Key Takeaways
- Undertake a 1-year undergraduate placement in Software Engineering starting September 2027.
- Earn £24,460 per year, with opportunities for paid overtime and a company bonus.
- Gain exposure to software development lifecycles, working with C/C++ on weapon systems.
- Applications close on Monday 4th January 2027, but may close earlier.
About the Role
The Software team at MBDA deliver software for the next generation of weapons in an ever evolving environment - to support those on the battlefield.
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: provides support with everyday health related costs – including medical, dental, optical, physio and health & wellbeing
The opportunity:
Our teams provide high integrity real time software products running on our munitions, weapon systems, software infrastructures (i.e. DevOps) and production test software to support functional test & manufacturing. We use a variety of programming languages, software tools and software lifecycle methodologies to achieve this.
You will get exposure to some aspects of a software development lifecycle and develop some of the skills necessary to become a well-rounded software engineer.
- Work closely with other teams in a variety of development stages within our weapons systems including both embedded and front end software development on a range of platforms, such as Windows and Linux, utilising primarily C, C++ with potential for ADA and some scope for C# and Python dependant on the specific group and team.
- Learn about the functional and technical robustness of project deliverables
- The importance of technical documentation.
- Work with other departments within the company, learning a general overview of the business.
Most undergraduate roles will be working in C/C++ with the possibility of working with a variety of verification environments, from host based testing to system integration.
What we’re looking for from you:
Current undergraduate working towards a degree in d egree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or relevant Engineering field (incl. Aeronautical/Aerospace, Mathematics, Physics)