Description Job Title Degree Apprentice Air Software Engineering Yeovil Location Yeovil Salary We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and Share Incentive plan.
What you will be doing.
A Software Engineering Degree apprenticeship involves working alongside experienced and world leading software engineers.
It combines both block release to University and on line learning, where you will acquire an Honours Degree, with time working on real projects, enhancing the skills necessary to develop a long career in the industry.
Through this combination of academic study and real work experience, you will become a software engineer capable of writing requirements, designs, software code and tests.
The work placement element of the course involves a wide range of activities for example: developing and testing aircraft displays, producing ground based equipment or the latest training simulators.
Please note you must not book any annual leave within the first 3 months of your apprenticeship.
Following this, leave will be considered depending on the individual training delivery schedule and must be approved by your line manager What Qualification Will You Get?
By the end of the apprenticeship you will obtain: • BSc (Hons) in Aerospace Software Engineering or Computer Science.
What University will I go to?
The University provision for this apprenticeship is currently being updated.
Information will be provided when this is completed.
Benefits You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan.
You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
Team Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems.
A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions.
It's rewarding work that truly makes a difference.
And as you tackle critical projects, you'll work alongside a supportive team - driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters.
At BAE Systems, you'll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference.
You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.
We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible.
If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.)
that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
We also provide the opportunity to get involved in projects outside of your primary remit.
We encourage you to seek a stretch project in which you'll gain different experiences.
With our huge portfolio of products and our multinational presence, there are opportunities to get involved in something different around every corner.
Additionally, we encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives and support groups (called employee resource groups) which all provide valuable learning and development experiences that you may not have access to in your day-to-day role.
To ensure we retain our talented people, we offer a blend of sponsorship, additional support in career development planning and a portfolio of high potential development programmes.
Our mission is to build a strong, diverse, adaptable, and high performing work force that will develop and grow our future business.
We believe that everyone has talent, and at the heart of our talent management approach our ambition is to be recognised as the UK's top employer in the defence and security sector for valuing diversity and inclusion.
Export Control / Security Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions.
These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
Qualification requirements 5 GCSEs A*-C or 9-4 (or equivalent) including Mathematics, English and Science.
96 UCAS Tariff Points (240 points old tariff) (or equivalent), including two STEM based subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).