PhD Brochure by Imperial Careers Service

MEDPACE CAREERS

Find Your Fit

Medpace is a global Contract Research Organisation (CRO) that conducts clinical trials for pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech companies. Explore the various opportunities open to recent PhD graduates. With a variety of career paths, motivated individuals have the opportunity to break into the clinical research industry and receive intensive training while working in an international environment. With nearly 6,000 employees in 40 countries, we seek candidates who want to make a difference. At Medpace, you’ll bring life-saving medical therapeutics to people across the globe, collaborate with research experts, and change lives on the front lines of healthcare.

Departments of Interest interest

Type of opportunity

Ab Initio Software X N/A

Axiom Healthcare Strategies X Looking to recruit this summer

Axiomise Ltd X Ongoing

Citadel X X X Ongoing

Crux Product Design X X

Ongoing PhD recruitment. For undergrad 12 month placement students and graduates, our recruitment window opens between October and December 2025

d-fine Ltd X Ongoing

Foresight Data Machines X X Recruitment closes on the 30th of July ‘25 but we are open to applications all year.

G-Research X X N/A

Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Ltd X X Ongoing

IPG Health Medical Communications Limited X X N/A

Kilburn & Strode LLP X X Full details on our website

Lifescience Dynamics X N/A

Marshall Wace X X Applications will open in September for 2026 start dates

MathWorks X Ongoing

Medpace UK Ltd. X We recruit throughout the year. There is no fixed deadline as we are constantly looking for the right people.

NewOrbit Space Ltd X Ongoing Optiver X N/A

Pangaea Data Limited X Rolling

Pythia Sports X X Late November 2025

Quaisr Ltd. X X Ongoing

Rokos Capital Management X X Applications open in September

Scitaris GmbH & Co.KG X We recruit on a rolling basis. You can apply anytime.

Silex Test X N/A

Smith Institute X X At present we have a rolling recruitment policy for our 4-6 months Internships

Snowflake X X Ongoing

Susquehanna X X Rolling ToffeeX X N/A

Viridien X Autumn 2025

Voleon X N/A

Exhibitors

Ab Initio Software

www.abinitio.com/en/

Stand number 2

Ab Initio’s customers use our enterprise software platform to build applications, embracing AI, that tackle the largest and most complex data processing challenges. These applications are some of the most complex operational and analytical systems in the world - mission critical applications with demanding performance requirements.

The characteristics of these applications include the processing of huge volumes of data (petabytes are not uncommon); low latency real-time applications; applications that dynamically reconfigure themselves based on their data and applications that scale as data volumes increase.

Ab Initio has grown through reference rather than marketing, so you may not have heard of us, but our customers are among the largest companies in the world in industries such as financial services, retail, telecommunications, transportation, healthcare and high tech.

We are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and have offices all over the world. Our UK office is in Weybridge, Surrey.

We are recruiting for our Internal Consultant role and are looking for students who have completed a PhD or post-doctorate in a STEM subject. The Internal Consultant role involves teaching customers how to do things right from the beginning and includes programming and architecture advice, performance tuning, training, and debugging problems. Our Internal Consultants are technically adept, self-motivated individuals who want to work in a customer facing role on practical problems.

We expect candidates to have excelled in what they have done so far and we are looking for candidates who show potential to learn more. There is no requirement for a background in IT/software. We want to hear from candidates who love to solve problems by really getting into detail, as well as having a desire for continual personal learning and development. If this sounds like you, we’d love to talk!

Departments of Interest:

Axiom Healthcare Strategies

www.axiomhcs.com

Axiom on YouTube

Stand number 11

A THINK-TANK APPROACH TO STRATEGY CONSULTING

Axiom Healthcare Strategies focuses on unmet needs in the fields of oncology and rare diseases, including commercial, R&D, medical affairs, and marketing requirements.

Departments of Interest:

Bioengineering | Life Sciences | Medicine

Axiomise Ltd

www.axiomise.com

Stand number 17

Axiomise is a leading formal verification training, consulting, and services company, working to transform how digital chip designs are verified. We are at the forefront of applying formal verification—a powerful, mathematically rigorous method used to prove the correctness of hardware designs—to help engineers build safe, secure, and reliable systems.

Formal verification involves using logic and mathematical proof techniques to verify that a hardware design meets its specification in all possible scenarios, not just the ones covered by traditional simulation. This eliminates entire classes of bugs and can drastically reduce the time and cost of bringing complex silicon chips to market.

