Missile Architecture - Summer Placement Programme 2027

Missile Architecture - Summer Placement 2027 We're looking for curious minds and fresh perspectives, launch your career with us as Missile Architecture and help design systems that shape our future. Salary: £24,460 (pro-rata) Dynamic working: 3-4 days per week 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: 10 week placement : starting June 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 Pension : maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime Annual Leave : 5 days Facilities : Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more… The opportunity: Missile Architects at MBDA are deployed across all of the company's project teams. They draw upon a range of inputs from around the company to drive a coherent top-level design for our missiles. Missile Architecture Function within MBDA consists of: Electrical Architecture Test and Testability Architecture Mechanical Architecture During the programme, you will be working on allocated projects or improvement initiative, which could be at any stage of its lifecycle! Although you may focus your time on one of the engineering disciplines listed, you will get the opportunity to gain awareness and knowledge on all three areas of Missile Architecture, providing you with a unique breadth in knowledge in a short period. Successful candidates will: Gain a breadth of awareness and knowledge across the three domains within Missile Architecture Focussed on one domain, be given tasking which will directly affect delivery or an improvement activity Have the opportunity to spend time with experienced engineers, to support the candidates development What we're looking for from you: Current undergraduate working towards a degree in Engineering (incl. Aeronautical/Aerospace, Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical