The Embedded Electronic Systems Design Development Engineer apprenticeship has a built in BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering to ensure you are future ready.
The role of the Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer provides the basis of learning on this Degree Apprenticeship programme, an Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer’s role is to apply their knowledge of electronics and of embedded software to the design of circuits or devices that provide a useful function, that are capable of being manufactured at a competitive cost, and that are reliable and safe in use. This involves the use of the engineer’s knowledge of electronics and electronic principles, married to an expertise in the end use of the final product. In electronics this end-use can cover a wide spectrum.
Examples of industrial sectors that rely heavily on Embedded Systems Design and Development Engineers include Aerospace, Automotive, Automation and Instrumentation, Robotics, Telecommunications, Information and Computer Technology, Defence, Energy (including renewables), Transport and Consumer Electronics. The role provides the basis of learning with potential to specialise as a Hardware Engineer, Software engineer or Systems Engineer in these sectors and can extend from design of integrated circuits through to complete systems.
Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineers will spend their careers in these industries developing the next generations of products such as smartphones, electric vehicles, communications satellites, smart grids and bringing concepts such as smart cities into reality. For others, an initial grounding in design and development will prove an excellent launch pad for a career in applications engineering, product management, marketing, or general management.
The Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer must be proficient in a wide range of skills, underpinned by academic understanding, to enable them to work across these sub-sectors and specialisms.
Apprentices will complete a degree that will support the fundamental scientific and mathematical principles that equip them with the understanding required to operate effectively and efficiently at a high level within any of these sectors. This will be supported by on-the-job training to develop the required competencies specific to particular roles within the chosen sectors.
The apprenticeship aims to enable apprentices to gain a broad grounding for careers in technical roles with an emphasis on maintaining and managing the application of current and developing technology in a variety of contexts and be eligible with the industry experience gained during and after the apprenticeship to apply for registration as an Incorporated Engineer.
The apprenticeship aims to:
- Enable learners to pursue professional careers in electrical & electronic engineering at a level which requires the exercise of sound judgement, personal responsibility and initiative, and the ability to make engineering decisions.
- Equip learners with an understanding of the principles of electrical & electronic engineering and science, with aspects which will be at, or informed by, the current boundaries of the discipline.
- Equip learners with skills to systematically employ engineering principles to produce original analyses of, and solutions to, engineering problems.
- Provide a broadly-based education in electrical & electronic engineering allowing scope for entry into a wide range of disciplines within engineering.
- Enable learners to undertake and complete a significant independent project on a given topic in the electrical & electronic engineering field.
- Develop the ability to adapt to new technology relevant to electrical & electronic engineering and to seek and assimilate new information.
- Equip learners to knowledge and practical understanding of engineering management.
- Foster oral, written and IT communication skills, develop interpersonal skills, and embed a positive aptitude for independent thinking and action.
- Enable learners to work successfully in engineering and multi-disciplinary teams.
Who is it for?
Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineers will spend their careers in a range of industries developing the next generations of products such as smartphones, electric vehicles, communications satellites, smart grids and bringing concepts such as smart cities into reality. For others, an initial grounding in design and development will prove an excellent launch pad for a career in applications engineering, product management, marketing, or general management.
On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering.