Ai And Data Science Degree Apprenticeship

About the role

Turn your curiosity into a career! 🧠✨

If you're obsessed with AI 🤖, ready to level up your skills, and want a degree apprenticeship that mixes epic learning with real-world action, we want YOU! 🎉

Why this programme is a game-changer:

• Get Paid While You Learn: Earn a salary 💰 and get your qualification.
• Real AI Action: Dive into actual AI and engineering projects.
• Level Up Your Skills: Get totally job-specific training and development.
• Big Qualification: Achieve a recognized Level 6 qualification. 🏆
• Permanent Role: Secure your spot from day one. 💯
• Uni Covered: We'll pay your university tuition fees. 📚

About the Role:

As an AI Engineer Apprentice, you'll build the brainpower and practical skills 🛠️ to create, test, and launch awesome AI-powered solutions. You'll join our AI and engineering crew, contributing to real projects across the machine learning journey. Collaborate with software wizards, data gurus, system experts, and industry pros to transform ideas into secure, maintainable innovations.

Your Mission Might Include:

• Getting data ready for machine learning magic. 📊
• Building and testing AI models and software. 💻
• Writing clean, tested code with top engineering tools.
• Helping integrate, deploy, and fine-tune models.
• Joining technical reviews and problem-solving sessions.
• Working alongside experienced engineers and researchers on live projects.

What You'll Master:

• Pro engineering vibes, teamwork, and industry best practices.
• Coding, software engineering, version control, and automated testing.
• Data prep, feature engineering, and data quality wizardry.
• Machine learning methods, model selection, training, and evaluation.
• Deployment strategies, MLOps, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Cloud, compute, and development tools for AI.
• Responsible AI, security, privacy, safety, and regulations.
• Smart ways to troubleshoot, experiment, and keep improving.

The Degree Apprenticeship Programme:

Study for a BSc (Hons) AI and Data Science Graduate Apprenticeship with Glasgow Caledonian University. You'll gain the knowledge, skills, and mindset to build and use AI responsibly in an engineering setting. It's a blended learning approach: on-campus sessions, live virtual lectures, online resources, and self-study. 🚀

Over 4 years, you'll earn:

• Year 1: Certificate of Higher Education in Computing
• Year 2: Diploma of Higher Education in Computing
• Year 4: BSc (Hons) AI and Data Science (Graduate Apprenticeship)

Your Entry Ticket:

• Highers: 96 UCAS points.
• Four Highers: BBCC, including Maths or Computing.
• *Foundation Apprenticeship = one Higher at B*
• *Modern Apprenticeship SCQF Level 6 = two Highers at B*

Perks & Benefits:

• Salary: £24,000 per year 🤑
• Performance Bonuses: Get rewarded for crushing it!
• Holiday: 201 hours per year + company day + bank holidays. 🌴
• Pension: Contributory Company Pension.
• Health: Health Care Cash Plan.
• Flexibility: Hybrid/flexible working options. 🏠
• Support: Employee Assistance Programme & Learning & Development.
• Discounts: Employee discounts & wellbeing initiatives.
• Cover: Life Cover.
• Give Back: 80 Hours Volunteering per year (first two years).

Ready to Apply?

1. Apply Online: Hit the apply button to register your interest. (You only need to register for one role initially!)

2. CV Upload: Upload your CV.

3. Check Emails: Look for an invite from recruiting@jobalerts.thalesgroup.com.

4. Full Application: Complete the application, where you can apply for up to 3 additional roles.

5. Online Tests: Prove your potential with our assessments.

6. Virtual Assessment Centre: If you ace the tests, you'll join us for a virtual assessment centre. 🎬

7. Job Offer: The final step to joining the Thales family!

Important Dates:

• Applications Close: 11:59 pm, Wednesday 17 February 2027. (Apply early, roles can close sooner!)
• Assessment Centres: February - May 2027
• Induction Week: Monday 6 September - Friday 10 September 2027

Security Clearance:

Due to the nature of our work, all roles require security clearance. You'll need the permanent right to work in the UK and be able to pass government security checks (BPSS and SC). This typically means living in the UK for the last 5 years.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusion! 🙌

Click 'Apply' to kick-start your AI journey! 🚀

Key responsibilities

• Preparing, exploring and validating data for machine learning use cases
• Developing and evaluating machine learning models and AI-enabled software components
• Writing clean, tested and documented code using appropriate engineering tools and practices
• Supporting model integration, deployment, monitoring and performance improvement
• Contributing to technical reviews, experiments and structured problem solving

Skills