Launch Your Career with Our 2026 Graduate Programme!   

Are you brimming with ambition and ready to make your mark in the professional world? Look no further! Our UK Graduate Programme is designed to catapult you into a thriving career, offering unparalleled opportunities for growth, learning, and success. Join Amentum in September 2026 and help us create a secure and vibrant future.  

Are you ready to apply your physics degree to some of the most exciting and complex challenges in the nuclear industry? Join our IOP-accredited Graduate Programme and become part of a dynamic team at the forefront of innovation in both civil and defence nuclear sectors. 

As a Graduate Physicist, you’ll work alongside industry-leading experts on high-impact projects that span the entire nuclear fuel cycle – from cutting-edge fusion and fission reactor design to decommissioning legacy facilities and supporting the UK’s operational nuclear fleet. 

Your role will be primarily desk-based and may involve: 

• Advanced computer simulations 

• Criticality safety and shielding assessments 

• Severe accident and thermal-hydraulic analysis 

• Structural and finite element analysis 

• Scientific software development 

You’ll be embedded in a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to safety case development, conceptual engineering, and scientific analysis that underpins major nuclear programmes in the UK and internationally. 

Whether it’s helping design the next generation of reactors or supporting nuclear propulsion systems, your work will make a real difference. 

Why Join Us?   

Exciting Projects: Work with a diverse team of experts from across the UK and beyond to gain insights into our markets and clients.  

Comprehensive Training: Benefit from a structured development programme that covers everything from discipline-specific skills and professional registration to personal development.   

Mentorship: Receive guidance from seasoned professionals who are dedicated to helping you achieve your career goals.   

Career Progression: When you reach the end of the programme, it’s just the beginning! You’ll be supported to continue to develop your experience and capabilities to help progress your career and achieve professional registration.   

Supportive Community: Our hub-based model is focused in key locations, ensuring that you’ll be part of a supportive early careers community with plenty of networking  and experiential learning opportunities.   

We are looking for candidates who:  

Have completed an undergraduate but preferably master’s degree in Physics or a physics related subject level qualification in a relevant subject by summer 2026. 

And with the following Key Skills & Attributes: 

• Strong Communication Skills: Ability to engage with scientists, engineers and non-technical personnel clearly and confidently 

• Analytical Thinking: Comfortable working with data, identifying risks, and solving problems creatively 

• Team Collaborator: Ability to work effectively within a team but also independently 

• Organization & Time Management: Ability to juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines 

• Initiative & Curiosity: Eager to take ownership, ask questions, and seek out opportunities to grow 

• Customer Focus: This is a consultancy role so experience of working with customers is also beneficial - not necessarily in an engineering role, other roles such as retail or hospitality would be suitable too 

• Flexibility: A willingness to try engaging in new skill areas or potentially travel to our client sites. 

You must be: 

• A flexible self-starter, who is keen to drive their career forward.   

• Adaptable to change, with a thirst for learning new things.   

And:  

• have the permanent right to work in the UK and baseline security clearance is required, as a minimum, for this role 

Our Graduate Programme assumes that participants are commencing their first professional role post-graduation. To qualify for our Graduate Programme, you must therefore have: 

• completed your first degree no earlier than the summer of 2024  

• not worked in a similar professional role since graduation 

• achieved a minimum 2:2 in your first degree 

Selection Process: 

 Step 1: Apply Online  

 Step 2:  Successful candidates will be invited to complete an online assessment 

Step 3: Those who are selected will be invited to a final face to face interview with our operations teams 

Step 4: Selected candidates will be offered an opportunity to join Amentum Graduate Programme in September 2026   

We will close the application window for this role on 31st January 2026, however we reserve the right to close the role sooner should we receive the required number of applications.   

What else we provide:     

• A flexible workstyle, embracing a hybrid working pattern and supporting those who need to balance work/life commitments a bit differently than others.    

• Free single medical cover and digital GP service.   

• Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.   

• An inclusive and diverse work environment, embracing the variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through our Employee Networks  

• A focus on safety, health, and wellbeing, prioritizing our people through a supportive culture and positive mental health champion network.    

We want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work.    

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.   

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regard to the recruitment process (for example, if you require the application form in a different format or would like to discuss the recruitment process in more detail), please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.  

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join our company, please contact us here.  

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