding of what a career in engineering entails
- Work alongside our engineers
Software
- Develop an application as part of a team
- Improve your coding skills and learn how to apply them to a real project
- Design and test your software against a brief
- Utilise the scrum methodology to plan and achieve your goals
What will you gain from your work experience week with Renishaw?
- Experience working in an innovative company
- Meet and hear from some of our staff about their roles in the business
- Develop problem solving and critical thinking skills, as well as communication and presentation skills
- Learn how to work effectively in a team
- Understand more about Renishaw's early career opportunities
- Use the experience to help you make decisions about next steps/future career plans
Our work experience weeks give you a structured timetable designed to help you explore engineering in different ways. Because we offer a number of places at our New Mills site, you'll follow a clear schedule based mainly in our STEM Centre, taking part in a mix of presentations, talks, tours, demonstrations and guided activities.
At Miskin, you'll rotate through short placements giving you the chance to see different areas of engineering in action before returning to the STEM Centre for further sessions that bring everything together.
Virtual work experience
This platform is designed for users aged 13 and over and is designed to give you a bitesize introduction to what it's like to work in a global engineering company. You'll learn who Renishaw is, what we do, and how engineering plays a part in creating real‑world technology that you experience every day.
- Designed to give you an insight into what it's like to work in a global engineering company.
- Learn about Renishaw's history, our culture and values, and some of the products we design and manufacture.
- Explore a range of roles (in particular those that relate to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).
- Introduce some of the key skills used in engineering, such as problem solving, teamwork and creativity.
- Hear from some of our employees, who will share their experiences of Renishaw's early careers pathways.
Feedback
It was such a nice work experience week and I wanted to thank you for the opportunity. It really broadened my knowledge on the different routes I could take in the future, so thank you very much.
I have really enjoyed this week and have learnt so much. This experience has helped me a lot and I now have a much better understanding of what a career in engineering looks like.