Engineering Support - Undergraduate Placement

Engineering Support - Undergraduate Placement 2026 As an Undergraduate in Customer Support and Services (CSS) you will play a crucial role in ensuring our products are ready for action whenever our customers need them. Alongside your primary role at our sites in the UK, you'll have the opportunity to visit and interact directly with the Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force, gaining hands-on experience with all the support you need.

Your placement within our department could be at any point in the CADMID cycle; it could be working on a current development programme where you would be influencing the design of the System. Or it could be supporting an In-Service product, working to ensure the system remains operational with anything from resolving technical issues with the Design Team to supporting maintenance activities.

Salary : £23,495 Dynamic (Hybrid) Working : 2-3 days per week on-site 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, allowing 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 Our role within MBDA is unique - we support the development and delivery of the whole Weapon System; our mission is to understand everything that the user needs! Every single system that MBDA delivers, from Meteor to Sea Viper, requires support to ensure that the Missile and surrounding systems remain operational for many years to come.

CSS are the team at MBDA that make this happen; you will be a part of the team that makes this happen. Your placement could be at any point in the CADMID cycle; for example, you could be working on a current development programme influencing the design of the System to ensure that it is supportable from the very first delivery.

Or you could be resolving technical queries with the Design Team. Throughout the year-long placement, you will gain hands-on technical experience, bridging the gap between classroom learning and practical application in the defence sector. Throughout all of this we'll make sure you receive structured training and support relevant for the role. This placement is like no other - where else could you go from assisting in a workshop one week to assisting with repair activities on a ship the next?

What will you gain? Throughout the year-long placement, you will learn how MBDA designs our systems to be supportable, and then how we ensure they stay supported whilst In-Service. You will gain experience as a member of the teams that are delivering on our contractual commitments, carrying out real world engineering support analysis and investigations to ensure our products can be relied upon for decades.

Work on a mix of design, development, troubleshooting, and repair tasks, gaining practical experience on a live Project with real impact across the entire product lifecycle. You will be analysing operational scenarios to ensure our Systems can be used in the 'real world' and not just in models or laboratories. This goes beyond the analysis of technical documentation and into direct contact with the Armed Forces to reflect their experiences back into our Products.

You will develop essential engineering skills as well as a broad understanding of how MBDA interacts with our customers. CSS excels in being able to provide placements that encompass both technical engineering…