Dyson
Product engineering and its own degree-awarding engineering institute.
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Dyson engineers consumer products — motors, batteries, filtration, robotics — and manufactures at volume overseas while keeping design and research in Wiltshire.
The Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology is unusual: a degree-awarding body inside a company. Students are paid employees, pay no tuition fees, and work on live projects from year one.
Competition for the Institute is intense, with thousands of applicants for a cohort of around 60.
The culture is fast, iterative and prototype-heavy: build, test, break, repeat.
Why work here
- A funded, employer-run degree with no tuition debt and a salary throughout is close to unique in the UK.
- Prototyping facilities are exceptional — machine shops, test rigs and rapid iteration are the norm.
- Small cohorts mean high visibility with senior engineers.
- Rural Wiltshire location suits some people and not others; transport is a real consideration.
STEM roles they hire
Mechanical designElectronicsSoftwareRoboticsFluid dynamicsTest engineeringIndustrial design
Entry routes
Dyson Institute Degree Apprenticeship
- Starts
- September
- Duration
- 4 years
- Degree needed
- No
- Salary
- Salaried, tuition fully covered
Graduate Engineer
- Starts
- September
- Duration
- Permanent
- Degree needed
- Yes
- Salary
- £33,000+
Undergraduate Placement
- Starts
- July
- Duration
- 12 months
- Degree needed
- Preferred
- Salary
- ~£22,000
Salary and benefits
Institute undergraduate£20,000 – £26,000
Placement student£21,000 – £23,000
Graduate engineer£33,000 – £37,000
- No tuition fees and a salary while studying on the Institute route
- On-campus accommodation for Institute students
- Discounted Dyson products and free on-site gym
- Access to full prototyping and test facilities
- Profit-related bonus
Application tips
- 1.Portfolio beats grades once you clear the threshold — photograph your builds and explain the iterations that failed.
- 2.The application includes a design task. Show your working and sketching, not just a polished final render.
- 3.Apply the moment applications open in the autumn; the Institute cohort is tiny.
- 4.Talk about a product you would redesign and why, with specifics about mechanism or materials.
- 5.Consider the placement route as an alternative entry point if the Institute application is unsuccessful.