Technician Scientist Apprentice

This work is vital in assuring our mission to deliver the warhead is accomplished whilst keeping our people and environment safe. At the end of your apprenticeship, you’ll be a laboratory technician in either Warhead and Deterrence Materials Science or Warhead Engineering undertaking a variety of lab techniques and processes. You’ll start off on your apprenticeship induction at our award-winning Skills Academy before joining one of our teams based in our laboratories across the AWE Aldermaston and Burghfield sites. You will be assigned to either: Warhead Engineering sub-function which is responsible for product design and prototyping, engineering analysis, systems integration, validation and verification, and is home to a variety of engineers including electronic, mechanical, systems, materials and chemical engineers or; Warhead and Deterrence Materials Science sub-function responsible for the research, testing and analysis of many different materials ranging from warhead components to environmental samples.