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Digital Internship Opportunity: Design & VR Innovation for Emergency Tech
Reference Number: 10830
Start Date: October 2025
Location: Liverpool

Help shape the future of emergency response gear with a hands-on digital innovation internship. You’ll work on real-world projects that improve the safety and usability of life-saving equipment used by emergency and medevac teams. 

What you’ll be working on:

  • Use SolidWorks and generative design tools to redesign product components for weight reduction 
  • Create immersive VR training modules using Unreal Engine or Unity to demonstrate product use
  • Optimise 3D models for interactive walkthroughs, animations, and simulations 
  • Help build a repeatable pipeline from CAD design to virtual training 
  • Produce internal guides and documentation for future use 

What you’ll need:

  • Solid experience with SolidWorks 
  • Hands-on knowledge of Unity or Unreal Engine 
  • Interest in VR/AR or generative design workflows
  • Bonus: scripting skills or prior project work in immersive media

Why it matters:

This project helps bring safer, lighter medical transport systems to the field, while making staff training faster and more effective through immersive tech. You’ll be part of a company pushing the boundaries of digital design and simulation, with real impact in emergency response and defence.

Business Overview

The Client designs and manufactures advanced isolation and patient transfer devices (AeroPods) for emergency, military, and medevac applications. With a growing need to reduce product weight and deliver scalable field training, the company seeks to introduce cutting-edge digital tools to enhance design performance and customer readiness.

Skills required

Solid experience with SolidWorks Hands-on knowledge of Unity or Unreal Engine Interest in VR/AR or generative design workflows Bonus: scripting skills or prior project work in immersive media

To apply, please email: madesmarterinternships@growthco.uk quoting the reference number 10830

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