Systems Engineering Apprentice - Level 6 Applied Professional Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

Position: 2026 Systems Engineering Apprentice - Level 6 Applied Professional Engineering Degree Apprenticeship
Location: Cheadle

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r0298360location: cheadle, united kingdomthales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including above and sonar, electronic combat, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us.

At thales uk, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of aerospace, defence, security and space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
** 2026 systems engineering apprentice - level 6 applied professional engineering degree apprenticeship
**** start date:
** 07 september 2026
** salary:** £24,000
** employee type:
** permanent
* * location:
** cheadle
* * working schedule:*
* * monday – friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours monday – thursday, 5 hours friday)
*** what the role has to offer:
*** earn while you learn
* job specific training experience
* recognised qualifications
* permanent role from day one
* tuition fees for university or approved training providers are fully coveredthe role will develop your engineering skills to become a confident, positive and flexible engineer, with well-honed technical knowledge gained from the academic commitments. You will support the team to deliver systems and equipment solutions to deadlines and within budget, including participating in systems requirements and design work, project reviews, system test and possibly site and platform visits for surveys, installations or trials.as

a systems engineering apprentice you will develop the key skills and experience in the following:
* develop an understanding of the required behaviours and codes of practice of a professional engineer
* understanding complex systems by working on different roles and tasks on on-going projects
* familiarity with the systems engineering lifecycle and activities
* familiarity with system engineering tools and methods for requirements capture, requirements management and system design
* an understanding of systems test activities including integration, validation, verification & qualification (ivvq) and the associated processes and tools
* a methodical and structured approach to problem investigation
** apprenticeship programme:
** through our degree apprenticeship you’ll be making the most of your talents, getting to understand engineering from the ground up; and doing so with the help of one of the biggest and best names in the industry.as a systems engineering apprentice you will be enrolled onto the level 6 applied professional engineering programme at warwick university, following the product design and development pathway.

Delivered via a blended learning model, this programme combines the best of both with on campus delivery plus virtual coaching and online resources. The first 2 years on programme will be common across all pathways and will provide a broad engineering skill set including mechanical, electrical, electronic, materials and design, plus computational. In year 3 and year 4 learners will move to their specialist pathway.

For the duration of this 4-year programme you will combine university studies with practical application, working within our…