Integration & Missile Validation Engineer - Undergraduate Placement 2027

MBDA UK Ltd; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension

Overtime

Annual Leave 25 days + buy extra

Flexi Leave 15 days

Subsidised meals

Free car parking

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA UK Ltd invites undergraduates to join the Integration & Missile Validation team for a 12-month placement starting September 2027. You will work on ground, flight, and functional tests to prove missile systems and learn hands-on lab practices in a real-world setting.

Applicants should be pursuing an Engineering, Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Technology, Computing or General Science degree and be eligible for BPSS security checks. The role is primarily on-site with dynamic workload.

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate pursuing a degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Technology, Computing or General Science.

Responsibilities

• Ground Trials: testing robustness through vibration, shock and climatic testing.
• Flight Trials: integrating subsystems onto aircraft to simulate missile flight.
• Functional Integration: demonstrating hardware and software work together and respond as expected.
• Firing Trials: final evaluation testing to ensure the full weapon system works and demonstrates capability 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.

Skills

Team collaboration

Communication of technical info

Problem solving

Hands-on lab work

Education

Engineering/Physics/Math Sciences/Technology/Computing/General Science degree

Job description

Integration & Missile Validation Engineer - Undergraduate Programme 2027

MBDA develop some of the world’s highest performing weapon systems; but how do we demonstrate and prove this? Integration and Missile Validation (IMV) is an integral part to ensuring our weapon systems meet customer requirements and increasing the sovereign capability. Within this role, you will experience the many aspects of proving to become a well-rounded IMV Engineer.

Salary: £24,460

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 4th January 2027 but may close earlier depending on application volumes.

What we can offer you

• 1 year placement: Starting September 2027, that allows you to apply your university learning to real-world projects and technologies
• Perform well on your placement and you could secure a graduate role before your final year
• Company bonus: 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
• 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

• 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

Current undergraduate working towards a degree in an Engineering, Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Technology, Computing or a General Science discipline.

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