"Year in Industry" Internship (Electronics/Hardware Production team)

I'm afraid we are only open to applications from pre-university, undergrad sandwich course and "Year in Industry" candidates - this internship is not open to Graduates.

About Garrison

Founded in 2014 in London, United Kingdom, Garrison has raised more than $50m to date from London investors including Dawn Capital, IP Group, NM Capital and BGF. Garrison’s strengths lie in its experienced and dedicated teams, building on years of expertise in cyber security to bring genuinely game changing technology to the industry.

Garrison is working to build the future of cyber security and is already deploying at scale in both the government and commercial space. Our existing customers are large organisations averaging over 50,000 employees each, across sectors including banking, insurance, media, telco, law and government.

Our working culture

We are an award-winning start-up with ground-breaking technology; a very serious mission to solve real world problems, but with a positive and highly inclusive atmosphere, an excellent work/life balance, and an exciting future ahead.

At Garrison we celebrate diversity and inclusion, and we’re focused on continuously improving equality for the benefit of our employees, products and community. We recruit, develop and retain talent purely on the basis of qualifications, merit and business needs.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we take every possible step to ensure that every person employed or seeking employment with us receives fair treatment. No-one shall be disadvantaged on the grounds of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital and parental status, neurodiversity, social background, physical ability, illness or otherwise.

Overview of the role

We are offering a fantastic internship opportunity within Garrison’s Production team – we are seeking an ambitious and hardworking individual looking for hands-on experience within a unique and highly innovative company, and the opportunity to develop within the organisation over the course of a 9-12 month placement.

You will work closely with the Production Manager to help support the continuous improvement of workflows, practices and processes employed by the wider Production team, as well as contributing to continuous integration, deployment, testing/automation, and product engineering.

Garrison has a challenging, supportive and fast-moving working, and as a steadily growing and agile company there is plenty of room for personal development. Our technology stack ranges from bespoke hardware, FPGAs and embedded software, to mobile and desktop applications, web services and AWS. You’ll receive ample guidance for new tasks, but day-to-day we’re autonomous, organized and proactive.

We are open to candidates part way through a degree seeking 9-12 months of industry experience, and indeed those taking a gap year in advance of a degree.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and improving production tests for both PCBs and system-level.
• Reporting and analysis of data relating to hardware production.
• Supporting the delivery Garrison’s products through the manufacturing process ensuring we deliver high quality products.
• Driving efficiency, improving processes where necessary.
• Assisting in requirement gathering and research in order to select appropriate components.
• Frequent collaboration with wider team on general ad hoc initiatives.
• Recognising the industry that Garrison operates in, and appreciating the importance of following Garrison's information security policies.

Skills & Experience

• Keen interest in tech and/or cybersecurity industry, with an aptitude for STEM related subjects.
• Analytical approach with excellent Excel skills (e.g. Formulas, Macros, V-lookups, Pivot Tables, etc.)
• Any exposure to programming, Linux systems, Python scripting, and/or PCB testing would be a bonus.
• Able to multi-task and collaborate with multiple teams effectively.
• Pro-active and able to work well independently as well as part of a wider team.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, proactive, pragmatic, with strong time management skills.

What we can offer you in return!

• 25 days holiday allowance per year (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days)
• Personal annual training budget
• Perkbox discounts and freebies – free coffee, free cinema tickets, and lots more