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Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship: Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Apprentice
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We develop life-saving technologies for high-rise buildings.
Whether it's helping someone with reduced mobility stay safe, or ensuring emergency calls get through, we design systems that protect lives. We're looking for a curious, committed apprentice to join our close-knit engineering team and grow into an expert electronics engineer.
Wage
£27,000 a year
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Rising to c. £40,000 over 4 years
Training course
Embedded electronic systems design and development engineer (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Full-time, up to 5 days per week on site (at our offices or college). Maidenhead SL6 7RJ (training at Newbury College, RG14 7TD). Hours to be discussed at interview. 37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start date
Monday 7 September 2026
Duration
4 years
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
At AVIRE, we develop life-saving technologies for people in high-rise buildings. Whether it's helping someone with reduced mobility stay safe in a fire, or ensuring emergency calls get through when every second counts, we design systems that protect lives. We're looking for a curious, committed apprentice to join our supportive, close-knit engineering team and grow into an expert electronics engineer.
This is a four-year degree apprenticeship, combining hands-on experience with expert tuition delivered by our partners at Newbury College, fully funded by AVIRE. You'll gain a university-level qualification without the debt, while earning a competitive salary that grows as you do.
You'll be supported every step of the way, joining a collaborative international team that values your ideas, invests in your growth, and trusts you to contribute from day one.
Learn more about the team you’ll be joining at https://www.avire-global.com/en-uk/team/ or read about one of our current apprentices - Madison O’Donoghue’s -story at https://www.avire-global.com/en-us/team/madison-odonoghue/
What you'll do
Throughout the programme, you'll be given the tools, mentorship, and coaching you need to:
- Design and develop electronic systems that keep people safe
- Break complex problems into manageable pieces, then find elegant ways to solve them
- Learn programming languages like C, C++, Python, Rust and SPARK
- Use specialist software (ECAD) to create and test circuit designs
- Understand real-world engineering factors like thermal design and electromagnetic compatibility
- Develop test plans, prototypes and products for full-scale manufacture
- Plan projects, assess risk and manage timelines
- Learn about international safety regulations and design standards
- Consider the business side too - including product costing and manufacturing scale-up
- Most of all, develop into a well-rounded engineer who designs with care, thinks creatively, and acts with purpose
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Where you'll work
Unit 1 The Switchback Gardner Road Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 7RJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NEWBURY COLLEGE
Training course
Embedded electronic systems design and development engineer (degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Design functional electronic systems and circuits from component level
- Utilise modern CAD technology to implement circuit design with understanding of considerations for heat dissipation, electrical interference and other industry specific considerations affecting layout
- Write and document structured code to comply with industry norms and to allow others to understand and subsequently maintain/modify the code
- Utilise modelling techniques for circuit design, embedded software development and thermal management
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the principles and practice of design for market, design for manufacturability, design for testability and design for maintainability
- Ability to develop a test plan for a product that they have developed
- Ability to explain the process by which a product is introduced into production, including what aspects are discussed at what stage and with whom and how development gateways work
- Ability to develop a basic project plan including resource planning, time planning, use of contingencies etc. Also techniques for predicting pinch points and strategies for timescale recovery
- Awareness of international standards and compliance requirements for the products designed by the employer. Ability to discuss the differences between legislative and non-legislative requirements
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of basic business fundamentals including costs, overheads, gross margin, net margin, profit, and cash
- Ability to demonstrate awareness and understanding of basic health and safety principles both in the general workplace and specific to electronic circuit design
Training schedule
This is a four-year degree apprenticeship, combining hands-on experience with expert tuition delivered by our partners at Newbury College, fully funded by AVIRE
You'll gain a university-level qualification without the debt, while earning a competitive salary that grows as you do.
More training information
You will be required to attend Newbury College/UCN in West Berkshire for one day a week during Term Time for four academic years. Along with AVIRE staff and UCN lecturers, you will also have a Development Coach who will hold regular reviews with you and will support you throughout your apprenticeship
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At the end of your apprenticeship you are required to take an End Point Assessment (EPA) and some aspects of your EPA contributes towards your Degree qualification
Requirements
Essential qualifications
- A Level in:
- Mathematics and two STEM subjects (grade Grade ABB (7-9) minimum)
- BTEC in:
- Engineering National Diploma (grade DDM)
- International Baccalaureate in:
- Higher Level Mathematics and Science (grade Grade 5 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Curious about how things work
- Love finding solutions
- Enjoys working with others
- Shares ideas
- Learns through collaboration
- Interested in building tech
- Interested in helping people
- Takes pride in your work
- Sees projects through
Other requirements
- A full UK driving licence
- The right to live and work in the UK
- The ability to be on site in Maidenhead or Newbury up to 5 days per week
Travel and remote working
This is an on-site role, with one day each week spent at Newbury College during term time. As part of the programme, you'll have the opportunity to visit our teams in Barcelona (Spain), České Budějovice (Czechia), Sussex (Wisconsin, US) and Holmdel (New Jersey, US). Additional travel may be required occasionally, with full support from the business.
About this employer
AVIRE designs life-saving technology for lifts and high-rise buildings - from emergency communication systems to safety sensors. Our products are used in over four million buildings worldwide, keeping millions of people safe every single day.
We're part of Halma - a FTSE 100 group of companies working to make the world safer, cleaner and healthier. That gives us the scale to invest and the freedom to move fast. You'll be joining a company that builds with purpose and backs its people to grow. [https://www.halma.com/our-people-and-culture](opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This could lead on to a permanent position on successful completion of the Degree Apprenticeship
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The contact for this apprenticeship is: NEWBURY COLLEGE The Apprenticeship Team business@newbury-college.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000043949.
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Closes in 8 days (Wednesday 5 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
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