We’re looking for enthusiastic candidates with a background in computer science, mathematics, or electronic engineering who are excited by logic, problem-solving, and hardware design. Whether you’re a graduate, postgraduate, or industry professional, if you want to tackle the hardest verification challenges and help shape the future of the semiconductor industry, we’d love to talk to you.

Departments of Interest:

The Bank of England

www.bankofengland.co.uk/careers/research-careers

Stand number 3

We are the country’s central bank, promoting the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary policy and financial stability.

Departments of Interest: Business School

Capula Investment Management LLP

www.capulaglobal.com

Stand number 20

Capula Investment Management is a leading global quantitative hedge fund with an AUM of $30 billion. We manage absolute return, enhanced fixed income, macro and alpha strategies for a diversified group of investors worldwide. Capula invests in a broad universe of asset classes, including fixed income, equities, currencies and commodities, as well as derivatives related to these asset classes.

We are currently recruiting for our 2026 Trading and Research Internship, which presents the opportunity to work with some of the industry’s best traders who have an excellent, proven track record. You’ll be matched with a specific team and will take away with you firsthand experience of working with quantitative traders, developing specific strategies and models that will be put into practice.

We are always keen to meet with PhD students who have studied highly quantitative disciplines and are interested in pursuing a career in Trading, Research or Strategy.

Departments of Interest:

Computing | Mathematics | Physics

Citadel

www.citadel.com

Stand number 13

Citadel’s Internship: 11 Weeks of Extraordinary Growth

Citadel is a multi-strategy alternative investment manager. For more than three decades, we’ve captured undiscovered market opportunities by empowering extraordinary people to pursue their best and boldest ideas. Each day at Citadel, we reimagine and refine our strategies, models and technology in pursuit of superior long-term performance.

Citadel Securities is the next-generation capital markets firm. We create efficient ways for buyers and sellers to come together; we innovative ways to price and absorb risk; and we develop new technologies to transform markets. Integrating deep financial, mathematical and engineering expertise, Citadel Securities delivers critical liquidity to central banks, financial institutions, government agencies, corporations, insurers and sovereign wealth funds.

Departments of Interest:

Computing | Mathematics | Physics

Crux Product Design

cruxproductdesign.com

Stand number 4

About Crux...

Crux are world-leaders in the design, simulation and analysis of medical devices and consumer products; working as a trusted partner to many medical companies and household brand names, our projects touch lives by delivering a vast array of products to global markets.

Why you’ll love working here...

We are a dynamic and fast-growing engineering consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace. As part of our team, you’ll be working within a family of high-performing expert engineers. Our strong community is built upon effective communication and happy employees, collaboration in project work and regular social events are the norm.

Check out what an opportunity at Crux offers you: https://vimeo.com/757891657/9e19f86b7a

If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you!

Departments of Interest:

d-fine Ltd

www.d-fine.com/en/

Stand number 12

... imagine the power of more than 1,500 physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists working as part of a European company with over 20 years of service excellence focused on data science, technology and mathematical modelling. That’s d-fine.

d-fine is a European consulting company with a growing international presence with eleven offices distributed across seven countries.

Our projects focus on quantitative challenges in data analytics, data science, modelling, and the development of sustainable technological solutions.

Departments of Interest:

Foresight Data Machines

www.scrapchef.ai

Stand number 32

We build AI technology for the metals industries. Our products work reliably in high-volume production environments 24/7, making billions of dollars worth of decisions.

We solve problems involving manufacturing operations, physics and chemistry, software engineering, AI, and product design. Our first product is ScrapChef - AI powered optimisation for metals.

Our teams spend a lot of time on site, with the users, understanding their problems first hand and iterating quickly to solve them.

We try to work with minimal process and permission, but ample support and collaboration. We rarely have a scheduled meeting, but we all work in the office, and discussions occur continuously throughout the day, when needed. No request for help goes unanswered for more than a few minutes. Features get shipped to production every day. Many of these features are designed, developed, and shipped on the customer’s site, without a central planning process.

G-Research

www.gresearch.com

Stand number 9

G-Research is a leading quantitative research and technology firm, with offices in London and Dallas. We are proud to employ some of the best people in their field and to nurture their talent in a dynamic, flexible and highly stimulating culture where world-beating ideas are cultivated and rewarded.

