Degree level
Electronic and Communication Engineering Degree Apprentice
BABCOCK INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED · Bristol, GB
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- Pay
- £23,776 a year
- Hours
- 35 a week
- Length
- 72 months
- Starts
- 1 Sep 2027
- Advertised closing date
- 7 Dec 2026
- Openings
- 3 positions
- Last checked
- just now
Applications are handled by BABCOCK INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED directly.
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What you would do
As an Electronic and Communication Engineering Degree Apprentice, you'll support critical defence projects while completing our 6-year Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer Degree Apprenticeship and working towards a BEng (Hons) Electronic and Computer Engineering Degree.
Day to day
- Working in a discipline of such fundamental importance means your work will be both varied and impactful. Throughout the programme, you’ll help develop and support systems that enable our customers to communicate securely in demanding and remote environments. This could involve supporting electronic design, development, testing and component level repair, solving technical challenges unique to the defence sector.
- You’ll collaborate closely with experienced colleagues across design, software, mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as project management, quality and supply chain teams. Along the way, you’ll strengthen your engineering skills by working with stakeholders, understanding business and customer requirements, identifying risks, and ensuring key deliverables are met.
- We encourage mobility across our organisation to help broaden your experience. During the programme, there may be opportunities to undertake placements at different UK locations, including Bristol, Devonport, Ashchurch, Corsham and sites in Hampshire, giving you exposure to a range of teams, projects and operational environments while building a broader understanding of our business.
What you would study
Embedded electronic systems design and development engineer (degree) (level 6)
You'll study part-time over the course of the apprenticeship, with the first three years based at Gloucestershire College's Cheltenham Campus and the final two years at UWE Bristol's Filton Campus. The academic element is delivered over 60 months, with the remaining time focused on completing your End Point Assessment and preparing for your transition into an engineering role.
Alongside your studies, you'll spend four days a week working within the business, developing your technical knowledge and applying your learning to live projects.
Throughout the programme, you'll develop knowledge and experience in areas including:
- Professional engineering skills
- Electrical circuit theory
- Mathematical modelling techniques for circuit design
- Analogue and digital design techniques
- Digital Signal Processing
- Fundamentals of structured software design
- Structured programming for embedded software
- Embedded software development
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you'll achieve a BEng (Hons) in Electronic and Computer Engineering.
Training provider: UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Working week
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
What you need
- GCSE Engineering at grade C (essential)
- GCSE English at grade C (essential)
- GCSE Maths at grade C (essential)
- GCSE Science at grade C (essential)
- GCSE Technology at grade C (essential)
- A Level Maths at grade C (essential)
- A Level Science at grade C (essential)
Skills they are looking for
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
After the apprenticeship
It’s hard to beat the variety of fantastic opportunities and business experiences you’ll receive. You can expect real world encounters and exposure to exciting projects that will really help you navigate where you want to take your career.
Plus, when you join us, you’ll be automatically enrolled onto our Apprentice Development Programme. Through a series of digital and face to face sessions, presented by wellbeing and performance experts and our external partners, we will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to thrive and perform at your very best on your programme and beyond.
Where
Bristol, GB, South West (BS3).
About BABCOCK INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Babcock is an international defence, aerospace and security company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets with potential to become focus countries. We meet our customers’ key requirements of affordability, availability, and capability by delivering engineering, support and critical systems to defence and civil markets.
Benefits
- Fully funded qualification
- Personal development training and opportunities
- 28 days holiday allowance including bank holidaysCompetitive pension scheme
- Employee share scheme
- Flexible benefits
Things to consider
A full driving licence is required for this role, as it requires frequent travel to multiple sites where no reasonable alternative transport is practical.
Many of our programmes are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold or have held may impact which programmes you are eligible for. For this programme, you must be able to achieve and maintain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. For further details, visit GOV.UK and search ‘United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels’.
Under applicable national security legislation, this post may only be occupied by a sole UK national. This legal requirement is independent of our recruitment policies, and all eligible applicants will be assessed fairly and without discrimination.
Reference 2000058761.
Report a problem with this listing- Pay
- £23,776 a year
- Hours
- 35 a week
- Length
- 72 months
- Starts
- 1 Sep 2027
- Advertised closing date
- 7 Dec 2026
- Openings
- 3 positions
- Last checked
- just now
Applications are handled by BABCOCK INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED directly.
Know someone this would suit?
Disability Confident employer
This employer is in the government Disability Confident scheme. If you have a disability, you can ask to be considered for an interview under the scheme, as long as you meet the essential requirements. Read about the scheme on GOV.UK.