Machine Learning - Level 6 AI Engineer Degree Apprenticeship

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.

your responsibilities may include:

• 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

programme structure - you will complete learning in:

• 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 (ai
-102) in addition to the ifate l6aie qualification.

to apply, you will need:

a levels

• three a levels grade b or above in maths
• at least one other relevant subject (physics, computer science, software, ict)
• or level 4/5 apprenticeship in a relevant discipline

gcses

• minimum of five gcses at grade 9-4 (a-c) english and maths

please note that computer science graduates are not eligible due to funding restrictions.

• competitive salary of £24,000 per annum
• performance‑related pay uplifts
• holiday entitlement of 201 hours a year (plus a company day and bank holidays)
• contributory company pension
• health care cash plan
• hybrid/flexible working options
• employee assistance programme
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