Departments of Interest: Mathematics | Physics

Huawei Technologies R&D (UK) Ltd.

www.huawei.com/uk

Stand number 30

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have more than 194,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. Huawei is a private company wholly owned by its employees.

Through the Union of Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd., we implement an Employee Shareholding Scheme involving 104,572 employees. Only Huawei employees are eligible to participate. No government agency or outside organization holds shares in Huawei.

Departments of Interest:

IPG Health Medical Communications

ipghealth.com/careers/early-careers/fuel

Stand number 18

We are a collective of over 45 agencies and nearly 6,000 people across six continents driven by a healthy obsession with creating novel marketing solutions and doing what’s right for our clients, their brands and our people. And we know that we can’t do what’s right unless equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are at the heart of our business.

We have over 20 full-service agencies and 18+ specialized agencies that jointly sit at the nexus of creativity, digital channels, technology, and data, ready to help clients accelerate their business and impact lives around the world.

Looking to kickstart your career in healthcare advertising or medical communications? IPG Health UK offers exciting entry-level opportunities designed to help students and early-career professionals build a strong foundation in the industry.

Whether you’re interested in healthcare advertising, medical writing, strategy, or account management, our programs provide hands-on experience, expert mentorship, and structured training to set you up for success. With initiatives like the Fuel program & IGNITE we welcome talent from all backgrounds, offering flexible learning and career development tailored to your pace and aspirations.

Departments of Interest:

Business School | Chemistry | Life Sciences | Medicine

Kilburn & Strode LLP

www.kilburnstrode.com Kilburn & Strode LLP on Vimeo

Stand number 16

Why Kilburn & Strode?

Kilburn & Strode is a leading firm of European patent and trade mark attorneys with offices in London, the Netherlands and the US. We help the most creative companies, protect the most innovative ideas and designs, in the most competitive markets, working for the world’s finest organisations – companies like Aston Martin Lagonda, Samsonite, Boeing and Reaction Engines.

We have a culture built on diversity and are looking for people who share and demonstrate our ambition and commitment to our clients.

This is an exciting time to join Kilburn & Strode! We work with our clients on their biggest challenges and we need the brightest and most ambitious talent to help us do that. As one of our new trainees, join us as we set ourselves ahead in our field. Seize the opportunity to be part of an exciting firm where you will receive gold-star support as you kickstart and develop your career.

Our Patent Attorney Vacancies

We recruit for places on our Patent Attorney training programme where we support, mentor and develop you into a world class patent attorney working on some of the most exciting new products and ideas from across the globe.

At Kilburn & Strode we offer a quality structured training programme and a dedicated people manager to help guide you through your traineeship. No two days are ever the same, throughout the course of your training you will master the fundamentals of UK and European patent law, learn how to draft patent applications, take part in opinion and opposition work and interact with clients.

Whether you are a new graduate or are looking for an exciting career change, we are looking for candidates with a solid scientific or engineering background and a strong academic record.

We are recruiting for four programmes: Chemistry, Engineering, Life Sciences, Technology

Lifescience Dynamics

www.lifesciencedynamics.com

Stand number 22

Winner of the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise 2023 and Queens Award for Enterprise 2016; Lifescience Dynamics is a decision support firm providing the world’s top 25 largest life sciences companies (pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics and medical devices) with strategic insight and foresight to improve their assumptions, enabling them to make better decisions.

Lifescience Dynamics works across five practice areas: Market Research, Competitive Intelligence, Market Access and Strategic Advisory. The company’s success is attributed to its multinational team who work together in a collaborative and nurturing environment, where they can develop their skills and advance their careers.

Founded in 2004, Lifescience Dynamics has its headquarters in London and an office in Toronto, as well as virtual offices in Vancouver, Boston, New York, San Francisco and Krakow.

Departments of Interest: Life Sciences

Marshall Wace

www.mwam.com

Stand number 7

Marshall Wace is a leading provider of alternative investment solutions

Operating as a single team across the globe, we are dedicated to creating long-term relationships with our clients built on trust and integrity. We define our culture as one of continuous innovation and a quest for improvement.

We instinctively strive to do things differently, with fresh thinking that we believe enables us to create proprietary value and maximise the benefits to our clients.

Departments of Interest: Computing | Mathematics | Physics

MathWorks

uk.mathworks.com

Stand number 24

MathWorks is dedicated to accelerating the pace of engineering and science worldwide. Our core products, MATLAB and Simulink, are the leading software for technical computing and Model-Based Design. Our products have helped land spacecraft on the moon, keep you safe in the cars you drive, advance research on climate change, enable remote vascular surgery, restore lost function to people with paralysis, and so much more.

