Graduate – Industrial Designer

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We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists, with deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Joining us as a graduate is a big step. From your university studies, we want you to be bold, stay curious, and dive into the opportunities we have to offer. If you want a balance of technology, creativity, and real‑world applications, coupled with an opportunity to work across a broad range of industry sectors, this might be what you have been looking for.

At PA Consulting our industrial designers work at the intersection of cutting‑edge technology, human insight, and creative strategy. Our dedicated Global Innovation & Technology Centre in Cambridge, UK fosters multidisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and design excellence. Our designers work alongside engineers, researchers, and strategists to create everything from breakthrough medical devices to consumer electronics and next‑generation packaging. We pride ourselves on pushing boundaries to deliver exceptional user experiences, award‑winning products, and creative solutions for renowned global clients.

• Work in a dynamic and supportive team environment with full R&D facilities, state‑of‑the‑art studios, workshops, and labs designed for experimentation, creativity, and fast product development.
• Take part in creative ideation, consumer research, user experience mapping, and concept development; produce outstanding concepts via freehand sketching, craft modelling, digital tools, and rendering.
• Guided by a highly experienced team, you’ll have the equipment, encouragement, and expertise to fully develop your concepts from early vision through to working prototypes and designs for manufacture.
• Use CMF specification, 3D CAD, generative AI design tools, design strategy, and product animations to bring ideas to life.
• Present your work and design narrative to a range of stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with design leadership and multidisciplinary teams on client projects and internal initiatives.
• Hybrid working – you'll be in our office at least 2 days a week with flexibility as projects require.

• Application form
• Portfolio review

• Virtual meeting to discuss your portfolio and experience to date
• In‑person interview at our Global Innovation & Technology Centre

• Full‑time, permanent role based at our Global Innovation & Technology Centre, Cambridge
• Salary potential: £31,000 per annum plus additional travel allowance
• This role will start in Autumn 2026
• Be part of a vibrant global creative community with ongoing professional development and support

• Undergraduate degree – studying towards or completed an accredited degree in product/industrial design (or closely related subject).
• Excellent portfolio demonstrating visual thinking, process, and design skills.
• Growth‑oriented and curious – open to change, eager for new challenges, and keen to learn.
• Collaborative and relationship‑focused – thrive in dynamic teams and support others to succeed.
• Strong aesthetic sensibility and sharp eye for form, CMF, and detail.
• Skilled in 3D CAD and rendering (ideally Solid Works or Rhino with Keyshot), freehand/digital form definition, and adept with Figma/MIRO, Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent organisation and self‑starting attitude.
• Great communication skills, both…