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Space Systems Engineering Degree Apprenticeship
Apply From: 12/01/2025
Learning Provider
Delivered by UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
Employer
Babcock International
Vacancy Description
During your apprenticeship, you’ll be embedded in Babcock's Skynet Service Delivery Wrap (SDW) program. The Skynet system provides essential capabilities to UK and NATO armed forces, ensuring that service personnel can communicate anytime, in any environment, anywhere on Earth. This means you won’t just be gaining specialised engineering skills; you’ll also be supporting projects that are vital to protecting the UK.
You will be working 4 days per week at our locations in Corsham and Bordon, where our teams help to maintain and modernise the UK’s sovereign space communications capabilities. Where required, we will fund your accommodation away from your home base.
You will have the opportunity to rotate through the various Skynet SDW Engineering teams.
You’ll learn what each team does and assist in tasks of increasing complexity as your apprenticeship progresses. Few other apprenticeships can offer such interesting and important responsibilities.
Typical tasks include:
* Visiting dockyards to upgrade communications equipment on a Royal Navy warship.
* Designing subsystems to modernise technologies at satellite ground stations.
* Undertaking testing on cutting edge satellite devices in preparation for their use on the Skynet network.
* Redesigning Skynet systems to allow the integration of newly launched spacecraft.
Key Details
Vacancy Title
Space Systems Engineering Degree Apprenticeship
Employer Description
Babcock is an international defence, aerospace and security company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets with potential to become focus countries. We meet our customers’ key requirements of affordability, availability, and capability by delivering engineering, support and critical systems to defence and civil markets.
Vacancy Location
Bordon, Hampshire GU35 0JE
Wage Frequency
Custom
Number of Vacancies
4
Vacancy Reference Number
1000295414
Key Dates
Apply From
12/01/2025
Closing Date For Applications
2025-05-20 23:59:59
Interview Begin From
Possible Start Date
2025-09-01 00:00:00
Training
Training to be Provided
During your apprenticeship, you will study for a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (BEng) in Space Systems Engineering through the University of Portsmouth.
During term time, it is expected you will spend one day per week at university and four days embedded in Skynet engineering activities. During exam and university project periods, you will be granted additional time away from the workplace for study.
The course features a wide range of specialist modules to give you a solid theoretical grounding for your future real-world engineering. You'll also develop practical skills in systems engineering, hardware design, coding and the commercial application of your new abilities.
Learning Provider
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
Skills Required
Communication skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Problem solving skills, Analytical skills, Logical thinking, Team working, Initiative
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