Electronics Engineer Placement 2026

Electronics Engineer Placement 2026

Salary: £23,495

Location: Stevenage

Dynamic (hybrid) Working: You can expect to be onsite around 3-4 days per week.

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.

CLOSING DATE FOR THIS ROLE IS MIDNIGHT ON 5TH JANUARY 2026 (SUBJECT TO APPLICATION VOLUMES)

What we can offer you

• 1 year placement: starting September 2026, that allows you to apply your university learning to real-world projects and technologies
• 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…

The opportunity

You'll join either our Electronics Engineering or Missile Architecture functions – both require the same technical foundation and both are technical roles, but responsible for different elements of the design: Electronic Engineering look at sub-system hardware level interactions & detailed designs whereas Missile Architecture look at system level design & integration.

The Electronics Engineering placement involves project work that encompasses the complete lifecycle of a product, therefore, you could be involved with some or all the different stages of the lifecycle; offering you a wide variety of work.

You'll be supporting exciting projects in aspects such as:

• Generating ideas and capturing requirements.
• Design work in terms of architecture design and detailed design.
• Exposure to hardware integration with other modules by collaboratively working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Both iterative prototype testing and final product testing.

Your work placements could range from Power Electronics, RF & Antenna Design, Analogue & Digital Electronics, PCB layout to Testing & Evaluation. With hands on and theoretical work your skills will be challenged and developed with support from our highly experienced and engaging teams.

Electrical/Electronic Engineers within the Missile Architecture function support various exciting projects by defining the electrical topology, interfaces and system level design of our missiles, as well as managing missile electrical/electronic sub-systems and their integration, to build the missile defence systems of tomorrow.

As an Undergraduate in Electrical Missile Architect you'll:

• Work on Projects at all stages of the Engineering Product Lifecycle
• Gain exposure to a wide array of sub-systems and technologies
• Work with a wide range of Engineering functions and stakeholders to negotiate, integrate and deliver

During your placements you'll get the opportunity to work on design and specification of missile systems, including how to undertake design and performance trade-off studies, influence delivery of bespoke electrical/electronic subsystems (e.g. Control Units, Power Supply Units, and Datalinks etc.) and assist in testing of components and missiles during development.

Through our recruitment process we will work with you to ascertain the best function for you to join, taking into consideration any preference you may have.

What we're looking for from you

• Currently studying for a degree in an Electrical, Electronic, Avionics, Electro-mechanical or related Engineering field.

Application Process

• Submit an applicationOur application form contains a few factual questions, some questions relating to the role you have applied for and a section for you to tell us all about you!
• Online assessment - Part OneNext in our process is part one of our online strengths assessment, completely tailored to our business and early careers schemes. After completing our assessment you'll receive a personalised report.
• Online assessment - Part TwoPart two of our online assessments include three video recorded tasks which are authentic work scenario based activities which you could be doing on your programme - we refer to these as job simulations.
• Assessment centreOur strength based assessment centre is a half day virtual experience! You’ll get to work on a range of tasks, meet current programme members and people from the department you have applied for. All candidates receive feedback on their performance.
• OfferWe’ll call you within a week of your assessment day to talk through your feedback and the finer details of your offer, as well as next steps.

Information

Training and Development

You’ll be able to choose between a variety of online learning platforms such as Percipio, YouLearn, Career Builder and Video Gateway. Each one is tailored to a specific type of learning. Speak to your line manager to find out more.We encourage new learning and will provide up to £150 in financial support per year if you wish to participate in further study in your own time. You’ll have access to our Learning Gateway, which hosts the formal course catalogue and is where you can select the right training for your role and future development. The catalogue displays which courses are being delivered virtually or are classroom based. If you want to lead a team, you might be interested in our management training, designed for people of all experience levels.

Dynamic Working

The way we work is changing and your schedule will reflect that. For non-executive employees, we have a flexi-time scheme that allows you to choose, within certain parameters, when you start and finish each day and how you can use time you have accrued. If you have worked the time, you are also able to accrue and take up to 15 days of Flexi-leave per annum, in addition to the 25 days of annual leave provided and bank holidays.

Security Clearance

All employees at MBDA are required to hold UK Security or BPSS Clearance. For further information, please view our Security & Vetting page.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button. Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.