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Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship - Software Engineering Pathway

Employer
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc
Location
Abbey Road, Coventry, CV3 4LF
Salary
£20,000.00 annually
Closing date
1 Apr 2020

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Specialism
IT
Sector
Unspecified
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Degree
Start Date
September
Duration
Permanent
You'll contribute to the business in your assigned role, as well as undertake additional study in your own time, to achieve your academic award. A network of apprentice tutors and line managers will regularly review your progress and offer advice along the way, to support you performing at your best.

Level 6 Apprentices will be selected for one of the following routes:
  • Software Engineering, in our Engineering and IT teams
  • Software Engineering with Data Analysis, in our Engineering and Manufacturing teams
  • Data Analytics with a variety of functions across our enterprise
  • Network Engineering in our Engineering and IT teams

WHERE IT WILL TAKE YOU

Join us on this apprenticeship programme and you'll be placed within one of the areas below:

PRODUCT ENGINEERING

As the sophistication and automation of our vehicles continues to grow, our design and development teams in Electrical, Electronic and Software Engineering; and Powertrain Engineering increasingly require software engineering expertise to help create and maintain the millions of lines of code for our vehicles. Increased connectivity produces large amounts of data which can be used to continuously improve our products and provide new services to our customers to give them experiences they love for life.

IT

As a growing global business continuously investing in our facilities, our IT teams ensure that our people have the infrastructure and tools required to do their jobs. Our Network Engineers support existing infrastructure and the deployment of new technical solutions. Our Analysts use data from multiple sources to support day-to-day operations, drive improvements and help forecast our future requirements so that the optimal solutions can be deployed.

EMBEDDED BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY ACROSS OUR ENTERPRISE

In a world of ever greater connectivity, digital technology solutions play a role in virtually everything we do and experience. Our global teams across our business are increasingly using data from multiple sources to make critical decisions and drive outstanding performance.

Data analytics, the management and manipulation of relevant data is essential for us to continue to offer a world-class experience to our customers whilst remaining commercially viable. To take on this challenge you should enjoy problem solving, have good analytical proficiency and be comfortable manipulating and working with large amounts of data.

We'll continue to invest in our systems and deploy new architectures to get the most out of the data around us. Fast reporting, data visualisation and trend identification will enable the business to outperform the competition in all areas. Artificial Intelligence will play an increasingly important role in us maintaining relationships with our suppliers, customers and employees which are trusted and personalised.

Join us as a Digital and Technology Solutions Apprentice and you'll start influencing our success in activities across our entire business helping us to deliver our extensive plans for further growth. You'll learn about cyber security, artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of Things, and the project management and life cycles required for them to be deployed in our business.

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

  • Build strong and positive working relationships
  • Problem solving
  • Attention to detail
  • Improving ways of working
  • Accountability for work and adapt to change effectively
  • Seek opportunities to practice and apply new skill


Personal qualities

  • Easy to do business with
  • Transparent
  • Makes the customer feel special
  • Dependable
  • Personalised - relates to providing personalised customer service dependent on the customers' needs


Desired qualifications

All Pathways:

Maths GCSE Grade B/level 6 or above, English Language Grade C/level 5 or above plus a further three GCSEs including a STEM subject at Grade C/level 5 or above or an ICT vocational qualification at level 3 of 90 credit value 540GLH or above. Equivalent Qualifications accepted.

Software Engineer pathway: A Level Maths Grade C or above; plus, one further A Level in Science, Engineering or Technology Grade C/4 or above or A Level maths Grade C/4 or above plus completion of a higher apprenticeship (Level 4/5) in IT, Software, Web and Telecoms.

Future prospects

Bachelor's Degree Digital Technology Solutions from the University of Warwick.

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