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Early Careers

Drive Your Future

Find out more about the Career Road that could be right for you

Take charge of your career

Lotus Cars Early Career Programme offers a dynamic pathway for emerging talents to kickstart their careers in the automotive industry. Through a combination of hands-on experience, mentorship, and tailored development opportunities, participants gain invaluable insights into various aspects of automotive engineering, design, and business operations. Join us and accelerate your journey towards becoming a future leader in automotive innovation with Lotus Cars.

Apprenticeships

We are not currently offering apprenticeships, but we remain committed to developing future talent. Please check back for upcoming opportunities.

INTERNSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATES

We are not currently offering graduate opportunities for 2026. However, we continue to look ahead and plan for the future. Please keep an eye on this page for future graduate opportunities.

'GO BEYOND' GRADUATE PROGRAMME


We are not currently offering graduate opportunities for 2026. However, we continue to look ahead and plan for the future. Please keep an eye on this page for future graduate opportunities.

  • I gave up my place at university for an apprenticeship at Lotus. I made the right choice, my apprenticeship provides me with a great balance of academic learning and vital hands-on experience in the workplace. Being a part of real projects and discussions has been extremely beneficial to me and is experience I wouldn’t have gained without this apprenticeship. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity Lotus have given me and I can’t wait to see what my future holds.

    Tom Larner

    Degree Apprentice

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About Lotus UK Manufacturing

For more than six decades, Hethel, Norfolk, has stood as the headquarters of Lotus, tracing back to the visionary inception of our founder, Colin Chapman, crafting championship-winning racing cars.

Complementing our legacy, production facilities in Norwich and Warwick collectively form an integral part of our UK footprint, providing a diverse array of opportunities

Hethel hosts our race track, engineering functions, and the newly established Chapman Production Centre. This centre of excellence is renowned for its world-class standards and is presently engaged in crafting the Emira, Lotus's ultimate petrol-powered masterpiece.

The Chapman Production Centre stands as one of the world's most advanced low-volume automotive manufacturing facilities, with a capacity to produce approximately 5,000 cars annually.

Featuring a cutting-edge paint shop equipped with automated processes, and robots - including primer, colour, and clear coat application, it ensures an unparalleled finish, efficient throughput, and flawless consistency for our vehicles.

As part of the Lotus team, you push boundaries. Those of the car industry and of your own. Every member of the Lotus family has some of the pioneering mindset of founder Colin Chapman in them.

 

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