You’ll find MATLAB and Simulink users in commercial companies, governments, research institutions, and startups.

They are developing diverse applications in industries such as automotive, aerospace, energy, medical devices, communications, electronics, financial services, industrial automation and machinery, earth and ocean sciences, and biotech and pharmaceutical.

Medpace

www.medpace.com

Medpace Is Where You Belong - TV Spot

Stand number 28

Medpace is a global Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) partnering with leading pharmaceutical, biotech, and device companies to bring promising new drugs and devices to market.

Medpace combines efficient clinical trial management with comprehensive regulatory consulting to provide clients with exceptional support during the drug development process.

We manage the full drug and device development process for our clients which includes many components: clinical development plan preparation, project management, regulatory document preparation, safety surveillance, clinical monitoring, data management, statistical analysis, medical writing, quality assurance auditing, and regulatory submissions.

Employing over 5,000 people across 40+ countries, our people are our biggest asset and embody our values and our approach to serving our clients. They work hard, understand our high expectations, and rise to the challenge. In return, they are rewarded with interesting projects, career advancement, and recognition. Whether you are a recent graduate or seasoned in your field, your contributions can make an impact on our business.

Departments of Interest: Bioengineering | Life Sciences | Medicine

NewOrbit Space Ltd

www.neworbit.space

Stand number 21

NewOrbit is engineering the lowest orbiting satellites on Earth to rapidly advance globally connectivity and insight. Propelled by an air-breathing electric propulsion system, our satellites fly at only 180 km, 3-4 lower than conventional LEO. NewOrbit’s satellites are alive. air-breathing. all-seeing. resilient.

Departments of Interest:

Aeronautics | Earth Science and Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Physics

Optiver

optiver.com/working-at-optiver/early-careers/

Stand number 1

As a tech-driven trading firm, Optiver improves financial markets by providing liquidity to exchanges across the globe, making markets more efficient, transparent and stable.

Discover graduate and internship opportunities designed to empower you with the tools, training, and mentorship needed to solve the industry’s toughest challenges. Experience a flat, collaborative culture where great ideas come from anywhere, and your growth is supported from day one.

Departments of Interest:

Computing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Mathematics | Physics

Pangaea Data

www.pangaeadata.ai

Stand number 27

Pangaea Data (Pangaea) is a South San Francisco and London based business founded by Dr Vibhor Gupta and Prof Yike Guo (Director Data Science Institute at Imperial College London; Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). They have worked in medicine and computing for over 20 years and have raised over $300 million through their academic research, including a $110 million grant focused on development work on large language models in medicine.

Pangaea’s AI platform, PALLUX, is configured on clinical guidelines to find more untreated (undiagnosed, miscoded, at-risk) and under-treated patients with hard-to-diagnose conditions for screening and treatment at the point of care. Pangaea’s advisors include industry veterans from healthcare and the life sciences, including Lord David Prior (former chairman, NHS England) and Mr. Andy Palmer (former CIO, Novartis).

Departments of Interest: All subjects

Pythia Sports

www.pythiasports.com

Stand number 8

Pythia develops proprietary predictive models of sporting events, helping our clients achieve proven results. Our coverage of sports and locations has grown considerably since our inception over a decade ago, and we now predict results globally for a diverse set of competitions. We leverage a range of techniques, from classical statistics to modern machine learning, implemented in multiple programming languages across both on-premises and cloud-based environments.

Departments of Interest: All subjects

Quaisr Limited

www.quaisr.com

Stand number 29

Quaisr is an Imperial and Alan Turing Institute spin-out. The company has developed a modelling and simulation platform for integrating physics-based and AI frameworks with historical and real-time data. The Quaisr platform is used across enterprise customers in defence, pharma, consumer packaged goods, data analytics and mining industries.

Departments of Interest: All subjects

Rokos Capital Management

www.rokoscapital.com

Stand number 5

•Rokos Capital Management (RCM) is an alternative investment fund manager combining relative value and directional trading across global macro asset classes to generate attractive, uncorrelated returns.

•Our core portfolio structure of intersecting product verticals is designed to deliver positive performance for investors in all market conditions.

•We have over 350 employees between our London, New York, and Singapore offices.

