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    Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, architects, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today's built environment. Together we help our clients solve their most complex challenges – turning exciting ideas into tangible reality as we strive to find a better way and shape a better world.

    Overview of the role

    We're looking for Graduate Virtual Designers / Developers to join our Manchester team. In this creative and technical role you will work closely with a number of different teams to deliver projects at different design stages, scales and visual impacts. You will have the opportunity to learn a broad range of skills, gain an in-depth knowledge of the processes involved and gather invaluable work experience in a dynamic and vibrant environment.

    As a team, we are a passionate about what we do and are driven to push the boundaries of what we can achieve. This will provide many opportunities for you to contribute to innovating what we do, both now and into the future.

    Who we are looking for

    • work within the team environment and embrace workflow and contribute to the collaborative environment of the team and beyond; 
    • manage timescales and deliveries; 
    • speak with clients and converse in a professional and technical way; 
    • have the drive to develop your own knowledge and expertise in applying skills with emerging technologies with a passion for the next practices in your discipline. 

    We're looking for graduates with curiosity, personal drive, design flair and technical knowhow. If you can combine these skills with an understanding of (or willingness to learn about) the built environment and a desire to deliver excellent services for clients, we'd like to hear from you.

    Essential

    • Recognised degree or diploma, or higher qualification, preferably in either Architecture, Computer Animation, Computational Design, Visual Effects, Information Systems Design or Data Science with a prediction of 2:1 or higher. 
    • Expert knowledge and awareness of the world of CAD/CAE/CAM and its potential application within Arup 
    • Real time graphics engines [Unity3D / Unreal Engine] 
    • Big data management 
    • Computer graphics, animation, games and visual effects production 
    • Data Analytics 

    Desirable

    • Machine learning 
    • Computer Vision & Image Processing, Advanced animation techniques, 
    • Robotics 
    • 360 image and light field development 
    • Photogrammetry 
    • C, C++, Java, Processing, C#, Objective-C 
    • Networks in the Internet of Things 

    You must be available to start this opportunity in September 2022. 

    What we offer you

    • Beyond a great salary and stimulating, technically challenging work, Arup offers a range of additional benefits to its people.  
    • As a membership organisation, everyone shares in our success through a global profit share scheme. Our people also have access to a range of broader wellbeing benefits.  
    • You'll have access to lots of learning opportunities including a structured induction and ongoing training through Arup university.  
    • Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to utilise your technical expertise to improve the lives of the most vulnerable in the communities in which we live and work through Arup's community engagement programme.