This exciting apprenticeship will give you the skills, experience and knowledge to become a highly specialised Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Engineer within the Services team. You will work on supporting systems requirements and design activities, contributing to project reviews, participating in system testing and validation activities, assisting with engineering investigations and problem solving, visiting customer sites and platforms to support surveys, trials and system deployment where required, and working with experienced engineers on live projects.

You will be studying towards a Level 6 Higher Level Apprenticeship, finishing with a BEng Mechatronic Engineering degree with Ulster University in Belfast. This is a 4-year fast track programme. In the first year, you will attend university lectures and tutorials over 4 days per week, remotely complete Thales engineering project work and spend 1 day a week onsite developing your engineering knowledge. From year two onwards, you will be in university 1 day a week and 4 days working in engineering, embedding your university learning in a real-life engineering environment.

Throughout the apprenticeship, you will gain experience and knowledge in: Assisting in ILS Planning, Supportability Analysis (FMEA, LORA, RAMT studies), Technical Documentation, Data Collection & Management, Spare Parts & Supply Support, Training Support, Maintenance Strategy Support, Working with Stakeholders, and Continuous Learning.

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, Learning and development support, Employee discounts and wellbeing initiatives, Life Cover, 80 Hours Volunteering per year (first two years). Additional benefits include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus depending on the role.

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, Thales helps build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of the nation by providing extraordinary technology to customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with its products and services.