2025 Sonar Algorithms Apprentice – Level 6 Digital & Technology Solutions (Data)

at  Thales

Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

REQUIREMENTS:

5 GCSEs grade 4 or above including English and Maths.
112 UCAS points to include grade B Maths and a further STEM subject.
Right to Work in the UK for the duration of the 4 year programme.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FULL SC, YOU GENERALLY NEED TO HAVE RESIDED IN THE UK FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS’ RESIDENCE IN THE UK OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS MAY BE ACCEPTED, WITH ADDITIONAL OVERSEAS CHECKS. AS PART OF THE VETTING PROCESS YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF YOUR IDENTITY, ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK, TIME SPENT ABROAD OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT AND/OR EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.

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As a Sonar Algorithms Apprentice, you will experience and develop crucial skills in the following areas:

• Problem-solving methods and approaches
• Effective communication skills in both writing reports and giving presentations
• Knowledge and application of the key digital technologies such as data science or AI/ML
• Signal processing (such as audio, image, video processing) and information processing (raw data or structured data)
• Effective algorithm design and implementations, and importance of verification and validation
• An understanding of foundational concepts in mathematics and physics that apply to underwater acoustic systems
• Conduct high level of systems analysis with supporting application of science and mathematics
• Scientific and numerical programming and scripting languages (e.g. MATLAB, Python

WHAT THE ROLE HAS TO OFFER:

• Earn while you learn
• Job specific training experience
• Recognised qualifications
• Permanent role from day one
  Join us as a Sonar Algorithms Apprentice where you’ll have the opportunity to enhance your skills in designing the signal processing and AI algorithms that power the world’s leading sonar systems. You will collaborate with a diverse team of experts to create complex systems for our customers. This role promises an exciting journey into the world of sonar technology!

As a Sonar Algorithms Apprentice, you will experience and develop crucial skills in the following areas:

• Problem-solving methods and approaches
• Effective communication skills in both writing reports and giving presentations
• Knowledge and application of the key digital technologies such as data science or AI/ML
• Signal processing (such as audio, image, video processing) and information processing (raw data or structured data)
• Effective algorithm design and implementations, and importance of verification and validation
• An understanding of foundational concepts in mathematics and physics that apply to underwater acoustic systems
• Conduct high level of systems analysis with supporting application of science and mathematics
• Scientific and numerical programming and scripting languages (e.g. MATLAB, Python)