Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship: Product Design and Development Engineering Apprentice

We design life-saving technologies for high-rise buildings. Whether its an intercom to call for help or a device that keeps lifts operational, our products are trusted to protect the most vulnerable people. We are looking for a driven, imaginative apprentice to join our Product and Innovation team and begin their career as a design engineer.

Are you someone who wants to build a safer world through smart, creative design?

At AVIRE, we design life-saving technologies for people in high-rise buildings. Whether it's an intercom that helps someone call for help during a fire, or a device that keeps lifts operational during an emergency, our products are trusted to protect the most vulnerable people in society. We are looking for a driven, imaginative apprentice to join our Product and Innovation team and begin their career as a design engineer.

This is a four-year degree apprenticeship, combining hands-on work at our design centre in Maidenhead with expert tuition from Newbury College. You'll graduate with a university-level qualification, debt-free and ready to step into a career where your ideas make a difference from day one.

You'll join a friendly, international team where you'll be supported to grow your confidence, develop your skills and play a part in designing products that matter.

Learn more about the team you’ll be joining at https://www.avire-global.com/en-uk/team/ or read about one of our current apprentices - Madison O’Donoghue’s -story at https://www.avire-global.com/en-us/team/madison-odonoghue/

What you'll do

Throughout the programme, you'll be immersed in real engineering work - not just observing but contributing from day one. You'll learn how to:

• Design elegant solutions to complex safety challenges - turning early ideas into real products
• Work through the entire design cycle - from sketches and prototypes to fully engineered solutions
• Combine creativity and logic to make products that are not only functional but reliable, manufacturable, and user-friendly
• Use 3D CAD software and simulation tools to test your ideas in the virtual world before they're built
• Collaborate with engineers, manufacturers, and end users to balance performance, safety, and cost
• Troubleshoot and refine designs based on testing and feedback - and feel proud of the final result
• Think like a project manager - plan your time, manage risks, and see things through to delivery
• Understand how global safety standards shape design decisions in the real world
• Contribute to meaningful projects where every detail you shape could one day protect someone's life

This is a job where you'll see your designs brought to life in our labs and on production lines. And you'll do it knowing that every product you help create is designed to protect real people, in real buildings, in moments that matter.

• Curious
• Thoughtful
• Unsatisfied with first answer
• Enjoys making things better
• Proud to solve problems
• Enjoys working with others
• Values open, honest opinions
• Values purpose, not profit
• Passionate about engineering

• Mathematics and two STEM subjects A Level, grade ABB (7-9) minimum (Essential)
• Engineering National Diploma BTEC, grade DDM (Essential)
• Higher Level Mathematics and Science International Baccalaureate, grade 5 or above (Essential)