AI Engineer Apprentice (Level 6 ML) - Hybrid, Paid Tuition

thales; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Earn salary while studying

Tuition paid

Hybrid/flexible working options

Permanent role from start

Azure qualification

Job summary

Thales is recruiting a 2027 AI Engineer Apprentice - Level 6 Machine Learning in Crawley. The programme runs alongside study and hands-on work, with a salary of £24,000 per annum and a permanent placement on completion.

Start date is 06 September 2027 and the scheme offers hybrid/flexible working options. As an AI Engineer Apprentice you will develop data prep, ML models, tested code and deployment workflows, collaborating with software, data and systems specialists on live projects, with

Qualifications

• A Levels with Grade B or above in Maths
• GCSEs with minimum five grades 9-4 including English and Maths
• Relevant subjects (Physics, Computer Science, Software, ICT) or Level 4/5 apprenticeship
• Study towards Level 6 AI Engineer apprenticeship

Responsibilities

• Preparing, exploring and validating data for machine learning use cases
• Developing and evaluating machine learning models and AI-enabled software components
• Writing clean, tested and documented code using appropriate engineering tools and practices
• Supporting model integration, deployment, monitoring and performance improvement
• Contributing to technical reviews, experiments and structured problem solving
• Working with experienced engineers and researchers on live projects

Skills

Machine learning

Data preprocessing

Python

Software engineering

Version control

Cloud platforms

Education

A Levels

GCSEs

Tools

Azure

Git

MLOps

Job description

Thales is recruiting a 2027 AI Engineer Apprentice - Level 6 Machine Learning in Crawley. The programme runs alongside study and hands-on work, with a salary of £24,000 per annum and a permanent placement on completion.

Start date is 06 September 2027 and the scheme offers hybrid/flexible working options. As an AI Engineer Apprentice you will develop data prep, ML models, tested code and deployment workflows, collaborating with software, data and systems specialists on live projects, with