Job Description:

Start date: September 2025
Location: Airbus Defence & Space Chippenham
Duration: 4 years
University: Portsmouth
Degree: BSc Project Manager

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

Benefits:

Salary: 20,200

37 hours per week // Half day Fridays!* // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays // Pension // Success share // Plus many more flexible benefits!

*subject to completing full hours prior to this

About us:

Space Digital is part of Airbus Defence and Space, Europe’s leading defence company. We are a world leader in military space solutions that benefit from our 40&43; years of experience delivering and maintaining MilSatCom capability for defence users. We offer the broadest portfolio available today for this market, from niche solutions, to the creation of complete end-to-end solutions, including systems, services and support for full operational capability including secure spacecraft control, resilient communications, and Intelligence urveillance and Reconnaissance. To achieve this, we are a Ground Segment service and systems integrator, including operating Airbus satellites designed and built in the UK.

This role is within the Solutions Development function, responsible for the design and transition of new services to meet our customer’s missions. This includes designing and implementing sustainable solutions to meet our strategic environmental aims and developing a range of social value activities within Airbus UK.

We work on leading edge solutions in the exciting space domain. Our services help protect and defend the UK, and are a part of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure. As part of this degree apprenticeship, you will be studying towards achieving a BA or BSc Honours degree in Project Management which will be provided by Portsmouth University.

What you will be doing:

This role is about designing and managing change within our services business. You will develop plans and schedules to provide transition and evaluation (assurance) to our customers that new operational services will be delivered to contracted performance standards. You will develop and deliver discrete work packages of activity including design, development, testing and integration of new organisations, processes and IT tools. Working with a team of service and system experts you will help ensure that our solutions are aligned to customer and business operational needs. You will learn to create a compelling customer offer. You will engage with stakeholders at all levels of the business to implement organisational changes and achieve value for the customer and Airbus.

On the job you will:

• Work in bid teams on exciting, new opportunities in the international military space sector;

• Develop business capabilities, behaviours and cultures to deliver new operational services;

• Work with our diverse internal and external supply chain to ensure alignment across the collaborative enterprise;

• Develop gap analyses, transition plans, service acceptance criteria, and oversee the achievement of test/evaluation activities;

• Become adept at mitigating risks and leveraging opportunities in our service solutions;

• Work at the leading edge of service management, developing industry best practices;

• Help develop our social value and sustainability business activities to meet our environmental values.

Requirements:

In order to be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must have a minimum of:

• 112-120 UCAS points made up of 3 A levels at BBC or above

OR 

• BTEC Extended Diploma at DMM or above

OR 

• T-levels - Merit

OR

• International Baccalaureate - 29

AND

• Minimum GCSE Grade 4/C English Language and Maths or Equivalent subject to validation.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• A good appreciation of the UK Ministry of Defence and its capabilities

• The ability to review material with a critical and detailed view, ensuring the best quality for the bid submission

• Be able to achieve UK National Security Vetting level of Security Check

• The ability to produce logical, clear and compelling arguments in written form

• Strong presentational skills at all levels

• Stakeholder management skills

• Determination and an ability to work under pressure to a deadline

• Submit your CV stating your grades and if they are predicted or achieved

• Submit a Cover Letter stating your motivations

Important Information:

GRADES: If you are on predicted grades, your offer will be conditional to achieving the position’s requirements before the apprenticeship start date.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

Our apprenticeship roles do not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas & Immigration to enable sponsorship of migrant workers.

Contact: Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments to allow you to access and participate fully in the recruitment process. If you wish to discuss this further please contact via email apprentices&64;airbus.com​. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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