Emerging Talent – Engineering Intern 2026 Opportunities (Newcastle)

Would you like the opportunity to work in a global energy company?

Do you enjoy taking on challenging projects?

Join our innovating Internship Program

The Baker Hughes Internship is designed to enable students either pursuing a Bachelors’ or Masters’ degree or recently graduated to gain hands-on work experience as the foundation of their professional lives. Our internships will give you first-hand insights into the processes, systems, and practices that are aligned to ensure customer needs are met through flawless execution and the application of leading-edge technology.

Partner with the best

You’ll participate in focused training, and team meetings, work on projects, and present your results. During your internship, you will be supported by a buddy and your manager who will ensure you have a valuable learning experience. You can expect to receive coaching and mentoring to enable you to complete assignments and projects to develop your learning and skillset.

You will also have the opportunity to become familiar with the Health, Safety, and Environment (HS&E) and culture of Baker Hughes. as well as our strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Baker Hughes creates highly engineered, technologically advanced products. As such we employ a strong team of engineering professionals across a range of engineering disciplines. We continuously strive to improve our product offering and drive innovation, our engineers develop solutions using bespoke tools and methodologies. A significant part of our suite of engineering software and tools are in-house developed and supported. The Analysis and Software Internship places an engineer in the teams which create and support our software tools and analyses our products. The placement offers opportunity to be part of a small creative software team, developing solutions and working closely with other engineers to explore automation and efficiency opportunities.

Role Overview 

Baker Hughes design engineering team in Newcastle (UK) offer two design internships: one with the tendering design team and one with our wider engineering team as software and tools development engineer.

The role of intern within the team will see the person exposed to all aspects of the team’s duties. Mentor(s) will be assigned throughout the placement, and the full team will support. We promote a feeling of inclusiveness within what is a close and friendly team. The role provides a chance to apply engineering technique with a real commercial focus, and opportunity to engage with many people within Baker Hughes and customers around the globe.

Tendering Design Engineer Intern

The tendering department in Baker Hughes Flexible Pipe Systems prepare bids for prospective customers. The group includes separate commercial and technical teams that work closely together. The technical team is made up of Pipe Systems Design Engineers who are responsible for; customer engagement, understanding technical requirements, preparation of technical designs, detailed engineering analysis, commercial assessment, department improvement activities and preparation of technical documentation. The role requires collaboration with most areas of the business, and frequent interaction and discussion with our customers. Our process begins with gaining an understanding of customer requirements and assessing any risks, then a strategic discussion on our best route to winning the order, then system design and analysis including possible alternatives, then business presentation and sign off for the proposal. The main output of the role is the design of the pipe system and presentation of this within technical documentation. Customer deadlines are often tight and so evaluating risk and getting to best solution fast is important for us.

Engineering Software and Methods Intern

The engineering team in Baker Hughes use many tools to design the best solutions for our customers. We utilize both off-the-shelf and bespoke designed software, databases and analytical tools. The engineering software intern shall be based with the engineering team, working closely with a small team of software engineers to explore and implement improvement opportunities. The role will afford exposure to many engineering disciplines and processes within the project engineering business to work with engineers on improvements to existing tools and development of new ones. A focus on managing data within an engineering business is also part of the role, the intern will have opportunity to explore benefits to harness existing data sources using tools such as Power BI to deliver engineering data analytics. The software engineering intern role would suit someone who is a self-starter, who is driven to find and propose solutions to problems, and who enjoys the opportunity to own small improvement projects. The role offers freedom to explore ideas within improvement activities and get an understanding of how engineering software improvements and projects are implemented.

Key Responsibilities 

Tendering Design Intern Role responsibilities include:

• Providing detailed technical and commercial evaluations as part of the bid process;
• Preparing pipe designs, associated analysis and technical for submission for Client evaluation;
• Reviewing technical specifications to determine bid parameters and deliverables. Preparing technical exceptions reports to the reviewed specifications as applicable;
• Assisting in the design / project execution engineering interface;
• Providing technical support to internal execution engineering and external customers;
• Ensuring that key issues, drivers and any other pertinent information from the tender phase are
  communicated effectively to the project team;
• Liaising with internal stakeholders;
• Engineering process improvements and development of software and tools
• Suits applicants from Engineering, Sciences or Math disciplines.

Engineering Software and Methods Intern Role responsibilities include:

• Work with Engineering teams to establish opportunities for improvement, including solution research and concept demonstration;
• Explore and present opportunity for improvements to software, databases, spreadsheets and tools;
• Execute and be part of software development projects, including feedback;
• Assist in identification and mapping of data landscape. Produce data analytics dashboards to show trends and draw conclusions;
• Ensuring that key issues, drivers and any other pertinent information from the demand or problem statement communicated effectively to the team;
• Liaising with internal stakeholders;
• Engineering process improvements in development of software and tools;
• Suits applicants from Computer Science or Engineering (with programming experience);
• Working knowledge of Excel and Power Bi is useful;

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Be currently enrolled or recently graduated in a Bachelors’ or Masters’ level degree in Engineering, Technology, Mechanics, other STEM-related or business-related program.
• Have maintained a GPA grade greater than or equal to 3.0 out of 4.0 or the equivalent in your country
• Be fluent in oral and written English and have effective communication skills
• Be able to legally work in the country that you are applying in, without company sponsorship or time restriction
   

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone. In this role, we may be able to offer flexible working patterns. Talk to us about your desired working options when you apply.

Working with us

Working at Baker Hughes means being at the forefront of the energy transition. Our people are diverse, ambitious, and collaborative. We're on a mission to redefine the energy sector by unlocking the power of engineering, data, and science.

About Us

With operations in over 120 countries, we provide better solutions for our customers and richer opportunities for our people. As a leading partner to the energy industry, were committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and were always looking for the right people to help us get there. People who are as passionate as we are about making energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient.

About the design engineering team

• Close and supportive team, office based but with factory access
• Globally diverse team with many female engineers
• Company intern network – many interns in different disciplines.
• Mentor can be assigned

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.