Electronic and Communication Engineering Degree Apprentice
As an Electronic and Communication Engineering Degree Apprentice, you'll support critical defence projects while completing our 6-year Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer Degree Apprenticeship and working towards a BEng (Hons) Electronic and Computer Engineering Degree.
Role
- Working in a discipline of such fundamental importance means your work will be both varied and impactful. Throughout the programme, you’ll help develop and support systems that enable our customers to communicate securely in demanding and remote environments. This could involve supporting electronic design, development, testing and component level repair, solving technical challenges unique to the defence sector.
- You’ll collaborate closely with experienced colleagues across design, software, mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as project management, quality and supply chain teams. Along the way, you’ll strengthen your engineering skills by working with stakeholders, understanding business and customer requirements, identifying risks, and ensuring key deliverables are met.
- We encourage mobility across our organisation to help broaden your experience. During the programme, there may be opportunities to undertake placements at different UK locations, including Bristol, Devonport, Ashchurch, Corsham and sites in Hampshire, giving you exposure to a range of teams, projects and operational environments while building a broader understanding of our business.
Training
You'll study part-time over the course of the apprenticeship, with the first three years based at Gloucestershire College's Cheltenham Campus and the final two years at UWE Bristol's Filton Campus. The academic element is delivered over 60 months, with the remaining time focused on completing your End Point Assessment and preparing for your transition into an engineering role.
Alongside your studies, you'll spend four days a week working within the business, developing your technical knowledge and applying your learning to live projects.
Throughout the programme, you'll develop knowledge and experience in areas including:
- Professional engineering skills
- Electrical circuit theory
- Mathematical modelling techniques for circuit design
- Analogue and digital design techniques
- Digital Signal Processing
- Fundamentals of structured software design
- Structured programming for embedded software
- Embedded software development
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you'll achieve a BEng (Hons) in Electronic and Computer Engineering.
It’s hard to beat the variety of fantastic opportunities and business experiences you’ll receive. You can expect real world encounters and exposure to exciting projects that will really help you navigate where you want to take your career.
Plus, when you join us, you’ll be automatically enrolled onto our Apprentice Development Programme. Through a series of digital and face to face sessions, presented by wellbeing and performance experts and our external partners, we will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to thrive and perform at your very best on your programme and beyond.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Embedded electronic systems design and development engineer (degree) (level 6)
- Training Provider
- UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
- Expected Duration
- 6 Years
- Positions Available
- 3
- Closing Date
- Monday, 7th December 2026
- Start Date
- Wednesday, 1st September 2027
Desired Skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
Qualifications
- Engineering GCSE, grade C (Essential)
- English GCSE, grade C (Essential)
- Maths GCSE, grade C (Essential)
- Science GCSE, grade C (Essential)
- Technology GCSE, grade C (Essential)
- Maths A Level, grade C (Essential)
- Science A Level, grade C (Essential)