Payload Systems Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

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Payload Systems Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

Do you want to learn how to design and build a satellite? Are you interested in telecommunications? Our team is responsible for designing and delivering telecommunication payloads, which are then built into satellites ready for launch into space. The payloads incorporate analogue and digital signal processing, on-board digital processing and software, active antennas reconfigurable by beamforming, passive antennas and new RF (Radio Frequency) technologies, and form part of the growing demand for flexible telecom satellites.

Our team is responsible for providing engineering management, validation, electrical, EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility), mechanical and thermal engineering to advanced and innovative digital payload projects, such as OneSat.

At Airbus, we help you work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we promote flexibility in our working methods in order to stimulate the spirit of innovation, and promoting social sustainability in all we do.

Our team is located in Portsmouth, a dynamic city in the south of England served by excellent transport links, and many possibilities for outdoor activities! 

What you will be doing:

You will be part of a multi-discipline team of technical experts and technical managers, supporting the payload development, assembly, test and validation, also covering systems engineering, and mission operations. You will help ensure robustness of the full payload and of RF and digital equipment, processors, active and passive antennas.

You will gain an insight into the development lifecycle of payload and satellite systems covering their development, design, build, evaluation and validation, and you will learn how system engineering principles are applied and utilised throughout these stages.

You will be involved in the specification and review of mechanical, electrical and EMC performance of flight equipment and help to determine their acceptance for incorporation within the payload system. You will contribute to functional and performance evaluation using laboratory test benches; you will help prepare for test and validation of the final payload products, and you will support equipment, payload and spacecraft environmental test campaigns

including review of test results.

There will also be opportunities to support wider engineering disciplines such as signal processing, system simulation and modelling, and engineering of a communications chain including RF and digital equipment.

Requirements:

In order to be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must have a minimum:

• 104 - 112 UCAS points made up of 2 or 3 A Levels at grades BCC or above 

OR 

• DMM in an Engineering BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma

OR

• T Level Merit

OR

• IB: 28-29 

**All applicants will be required to complete a Skills Gap Analysis from University before completing an application form.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• The ability to listen, understand and communicate technical information;
• The desire to work in a technical team environment;
• A strong interest in developing yourself;
• Good oral and written communication skills;
• The ability to organise and monitor office tasks and processes so that work progresses more efficiently;
• Submit your CV stating your grades and if they are predicted or achieved; 
• Submit a Cover Letter stating your motivations.

Important Information:

GRADES: If you are on predicted grades, your offer will be conditional to achieving the position’s requirements before the apprenticeship start date.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

Our apprenticeship roles do not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas & Immigration to enable sponsorship of migrant workers.

About Airbus

Apprenticeships with Airbus“It’s an amazing career start - you’re getting hands-on experience and all course fees paid, whilst you earn a salary!”

Achieve extraordinary things!

At the forefront of innovation and a proven leader in global aerospace, Airbus designs, manufactures and delivers cutting-edge commercial aircraft, helicopters, military transporters, satellites and launch vehicles, as well as providing data services, navigation, cyber and communications security, urban mobility and other solutions for customers on a global scale. At Airbus, we draw on each other’s expertise and experience and put our passion and determination into exploring sustainable aerospace developments. We connect to the best minds. We make bold decisions. We find smart solutions. We get the world’s most advanced technologies off the ground.

Earn while you learn, no course fees!

As an apprentice at Airbus, you’ll be taking your first steps towards building your career. We’ve carefully designed our apprenticeship programmes to give you valuable practical training while you complete your college or university studies.

Your studies will be paid for and you’ll earn while you learn, so you’ll be off to a racing start at the end of your apprenticeship. At the same time, every day at Airbus brings something new and exciting to do. What you do will make a real difference – on the ground, in the sky and in space.

How to apply

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Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.