Safety is everything
Join Navtech Radar – Innovating the Future of Radar Technology.
We are global pioneers in cutting-edge radar systems that support a wide range of critical applications — from Marine and Bulk Handling to perimeter security and intelligent transport systems. Our high-resolution sensors and intelligent software solutions are trusted worldwide to operate flawlessly in all weather and lighting conditions — delivering performance where other technologies fall short.
We’re not just building products — we’re solving real-world challenges and enabling a safer, more connected future.
Ready to kickstart a career where your ideas matter? Whether you're into problem-solving, hands-on making, or pushing the boundaries of technology – engineering needs you.We’re on the lookout for curious minds, creative thinkers, and practical doers from all backgrounds to join our Engineering Apprenticeship Programme. No two engineers look the same – and that’s exactly how we like it.
Where Innovation Meets Location
Our operations are based in Oxfordshire, offering a blend of beautiful surroundings and excellent accessibility:
• 🏢 Head Office – Ardington, Oxfordshire
Nestled in the countryside just outside Wantage, our head office is where Software, commercial, and support teams collaborate in a flexible and friendly environment. We're within easy reach of Didcot, Oxford, Reading, and the Thames Valley tech corridor, with good transport links to London.
• 🏭 Manufacturing Facility – Grove Business Park
Located only minutes from our head office, our state-of-the-art manufacturing site in Grove is where our products come to life. With advanced equipment and a skilled production team, this is the heart of our high-quality build and testing process — enabling us to maintain tight control over quality and innovation.
Together, these sites provide a collaborative, close-knit environment where teams work side-by-side to take ideas from concept to delivery — all within a few miles of each other.
💡 What you'll do:
You'll become a key member of our team - building, servicing and testing our radar
Work alongside experienced engineers on real-world projects and problems - diagnosing faults and repairing our products
Learn while you earn – no student debt, just real pay and real progress
Get hands-on experience with cutting-edge tech and tools
Be part of a team that values your voice, your vision, and your drive
🎓 What you'll learn:
You'll learn real world engineering skills that will provide a foundation for your career , such as:
How to read and interpret engineering drawings
Metrology and Inspection
Fault finding and diagnosis
Electrical and mechanical assembly of high tech products
🧩 Who it's for:
This opportunity is open to anyone, from all walks of life. If you've got the passion to learn and the ambition to build, you will fit in here. Whether you dream of solving global challenges, or just love taking things apart to see how they work – this is your launchpad.
📈 Why choose us?
Fully supported training & nationally recognized qualifications
Mentorship from top engineers who want to see you succeed
A clear career path – with loads of room to grow
A workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages innovation
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What's in it for you?
We have a wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- Flexible working with the option of working a 9-day fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 25 days annual leave
- Buy/sell holiday scheme
- Parental leave up to 14 weeks full pay
- Cycle 2 work scheme
- Electric vehicle car scheme
- Company shares scheme
- Generous employer pension contributions
- GP24 which gives you the option to have a phone/video consultation with a GP at a time and day that suits you
- YuLife app that rewards you for daily activities which you can redeem as vouchers, discounts or charity donations
- Gym discounts
- Referral scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
Our Values:
Our values make our company what it is.
CUSTOMER FIRST
EXCELLENCE
PROGRESSION
COLLABORATION
Top Skills
What We Do
Our purpose is to grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.
Halma is a global Group of life-saving technology companies. Our companies provide innovative solutions to many of the key problems facing the world today.
Our Sectors:
Safety technologies that save lives, protect infrastructure and enable safe movement, and also technologies that protect people and assets at work across a range of critical industrial and logistics operations.
Environmental & Analysis provides technologies that monitor and protect the environment and ensure the quality and availability of life-critical resources.
Medical’s technologies enhance the quality of life for patients and improve the quality of care delivered by healthcare providers.
