Machine Learning - Level 6 Ai Engineer Degree Apprenticeship

About the role

🔥 Turn Your Curiosity into a Career: Machine Learning Degree Apprentice 🔥

Ready to dive into the future of engineering? 🚀 If you're buzzing with a passion for engineering, itching to learn, and on the hunt for a degree apprenticeship that fuses awesome academic study with real-world, hands-on experience, we want to hear from you!

Why Join Our Apprenticeship Programme?

• Get Paid to Learn: Earn a salary 💸 while you smash your qualification goals.
• Real-World Experience: Get stuck into cutting-edge engineering projects. 🛠️
• Next-Level Training: Receive job-specific development designed to make you a pro. 💪
• Earn a Top Qualification: Achieve a recognised engineering qualification that opens doors. 🎓
• Secure Your Future: Land a permanent role from day one. 🤝
• No Student Debt: We'll fully cover your tuition fees. 💯

About the Role: Machine Learning Apprentice

You'll be building the technical smarts, practical skills, and professional swagger needed to become a confident and capable engineer. 😎 As part of our Specialist Underwater Systems Engineering squad, you'll be instrumental in rapidly delivering innovative solutions. This means ensuring our Royal Navy and international clients have the critical capabilities they need to conquer today's fast-paced environment, keeping them and our nation safe and sound. 🇬🇧

What You'll Be Doing:

• Teaming up with Underwater Systems specialists and software developers to craft groundbreaking solutions. 💡
• Collaborating with partners across the global Thales network, academic institutions, and industry leaders. 🌍
• Getting involved in testing and validation activities to ensure everything's top-notch. ✅
• Assisting with engineering investigations and tackling complex problems. 🧠
• Potentially visiting customer sites, vessels, and installations for surveys, trials, and system deployment. 🚢
• Working alongside experienced engineers on live, impactful projects. ⚡

What You'll Learn:

• Pro Engineering Skills: Master professional engineering behaviours and industry best practices. 🏆
• Complex Systems: Understand and navigate intricate engineering systems. 🌌
• Diverse Roles: Explore different engineering functions and activities on live projects. 🧭
• The Engineering Lifecycle: Get to grips with the Systems Engineering Lifecycle and key processes. 🔄
• Smart Design: Learn requirements capture, management, and system design techniques. ✍️
• Tool Time: Dive into Systems Engineering tools and methods. 🔧
• Testing Mastery: Become a whiz at testing, integration, verification, validation, and qualification (IVVQ). 🚀
• Problem Solving: Develop structured and methodical approaches to cracking any challenge. 🧩

Your Apprenticeship Journey: Level 6 AI Engineer

You'll be working towards a Level 6 AI Engineer Apprenticeship with QA. This programme is your fast-track to designing, building, and deploying advanced AI systems, including generative AI and deep learning. You'll go from initial concept to real-world application, creating solutions that truly scale and make a difference. 📈

This is a 23-month programme delivered virtually, featuring:

• Live Workshops: 28 days of instructor-led sessions. 🧑‍🏫
• Interactive Learning: Engaging labs and self-paced modules. 💻

What You'll Master:

• 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, you'll have the chance to earn the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) certification, alongside your IfATE L6AIE Qualification! 🏅

Entry Requirements:

• A Levels: Three A Levels at Grade B or above, including Maths and at least one of Physics, Computer Science, Software, or ICT.
• Or: A Level 4/5 apprenticeship in a relevant field.
• GCSEs: Minimum of five GCSEs at Grade 9-4 (A-C), including English and Maths.

• Please Note: Due to funding rules, Computer Science graduates are not eligible for this programme.

Perks & Benefits:

• Competitive Salary: £24,000 per year. 💰
• Performance Boosts: Potential for performance-related pay uplifts. ⬆️
• Generous Holiday: 201 hours per year, plus a company day and bank holidays. 🏖️
• Pension: Contributory Company Pension. 💼
• Health: Health Care Cash Plan. 🏥
• Flexibility: Hybrid/flexible working options. 🏠
• Support: Employee Assistance Programme, Learning and Development support. 📚
• Savings: Employee discounts. 🛍️
• Security: Life Cover. 🛡️
• Give Back: 80 hours of volunteering per year (first two years). 💖

Ready to Apply?

1. Online Application: Submit your initial application to register your interest. You only need to register for one role initially.

2. Check Your Emails: Look out for an invitation to apply from recruiting@jobalerts.thalesgroup.com.

3. Complete Your Application: Follow the link in the email to finish your application. You can apply for one primary role and up to three additional roles.

4. Online Tests: Complete assessments to evaluate your suitability. 🧠

5. Virtual Assessment Centre: If you progress, you'll attend a virtual assessment centre with group exercises and interviews. 🎤

6. Job Offer: Successful candidates will receive a job offer from Thales! 🎉

Important Dates:

• Assessment Centres: February - May 2027
• Induction Week: Monday 6 September - Friday 10 September 2027
• Application Closing Date: 11:59 PM on Wednesday 17 February 2027.

🚨 APPLICATIONS MAY CLOSE EARLIER if we receive a high volume of applications. Apply ASAP to avoid missing out! 🚨

Security Requirements:

Due to the critical nature of our work, all roles are subject to security checks. You must have the permanent right to work in the UK and be able to successfully complete UK Government security checks, including BPSS screening and potentially Security Clearance (SC). For SC clearance, you'll typically need to have lived in the UK continuously for the last five years. This role also supports a UK Eyes Only programme, requiring applicants to be British citizens from birth with no other nationality. 🇬🇧

About Thales:

Thales is committed to equal opportunities, diversity, and inclusion – they're key to our success! ✨

Click Apply to begin your journey! ➡️

Key responsibilities

• 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

Skills