Departments of Interest:

Roku

www.weareroku.com

Stand number 23

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the US and Mexico, and we’ve set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers. Roku offers exciting career opportunities for PhD Students and graduates who are ready to tackle complex challenges at huge scale.

Our internship programme and Early Career roles span cutting-edge fields including: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Data Science, Embedded Software & Cyber Security.

Departments of Interest:

Computing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Mathematics | Physics

scitaris.com

Stand number 6

Scitaris GmbH & Co.KG

We are a consulting firm consisting of passionate scientific minds working with pharma and biotech companies - helping them bring drugs to the market that make meaningful changes to patients’ lives.

Our work is focused on various aspects of R&D strategy, science-drivenscreens to identify the most suitable drug in-licensing opportunities to fit every individual client’s capabilities and goals, as well as reviewing scientific and clinical data, experiments, statistical assumptions, and thus power, estimating its probability of success.

All this put into context generates key insights for our clients.

Departments of Interest:

Silex

www.silextest.com

Stand number 19

At Silex, we’re dedicated to empowering people through self-care and home testing. Now, we’re expanding into health technology and looking for curious, driven individuals to help us grow—whether through research, development, or strategic planning. If you’re interested in making a real impact in healthcare, come visit us at the stall!

Departments of Interest:

Bioengineering | Life Sciences | Medicine

Smith Institute

www.smithinst.co.uk

Stand number 14

Smith Institute’s mission is to fuel economic growth, inspire societal advancements, and safeguard our environment for a better tomorrow.

We help clients to maximise the potential of their data and make optimal strategic decisions. Our expertise means we are a key strategic partner for clients in the energy, transport, security, fast moving consumer goods and telecommunications sectors.

As a team of problem-solvers and ground-breakers, we are proud of our vibrant, supportive company culture. This is an important asset when we’re looking to achieve the never-been-done. Utilising advanced mathematical, data science and OR skills, we help clients to design the future - solving their most complex challenges, driving innovation and providing explainable, trustworthy solutions.

Departments of Interest: Mathematics

Snowflake

careers.snowflake.com/us/en/university

Stand number 10

There is only one Data Cloud. Snowflake’s founders started from scratch and designed a data platform built for the cloud that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. But it didn’t stop there. They engineered Snowflake to power the Data Cloud, where thousands of organizations unlock the value of their data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. This is our vision: a world with endless insights to tackle the challenges and opportunities of today and reveal the possibilities of tomorrow.

Departments of Interest: All subjects

Susquehanna

sig.com

Stand number 26

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. Our rigorous and analytical approach to decision making has led Susquehanna to become one of the largest and most successful proprietary trading firms in the world. In our offices around the globe, our employees are relentless problem solvers who collaborate to make optimal decisions.

What we do

Susquehanna’s deep integration of trading, technology, and quant research makes us experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives. We handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day as both a market maker and market taker. Our efforts provide liquidity and ensure competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized to allow for a deep understanding of the unique drivers of each asset class.

Departments of Interest:

Computing | Mathematics | Mechanical Engineering | Physics

ToffeeX

toffeex.com

Stand number 15

ToffeeX is a tech startup spun out of Imperial College, building the future of engineering with our cloud-based, physics-driven generative design platform.

Trusted by industry leaders like Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Toyota, ToffeeX helps companies across the globe create smarter, greener, and more efficient components. By combining advanced physics simulation, topology optimization, and the latest in computational design, ToffeeX empowers engineers to deliver high-performance designs in hours, not weeks.

ToffeeX is growing fast and has recently been recognised in the Startups.co.uk 100 Index 2025!

Here, people come first: we value open communication, continuous learning, and genuine support. You’ll join a collaborative, mission-driven team where every voice matters.

If you’re passionate about solving complex engineering challenges and want your work to make a real impact, we’d love to meet you. Join ToffeeX and help us redefine what’s possible in engineering design.

Departments of Interest: Aeronautics | Mathematics | Mechanical Engineering

Viridien

www.viridiengroup.com

Stand number 25

Viridien is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future.

Excited about data and science? Passionate about ongoing learning? We’re ready to help you make immediate progress in your career.

Departments of Interest: Computing | Earth Science and Engineering | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Mathematics | Physics

Voleon

voleon.com

Stand number 31

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-ofthe-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance.

For more than a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Departments of Interest:

Aeronautics | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Mathematics | Mechanical Engineering | Physics