Degree Apprentice Software Engineering

What You’ll Be Doing:

A Software Engineering Degree apprenticeship involves working alongside experienced and outstanding software engineers. It combines spending typically two days a week at University (3rd year spent full-time at University), 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.

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:

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, and an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans, and shopping discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Air Team:

The Air sector is a world leader in the aerospace industry with expertise that can be traced back to the very earliest days of aviation.

• We design and build advanced training and combat aircraft.
• Develop and work with the latest in cutting-edge technology.
• Provide support and maintenance for our customers across the world.

By joining our 23,000-strong global workforce, you could directly contribute to some of our leading aircraft, including the Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35 Lightning II, or our next generation of aircraft, in the UK or at one of our international sites. Whether you’re providing direct support to our customers, ensuring our programmes run to time and cost, or influencing the design and manufacture of our products, you’ll be completing work that counts.

We’re looking for people who are passionate about delivering excellence and supporting some of the world’s most significant aerospace organisations.

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 underrepresented 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.

Export Control / Security:

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Qualification Requirements

5 GCSE A*-C or 9-4 (or equivalent) Including Maths, English & Science or Technical Subject.

1. A minimum of 96 UCAS Tariff Points (240 point old system) (excluding UCAS points gained at AS level) achieved from either:
2. A levels at grade C or above. One subject must be Maths related and one subject must be in Engineering, Science or a Technical subject.
3. A STEM based L3 Extended BTEC Diploma (which meets the required UCAS points) or equivalent.