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2027 Machine Learning Apprentice - Level 6 AI Engineer

Thales UK Limited · Throop Road · posted 5 October 2026

Wage
£24,000 a year
Hours
37 hours a week
Duration
2 Years
Level
Degree (Level 6)
Standard
Machine learning engineer (level 6)
Starts
6 September 2027
Closing date
17 February 2027
Positions
1

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  • 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
  • Working with experienced engineers on live projects

Your training

You will study towards a Level 6 in AI Engineer Apprenticeship with QA. The AI Engineer programme gives you the skills to design, build, and deploy advanced AI systems - including generative AI and deep learning. You’ll move from concept to real-world application. Creating solutions that scale and deliver impact.

The programme is 23 months in duration and is delivered via a virtual delivery model combining:

  • Instructor led live workshops (28 days)
  • Interactive labs and self-paced learning

Where it leads

On completion of the programme, you will have the opportunity to achieve the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI -102) in addition to the IfATE L6AIE qualification.

About Thales UK Limited

Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.

Things to consider

Because of the work we do at Thales, all roles are subject to security requirements.

To be considered for this position, you must have the permanent right to work in the UK and be able to successfully complete and maintain UK Government security checks, including Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) screening and Security Clearance (SC), which is a government background check, before starting employment.

To be eligible for SC clearance, you will typically need to have lived in the UK continuously for the last five years. As part of the vetting process, you will be asked to provide evidence of your identity, right to work in the UK, any time spent overseas during the last five years, and your employment and/or education history. 

In addition, this role supports a UK Eyes Only programme and is therefore subject to government-mandated nationality restrictions. To satisfy the security clearance requirements for access to highly sensitive information, applicants must have been British citizens from birth and must not hold any other nationality. This requirement is determined by the UK Government and is a condition of programme access rather than an employment preference.

For further details of the evidence required to apply for security clearance please follow this link - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels.

Skills they're looking for

IT skillsAttention to detailProblem solving skillsNumber skillsLogicalTeam workingInitiative

Entry requirements

  • GCSE 5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 9-4/A-C) — essential
  • A Level 3 A Levels inc, Maths and a relevant subject (grade C or above with a B in Maths) — essential

Where you'll work

  • Ocean House, Throop Road, Templecombe, BA8 0DH

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