Engineering; Component Apprentice - Level 6 Applied Professional Engineering Degree Appre

Position: 2026 Engineering (Component) Apprentice - Level 6 Applied Professional Engineering Degree Appre[...]
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r0298292location: crawley, united kingdomin fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us.

At thales uk, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of aerospace, defence, security and space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
** 2026 engineering (component) apprentice - level 6 applied professional engineering degree apprenticeship
**** start date:
** 07 september 2026
** salary:** £24,000 per annum
** employee type:
** permanent
* * location:
** crawley
* * working schedule:*
* * monday – friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours monday – thursday, 5 hours friday)
** if so, read on to see what thales has to offer…
* this role will develop your engineering skills to become a confident, positive and flexible component engineering apprentice with strong technical knowledge gained from on-the-job training and university studies. Supporting the team to undertake service-engineering activities to deadlines and within budget.as a component engineering apprentice, you will develop the key skills and experience in the following:
* gain knowledge of engineering subjects; electronic, mechanical and software engineering
* familiarise yourself with the key techniques and technologies used in the design and implementation of the product
* learn to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications
* gain knowledge of the different disciplines within the services function
* gain knowledge and be able use services tooling and software packages
* learn and maintain knowledge of current industry standards for all service disciplines
** what the role has to offer:
*** earn while you learn
* job specific training experience
* recognised qualifications
* permanent role from day one
* tuition fees for university or approved training providers are fully covered
** apprentice programme:
** through our degree apprenticeship you’ll be making the most of your talents, getting to understand engineering from the ground up; and doing so with the help of one of the biggest and best names in the industry.as a component engineering apprentice you will be enrolled onto the level 6 applied professional engineering programme at warwick university, following the electrical/electronic technical support engineer pathway.

Delivered via a blended learning model, this programme combines the best of both with on campus delivery plus virtual coaching and online resources. The first 2 years on programme will be common across all pathways and will provide a broad engineering skill set including mechanical, electrical, electronic, materials and design, plus computational. In year 3 and year 4 learners will move to their specialist pathway.

For the duration of this 4 year programme you will combine university studies with practical application, working within our services function in crawley.
** requirements:
*** 112 ucas tariff points at a level including a grade b in maths and at least 1 further relevant stem subject (physics, computer science, engineering, electronics)
* 5 gcses grade…