Role overview

We are seeking a trainee patent attorney to work on technologies including: mechanical engineering, electronics, medical devices, and control systems. The successful candidate will have a degree in engineering, physics or similar.

The role will start in autumn 2025 and be based in our Cambridge office. Our flexible working policy requires trainees to be in the office for at least two days per week and enables trainees to work from home for up to three days per week, should they wish.

Our trainee programme provides a superb first step on your road to becoming a registered patent attorney and European patent attorney.

You will have direct contact with clients from the start, you will be working on real cases and be working alongside partners who have a stellar reputation.

Our training programme isn’t set to a timeline. You are not on a conveyor belt with expectations that you sit and pass exams at the same time as your contemporaries. Instead, we flex the training to match your strengths, meaning you don’t have to sit the qualifying exams in a particular order or at a particular time.

Quality is at the heart of our training. Your success is our success.

Requirements

• At least 136 UCAS points from your post-16 qualifications.
• You will either be in the final year of your degree or have graduated. You must be predicted or have obtained at least a 2:1 degree.
• Your degree must be in engineering, physics or a related subject.
• For international students, we will expect the equivalent national qualifications.

Benefits package

• Salary: TBC
• Working hours: 35 hours per week
• 23 days holiday pa plus bank holidays
• Life insurance (from start date)
• Company Personal Pension scheme
• Flexible benefits package
• Hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Programme

Eligibility

You will need at least 136 UCAS points from your post-16 qualifications. You will either be in the final year of your degree or have graduated. You must be predicted or have obtained at least a 2:1 degree. If you are interested in becoming a patent attorney your degree must be in a STEM subject including physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering or maths. There are no academic subject matter restrictions for those considering the trade mark attorney profession. For international students, we will expect the equivalent national qualifications.