2027 Integration and Testing Production Repair Engineering Apprentice - Level 6
As part of our Industry team, you will test and fault diagnosis on deliverable Systems and sub-assemblies to component level; Survey, repair and upgrade customer equipment. Provide technical support to Project/Engineering Teams and contribute to the development and evaluation of innovative approaches/solutions to ongoing issues or problems.
Role
- Test and diagnose complex faults on deliverable customer systems and sub-assemblies
- Co-ordinate all activities with regards to the testing of the Systems to ensure delivery dates are met to agreed quality and costs
- Responsible for the presentation of Systems for customer acceptance
- Directly represent Thales with respect to the provision and support of Customer Systems, both on and off-site, including Setting to Work and all Trials and Customer Acceptance tasks
- Provide Test Methods and solutions and generate procedures to enable System and LRU test and support
- Supply technical information to Operation Management and Project Teams to enable appropriate decisions to be made
- Inform Test Management and Engineering of any requirements for Test Equipment and define those requirements
Training
Programme structure:
Throughout the four-year programme, you will combine university study with practical workplace experience, developing both academic knowledge and professional engineering skills.
- Lectures and workshops are delivered through a series of 2-week blocks spaced throughout your degree apprenticeship
- Alongside campus taught lecturers, you will have access to digital resources and discipline experts to support your studies
By the end of the programme you will have achieved a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as a Level 6 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Degree Apprenticeship.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Electrical and electronic engineer (degree) (level 6)
- Training Provider
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
- Working Week
- Flexible working. Monday - Thursday , 8 hours per day. Friday, 5 hours.
- Expected Duration
- 4 Years
- Positions Available
- 2
- Closing Date
- Wednesday, 17th February 2027
- Start Date
- Monday, 6th September 2027
Desired Skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Qualifications
- 5 GCSE's Including Maths and English GCSE, grade Grade 9-4 (A-C) (Essential)
- 3 A Levels including Maths and a Science subject A Level, grade ABB with a B in Maths (Essential)
About the Employer
THALES UK LIMITED
Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.