Electronics Engineering Degree Apprenticeship

Summary

You will undertake an undergraduate degree while completing the apprenticeship. You will start with foundation engineering and technician tasks. The level of complexity and amount of autonomy and complex design work will increase throughout your training, to the point where your transition into being an Electronics Design Engineer will be seamless.

Wage

£16,000 a year

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Training course

Electrical or electronic technical support engineer (degree) (level 6)

Hours

Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 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

Primary (Key) Responsibilities & Deliverables:

Building, testing and troubleshooting prototype or production electronics
Identify and report potential issues related to design of electronics & electronic performance
Identify & document test cases for New Product Development (design validation testing)
Carry out design validation testing on NPD’s
Support NPD electronics designs

Secondary Responsibilities:

Promote and maintain awareness of the correct handling of electronics
Produce and maintain Electronics and ESD standards within Iceotope
1 Day per week University attendance/self-directed learning outside of Semesters

Where you’ll work

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PARK
BRUNEL WAY
CATCLIFFE
ROTHERHAM
S60 5WG

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Electrical or electronic technical support engineer (degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

How to comply with statutory requirements and stringent organisational safety requirements
Producing components using hand fitting techniques
Producing Electrical or Electronic Drawings using a Computer Aided Design (CAD) system
Preparing and using lathes, milling and other general or specialist machines and High Tech equipment
Wiring and testing electrical equipment, assembling and testing electronic circuits
Using computer software packages to assist with engineering activities
Producing engineering project plans
Maintaining and improving electrical equipment and systems
Project management in undertaking engineering activities
Producing and working to engineering specifications and briefs, presenting and technical problem solving
Scheduling and managing engineering activities
Electrical and electronic product manufacturing and testing
Demonstrating technical and commercial management in planning and managing tasks and resources

Your training plan

You will attend Sheffield Hallam University on day release. The degree award is BEng (Hons) Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

Maths, Science or Engineering (grade BBC / Distinction Merit Merit)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Attention to detail
Number skills
Logical
Team working

About this company

Our scalable, high-performance cooling systems use environmentally safe dielectric coolant in fully sealed chassis that removes nearly 100% of heat. This dramatically reduces energy and water usage and reduces equipment failure by up to 30% enabling customers to sustainably meet the escalating demands of modern AI workloads from the cloud to the edge. For more than a decade, Iceotope has been at the forefront of innovation in liquid cooling technology. Our R&D background has enabled us to collaborate with some of the world’s biggest brands – from hyperscalers to automobile manufacturers to global supercomputing centers - tackling their most critical cooling challenges. Iceotope is category defining, establishing new benchmarks in efficiency and performance, continually growing our robust portfolio of intellectual property with nearly 150 granted and pending patents. Our groundbreaking technology found in Iceotope Liquid Cooled servers are being deployed worldwide with leading partners like Dell, HPE, and Gigabyte.

After this apprenticeship

On completion of the apprenticeship, you will be a qualified Electronics Design Engineer.

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