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Name
Manufacturing and Engineering Apprentice
Ref #
207
Date
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
City
Bedford
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Department
Manufacturing
Business unit
Manufacturing
Position level
Apprentice
Working time
Full-time
Working arrangements
On-site

Description & Requirements

Vacancy Details

As a Manufacturing and Engineering Apprentice you will be supporting the manufacturing of printed circuit board assembly and move around the company every 6 months, working in various areas of the business. You will be soldering, and preparing components, testing and much more.

The successful apprentice will be following assembly instructions and solder components to PCBA’s using a soldering iron, form components to required pitches (sizes) as per assembly instructions. You will be testing PCBA’s to ensure functionality and use specialised machines to add solder paste and then components to PCBA’s.

You will help create assembly instructions from customer data and build kits ready for production from a list generated by engineers and use controlled tooling to fit hardware/adhesives to PCBA’s and inspect components/hardware to ensure quality is reached before they are used in production. 

Training to be provided 

Level 2 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Foundation Competence)
Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Competence) – Technical Support
Level 3 Diploma or Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (Development Knowledge)

Qualifications Required 

To be considered for this role you will ideally need to have GCSE grades 9-4 (A*- C) in English and maths.

Person Specification:

  • An interest in Electronics
  • Enthusiastic & Driven
  • Positive, can do attitude
  • Attention to detail

Skills Required                

  • Good organisation skills
  • Good Time keeping

Future Prospects 

A career in Engineering within production or test. Technician level production staff. Opportunities to progress on successful completion of your apprenticeship.

At Axis we expect every employee to commit to our Teamship Rules:

  • Caring: for each other, our customers, our suppliers and all other stakeholders
  • Hardworking: with diligence, creativity, and by going the extra mile
  • Integrity: through honesty with oneself and with others
  • Positivity: a can do attitude
  • Synergy: a united front as team Axis