Key Takeaways
- Undertake a 10-week Systems Engineer placement starting June 2027.
- Earn £24,460 (pro-rata) for the placement.
- Gain experience across all engineering disciplines and potentially secure a graduate role.
- Must be an undergraduate working towards a degree in a STEM discipline.
About the Role
Systems Design is at the heart of the product lifecycle, providing an opportunity to experience every phase of development and collaborate across all engineering disciplines. From researching novel technologies and identifying customer needs, through concept development and performance assessment, to product verification in lab tests and firing trials – Systems Design underpins it all.
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.
- Graduate role potential: 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:
Systems Design engineers are responsible for bringing the full range of design viewpoints together - ensuring customer requirements are met by proposing innovative solutions, honing in on the detailed design, and coordinating with development teams to make best use of their expertise.
We offer exposure to a variety of engineering methodologies and processes across all domains - Land, Maritime, Air, and Cyber. Our Systems Design functions in Stevenage are Missile Systems, Airborne Systems, and Capabilities & Future Products.
Depending on your home function, you may be involved in technology research, deriving requirements, brainstorming concept solutions, developing functional architectures, analysing system performance, conducting trade studies, or gathering verification evidence in the lab or through offsite trials - we cover the whole Systems ‘V’ Model!
Systems Design is suited to those that enjoy the creativity and practicality of working with problems to arrive at logical solutions. Our people are adaptable and the role is varied and fast paced – innovation is the company value that we practice the most.
We collaborate with people across all engineering fields and business teams, meeting suppliers and customers, and engaging with international MBDA colleagues.
Systems Designers have a high-level view over the whole product definition and lifecycle, laying the foundations for the delivery of future weapons capabilities that achieve the best result for the Customer and MBDA.
What we’re looking for from you:
Current undergraduate working towards a degree in Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Technology or Computing discipline.
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.
Working arrangements:
Dynamic working: Up to 5 days per week on-site dependant on workload and/or classification.