YINI - Product Inspection Student 2026/27 in Gillingham

PHINIA is an independent, market-leading, premium solutions and components provider with over 100 years of manufacturing expertise and industry relationships. We provide fuel systems, electrical systems, and aftermarket products and solutions of the highest quality — developed and manufactured responsibly — that are designed to enhance efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of vehicles, industrial machinery, and other applications.

Our Culture promotes and cultivates an inclusive culture and diverse perspectives, strives to maintain its reputation for excellence, thrives on the power of collaboration, and fosters the development of our talented employees.

Job Purpose: The Product Inspection function provides metrology expertise to support key engineering activities from product performance validation to new product development within the Fuel Injector System (FIS) function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to the Product Inspection team by executing laboratory tasks and assignments as directed by the supervisor or designated team members.
• Accurately perform measurements, record data and prepare comprehensive reports in appropriate format.
• Draft work instructions or test methods using established standard templates.
• Actively participate in team meetings, contributing ideas for product and process improvements.
• Perform literature reviews and provide concise, relevant summaries.
• Ensure safe working practices are maintained within the laboratory environment.
• Adhere to, support, and help develop local and corporate procedures, ensuring compliance with applicable standards, including IATF requirement.

Skills:

• Mandatory: Has a sound understanding of engineering principles, basic understanding of surface finish, ability to apply the skills and knowledge learnt on course to date, good personal and presentation skills, ability to work methodically and take initiative in improving established processes, analytical and problem-solving skills, self-motivated and able to plan and manage own projects, current IT knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, good written and spoken fluency in English.
• Desirable: Proven experience with surface finish measurement, experience in applying design for inspection and statistical analysis, 3D CAD experience, applied knowledge of traceability, measurement uncertainty, gauge R&R, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), programming skills using Matlab, Python and VBA.

Attributes:

• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work in a team whilst managing own responsibilities.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Solid problem-solving skills.
• The ability to prioritise and organise own workload in order to meet deadlines.
• Personable, flexible and a proactive team player with a strong work ethic.
• Self-motivated and have a strong and flexible attitude towards work.
• Willingness to learn new skills.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Mandatory: Working towards a Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or related subject.
• Desirable: Some previous engineering and/or laboratory experience.

What We Offer: We provide compensation and benefits programs intended to attract, motivate, reward, and retain an incredibly talented, globally diverse workforce at all levels within our organization. We are committed to providing our team with quality and competitive benefit programs, including health and well-being resources, family-centric policies, and an agile workplace program.

SAFETY: We are committed to continually improving our strong safety performance supporting the health and wellness of our employees. We encourage safety learning and collaboration to help employees understand and follow applicable safety policies, standards, and procedures.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: PHINIA is an equal employment opportunity employer such that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

VISA SPONSORSHIP: PHINIA does provide sponsorship for employment visa status based on business need. However, for this role, applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis, in the country where the position is currently based.