Level 3 Mechatronics Apprentice

Level 3 Mechatronics Apprentice - Heating & Current Drive

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Company background

What if there was a limitless, safe, clean, low-cost energy source, providing much needed global energy security? What if that energy source could also help address climate change? The answer is fusion energy - the power of the stars. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford with an unrivalled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion.

In addition to fusion, Tokamak Energy is recognised as a world leader in transformative High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. Our dedicated HTS magnet team, in collaboration with key manufacturing partners, is focused on enabling new levels of performance and becoming the leading supplier of HTS magnets to multiple markets, including renewable energy, medicine, science, and propulsion in water, land, air, and space.

The company, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from UK Atomic Energy Authority, currently employs a growing team of over 260 people with experts from the UK and around the world. It combines world-leading scientific, engineering, industrial, and commercial capabilities. The company has more than 75 families of patent applications and has raised $335 million, comprising $275m from private investors and $60m from the UK and U.S. governments. Our U.S. subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc, was established in 2019.

Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team striving to provide a solution to one of humanity's greatest challenges: clean and sustainable fusion energy for all.

Overview of the role

Salary: £15,500 per annum plus incremental increase each year.
Hours: 37.5 per week.
Start date: September 2025.

As a Tokamak Energy L3 Engineering Technician Apprentice in the Heating and Current Drive team, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of technology under the guidance and support of our highly skilled and experienced team members. The Heating and Current Drive team is responsible for the systems that heat the plasma to many million Celsius. The team runs and maintains two neutral beam systems and one gyrotron to provide Megawatts of power to ST40. As part of your role, you will work, with the support of the team, on these complex systems. This could mean working on the electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, vacuum, or cooling systems of our existing equipment. Also, working with the engineers and physicists in the team on the design or testing of new equipment. Placements in other teams are encouraged as a way to increase your skills and the depth of your knowledge.

The L3 apprenticeship qualification will cover the following content:

• Health and safety in the engineering environment
• Engineering mathematics
• Engineering principles
• PLC
• Design and CAD
• Additive engineering
• Assembly
• Fluid Power
• Electronics
• Electrical installation/Fault finding
• Robot Programming & Maintenance
• Hand fitting
• Project skills engineering manufacturing skills
• Automations
• Mechanical maintenance and assembly
• Fluid maintenance and assembly
• Electrical systems instrumentation including PLC
• Digital manufacturing
• Laser processing

Other areas of learning that will be covered as part of your apprenticeship will include:

• Robotic programming & Maintenance
• Automation & Robotics
• Electro-pneumatic and hydraulics

During this 3-year apprenticeship, you will embark on a dedicated engineering path which incorporates attending OAS, our chosen training provider, located in Culham. You can find out more information about OAS at https://www.oas.uk.

Please see the structure of your Level 3 apprenticeship below:

Year 1: As an apprentice at OAS, your first year will consist of block release between the OAS training centre and at Tokamak Energy. You will complete your foundation skills training as well as starting your advanced manufacturing diploma.