2027 Software Engineering Apprentice - Crawley
Turn your curiosity into a career. If you are passionate about engineering, eager to learn, and looking for a degree apprenticeship that combines academic study with exciting on-the-job experience, we would love to hear from you.
Role
As a Software Engineering Apprentice, you will develop the technical knowledge, practical skills and professional behaviours needed to become a confident and capable engineer. Working as part of our Software Engineering team, you will support the delivery of software solutions, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. Your responsibilities may include:
- Programming skills in industry standard languages such as C++ and Java
- Experience of working in multi-disciplined agile environment alongside experienced engineers
- Familiarity with business management tools for managing requirements and formal documentation
- New tools and infrastructure used for the development engineering environment
- Development of secure, quality software solutions that adhere to timescale and budget
- Domain specific knowledge and application of mathematics skills to model and develop real-world solutions across industries, such as aerospace and underwater systems and software defined radio and electronic counter measure systems (dependant on which business area you are aligned to
- Opportunity to develop creative and bespoke software solutions
- Organisational skills with well-rounded communication and relationship building abilities
- Digital Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
Training
Throughout the apprenticeship, you will gain experience and knowledge in:
- Professional engineering behaviours and industry best practice
- Understanding and working with complex engineering systems
- Different engineering roles and activities across live projects
- The Software Lifecycle and key engineering processes
- Requirements capture, requirements management and system design techniques.
- Software Engineering tools and practices
- Testing, integration, and verification activities
- Structured and methodical approaches to problem solving and investigation
Secure a permanent role from day one at the start of your apprenticeship.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Digital and technology solutions professional (level 6)
- Training Provider
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
- Working Week
- Monday - Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours from Monday - Thursday, 5 hours on Friday).
- Expected Duration
- 3 Years 6 Months
- Positions Available
- 6
- Closing Date
- Wednesday, 17th February 2027
- Start Date
- Monday, 6th September 2027
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
Qualifications
- Maths and English GCSE, grade 5 at grade 9-4 (A-C) (Essential)
- Any Subject A Level, grade 3 at grade B or above (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.