Integration & Missile Validation Engineer - Graduate Programme 2027

MBDA Miissle System; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Joining bonus

Company pension

Bonus up to £2500

25 days leave

Healthcare plan

Free parking

Job summary

MBDA invites talented graduates to join the Integration & Missile Validation Engineer Graduate Programme 2027 in Stevenage, UK. The role combines hands-on lab work, ground and flight trials, and data analysis to verify missile systems across development stages.

Successful candidates will engage in design, test planning, and reporting, with an annual salary of £31,900 plus a £3,000 joining bonus, and a company bonus up to £2,500.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Technology, Computing or General Science with at least a 2:2.
• Willingness to work on site 4-5 days a week.
• Interest in missile systems and verification/testing.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute test strategies for missile system proofs.
• Lead and participate in ground and flight trial activities.
• Analyze data and report findings from tests.
• Develop and maintain test scripts and procedures.

Skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Lab work

Hands-on testing

Education

Engineering, Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Technology, Computing or General Science (2:2)

Tools

Test equipment

Hand & power tools

Job description

Integration & Missile Validation Engineer - Graduate Programme 2027

Salary: £31,900 plus a £3000 joining bonus.

Dynamic working: 4-5 days per week on site due to workload classification

Security clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

This role is scheduled to close for applications at midnight on Monday 2nd November 2026 but may close earlier depending on application volumes.

What we can offer you:

• 2 year Programme: Starting September 2027
• Annual Salary Review
• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: Maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: Opportunity for paid overtime
• Annual Leave: 25 days plus option to purchase extra holiday
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Excellent career progression and development opportunities
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

The opportunity:

The Integration and Missile Validation (IMV) team are responsible for trials and testing activities undertaken to provide verification and validation evidence for all the missile programmes within the business.

Whether it's software, hardware, or an entire missile system, IMV engineers lead the real-world test and integration across the whole product development lifecycle. This includes planning, lab testing, offsite trials, data analysis, and reporting.

• Ground Trials: Testing the robustness of our products through various environments to ensure it can survive and operate within the real world. This can involve vibration, shock and climatic testing.
• Flight Trials: Integrating subsystems onto aircraft to simulate the behaviour of the missile during flight.
• Functional Integration: Demonstrating hardware and software of systems work together and respond as expected.
• Firing Trials: Final evaluation testing to ensure the full weapon system works and demonstrating the capability of the product to the customer.
• In-Service Support: Testing and monitoring in-service products with the customer.
• Support Trials and Test Equipment: Designing support test equipment and software to support proving activities.

As part of completing these activities, you will have the opportunity to learn:

• How to plan and design test strategies to support proving the capability of various missile systems.
• How to integrate various missile equipment to test rigs.
• To develop your problem-solving skills through debugging test systems.
• Strengthen software skills through generating test scripts.
• To develop confidence with handling various hand and power tools.
• How to design, develop and use test equipment to support overall proving activities.
• To increase confidence in the processing, analysing and forming conclusions from data, as well as writing technical documentation.

Whether your background is in engineering, sciences, maths or any STEM related subject, you will enjoy this role if you:

• Enjoy team collaboration and the opportunity to communicate technical information with a variety of teams.
• Like to find solutions to problems using creativity and new ways of thinking.
• Find exploring new experiences and developing new skills exciting.
• Are logical in the methods you use to prove.
• Are eager to get hands‑on supporting work within a lab environment or offsite on a trial.

What we're looking for from you

Degree qualified in an Engineering, Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Technology, Computing or a General Science discipline to minimum of 2:2.

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