Industrial Placement - Software Engineer

UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION:
Yes RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time Industrial Placement Software Engineer Salary: £25,000 Programme start date:
September 2027 Citizenship required: UK citizenship required Security clearance:
Security Check (SC)

Travel required:

Approximately 10%

Location:

New Malden, London Working arrangement:
Site-based requirements apply, with flexible working options subject to the role and programme needs

Hours:

Full-time Requisition : R

What’s your possible? At Northrop Grumman UK, you’ll be part of a team driving innovation where it matters most, solving tomorrow’s challenges and shaping the technology solutions of the future. We call it Defining Possible. This mindset goes beyond our customer solutions; it’s the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community. This is more than just a job.

It’s a mission. Ready to gain practical software engineering experience by developing technology that supports strategically important national defence programmes? As an Industrial Placement Software Engineer, you will help develop software-centric capabilities that enable mission success in some of the most demanding operational environments. Your work will support critical defence capabilities, including multi-domain Command and Control systems used by UK and international customers.

Working alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, you will help design, develop, test and integrate software solutions. You will contribute to live projects from day one, solving complex technical challenges and developing innovative solutions that make a real operational difference. This is an opportunity to apply your academic learning, strengthen your technical capabilities and develop the professional skills needed for a successful career in software engineering.

Our Industrial Placement Programme Our structured 12-month Industrial Placement Programme is designed to help you develop the practical skills needed to build a successful career in defence and technology. Starting in September 2027, the programme will give you the opportunity to contribute to meaningful software engineering work and take part in an Industrial Placement group project. You will have a dedicated mentor, buddy, project lead and line manager, providing guidance and support throughout your placement.

From the beginning, you will contribute to live projects while learning from experienced engineers, architects and technical specialists.

• Contribute to software development projects within multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Design, develop, test and integrate software solutions
• Develop clean, maintainable and well-tested code
• Apply Agile methodologies and modern software engineering practices
• Participate in sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives
• Support software integration, debugging and problem investigation
• Contribute to technical reviews and collaborative design discussions
• Help deliver mission-critical capabilities for UK defence customers
• Along the way, you could develop experience in:
• Software architecture and object-oriented design
• Java and C++ development
• Cloud technologies and modern distributed systems
• Microservice architectures and web development
• Dev Sec Ops  tools and CI/CD pipelines
• Agile delivery practices
• Systems integration
• Cybersecurity principles
• Open-source software and applied artificial intelligence
• Working within secure defence environments

We are looking for students who are passionate about software development and technology, enjoy solving challenging problems and want to build practical experience within a collaborative engineering team. You…