Missile Validation & Integration Engineer — Undergraduate Placement 2027

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

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Company bonus

Overtime

Annual Leave

Flexi Leave

Subsidised meals

Healthcare Cash Plan

Car parking

Job summary

MBDA UK invites applications for an Integration & Missile Validation Engineer undergraduate placement for 2027. The role involves hands-on testing to prove missile systems meet requirements, including ground and flight trials, hardware/software integration, and in-service support.

Securing BPSS checks and a readiness for on-site work are required. Starting September 2027, the 1-year placement offers a pathway to a graduate role, with a company bonus and pension benefits, plus paid overtime and

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Ground Trials: test robustness via vibration, shock and climate testing.
• Flight Trials: integrate subsystems onto aircraft to simulate missile behaviour in flight.
• Functional Integration: demonstrate hardware and software work together and respond as expected.
• Firing Trials: final evaluation testing to prove full weapon system capabilities.
• In-Service Support: test and monitor in-service products with customers.
• Support Trials and Test Equipment: design test equipment and software to support proving activities.

Skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Undergraduate in Engineering/Physics/Math/Tech/Computing/Science

Job description

MBDA UK invites applications for an Integration & Missile Validation Engineer undergraduate placement for 2027. The role involves hands-on testing to prove missile systems meet requirements, including ground and flight trials, hardware/software integration, and in-service support.

Securing BPSS checks and a readiness for on-site work are required. Starting September 2027, the 1-year placement offers a pathway to a graduate role, with a company bonus and pension benefits, plus paid overtime and