Electrification - Power Conversion Degree Apprentice - Level 6

Duration: 36 Months + End Point Assessment Closing date: 31st December 2026 - Please note, we may close this advert earlier than advertised if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible Imagine contributing to projects that help move millions of people every day?

At Siemens Mobility, we're developing innovative transport solutions that are transforming the future of rail and making travel more sustainable. Start your career at the heart of that journey!

Embark on your journey with us, combining hands-on experience with structured development. Through technical training, apprenticeship development days and mentoring, you’ll built your skills working on meaningful projects. You’ll collaborate with other apprentices across the business, present your achievements and deliver a Business Impact Project by proposing a change to a business process. You’ll be aligned to a role in the business from day one, giving you clear focus for your development throughout the programme and a permanent role to move into upon successful completion of your apprenticeship.

As a Degree Apprentice, you will be working towards the achievement of an apprenticeship standard, with defined knowledge, skills and behaviour criteria that will be developed throughout your programme with us and your training provider.

This role will align to the LEVEL 6, Rail & Rail Systems Senior Engineer apprenticeship standard. The anticipated delivery model is block release, with an estimated apprenticeship duration of 36 months.

The expected provider for this programme is London Southbank University.

Siemens Mobility help to solve the problems of increasing traffic by working with railway operators to improve the capacity, punctuality, and security of their systems. We also ensure that the carbon footprint produced by transportation is kept to a minimum.

Joining our power conversion team you will be at the forefront of bringing large-scale, digital, power electronics to the railway to enable bigger, and more cost-effective power supplies exactly where our customers need them. Welcome to the exciting world of Static Frequency Converters! We design, build and manufacture the world’s largest and the world's smallest right here in the UK. You will be joining, a small, dynamic and highly competent team delivery the best rail technology to projects all over the world!

You will learn how to design complex electrical and wiring installations, using the latest automated electrical design CAD software.

Part of being an apprentice at Siemens means you get to work on real life projects whilst also being supported on a guided learning journey. You will gain practical experience delivering electrical design for projects, and will have the opportunity during your training to gain experience in aligned specialisms. As an apprentice in Siemens Rail Infrastructure (a part of Siemens Mobility), you will predominantly work in our Electrification centre of excellence in Birmingham, but may be required to travel during placements which may include site work as well as Siemens Mobility locations in London, York or Glasgow.

Travel expenses and subsistence will be paid where required to work away from your home location.

Here is a taste of what you can expect from this apprenticeship scheme:

• Understand and prepare designs of high power electrical equipment
• Develop and implement electrical wiring designs in leading edge electrical CAD software
• Consider and design the physical and mechanical installation of electrical installations
• Get hands-on in the installation and/or testing and commissioning of electrical equipment
• Learn/improve your software knowledge and skills as you may be required to write, analyse, test and…