Machine Learning Apprentice - Level 6 AI Engineer

Location:

Templecombe, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Start Date:

06 September 2027
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Employee type:
Permanent

Location:

Templecombe
Working

Schedule:

Monday
- Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours Monday
- Thursday, 5 hours Friday)

Turn your curiosity into a career. If you're passionate about engineering, eager to learn, and looking for a degree apprenticeship that combines academic study with exciting on-the-job experience, we'd love to hear from you.

• Earn a salary while studying for your qualification
• Gain hands-on experience in a real engineering environment
• Receive job-specific training and development
• Achieve a recognised engineering qualification
• Secure a permanent role from the start of your apprenticeship
• Have your tuition fees fully paid

As a Machine Learning 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 Specialist Underwater Systems Engineering team, you will support the rapid delivery of novel solutions, ensuring that our Royal Navy and export customers have the capability needed in today's fast paced environment to carry out their critical missions, keeping them and our nation safe and secure.

• Working with Underwater Systems specialists and software developers to create novel solutions
• Developing solutions with our partners across the multinational Thales organisation, academia and industry
• Participating in testing and validation activities
• Assisting with engineering investigations and problem solving
• Visiting customer sites, platforms and installations to support surveys, trials and system deployment where required
• Working with experienced engineers on live projects

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 Systems Engineering Lifecycle and key engineering processes
• Requirements capture, requirements management and system design techniques
• Systems Engineering tools and methods
• Testing, integration, verification, validation and qualification (IVVQ) activities
• Structured and methodical approaches to problem solving and investigation

You will study towards a Level 6 in AI Engineer Apprenticeship with QA. The AI Engineer programme gives you the skills to design, build, and deploy advanced AI systems - including generative AI and deep learning. You'll move from concept to real-world application. Creating solutions that scale and deliver impact.

The programme is 23 months in duration and is delivered via a virtual delivery model combining:

• Instructor led live workshops (28 days)
• Interactive labs and self-paced learning

• AI System Development and Automation
• AI Solution Design and Testing
• Deep Learning and Transformers
• Business Process Optimisation with AI
• Security, Ethics and Explainable AI
• Leading AI and Future Innovation

On completion of the programme, you will have the opportunity to achieve the Microsoft Certified:
Azure AI Engineer Associate…