Weapon System Simulation & Experimentation Engineer - Undergraduate Placement 2027

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

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension up to 14%

Overtime

25 days annual leave

Flexible leave

Subsidised meals

Free car parking

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA UK invites applications for a Weapon System Simulation & Experimentation Engineer undergraduate placement for 2027. The 1-year role starts September 2027, enabling you to apply university learning to real-world projects and technologies. Successful performers may secure a graduate role before your final year.

The package includes a company bonus, pension up to 14% total, overtime, 25 days leave (+flex), subsidised meals and parking, plus a Healthcare Cash Plan.

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate pursuing a degree in Physics, Mathematics, Engineering or Computing.
• Willingness to work on-site at Stevenage and complete BPSS checks after offer.
• Interest in software development for simulations and experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop simulations, emulators and training systems for MBDA programs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across domains such as systems validation and hardware integration.
• Contribute to software projects using C++, C#, and Java within Visual Studio or Eclipse; follow Agile/Waterfall processes.

Skills

C++

C#

Java

Software development

Simulation

Education

Undergraduate degree in Physics / Math / Engineering / Computing

Tools

Visual Studio

Eclipse

Job description

Weapon System Simulation & Experimentation Engineer – Undergraduate Placement 2027

Salary: £24,460

Dynamic working: 3-5 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

WSSE’s simulations are at the forefront of problem solving across a broad spectrum of MBDA’s programs, focusing on improving MBDA’s Agility and Time to Market.

The products we develop, such as emulators, demonstrators and training systems, evolve in-line with the lifecycle of the programs: from concept demonstrations with customers and stakeholders, to integration, trials, experimentation, and training with in-service operators.

We work alongside other business areas such as Integration & Systems Validation, Human Factors, Future Systems, Customer Support Services and Sales & Business Development.

WSSE is a dynamic department based across our Stevenage and Bristol sites with a diverse team of engineers working together to deliver across a wide range of projects and programs.

You will have the opportunity to broaden and strengthen your skills from experts in synthetic environments and be a part of our agile teams developing, integrating and deploying software and simulation components.

This placement will give experience of software development methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.

There is training in new programming languages and software tools, and experience integrating and deploying software applications onto hardware environments.

As well as the opportunity to develop and test code within professional software development teams, and gain an understanding of the company process for delivering products to our customers, including test and certification.

We work across a number of disciplines, primarily software development using programming languages such as C++, C# and Java within environments such as Visual Studio and Eclipse, but we also span system engineering, networking, hardware integration, and use of algorithms such as flight dynamics and rotational geometry.

What we’re looking for

• Current undergraduate working towards a degree in a Physics, Mathematical studies, Engineering or Computing discipline.

Our company

Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given MBDA is a leading defence organisation.

We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations.

We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include:

• Gender Equality
• Pride
• Menopause Matters
• Parents and Carers
• Armed Forces
• Ethnic Diversity
• Neurodiversity
• Disability
• and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

What we do matters. Because defence matters.

As a leading company in the defence industry we support our nations by delivering essential military capabilities, both for today and the future.

We are proud to be an award-winning employer and are proud of the growing diversity of our workforce.

Our people are the ones who drive our constant innovation and deliver against challenging targets.