Navigation Electronic Warfare Engineer - Summer Placement 2027
// Role Summary
Join MBDA's Navigation Electronic Warfare team as a Summer Placement student in 2027, contributing to advanced missile navigation systems in challenging electronic warfare environments.
// Key Responsibilities
- Support vital work on MBDA missile navigation and electronic warfare systems.
- Gain hands-on experience in testing, research, and design of next-generation navigation equipment.
- Opportunity to secure a graduate role based on placement performance.
- 10-week placement starting June 2027 with competitive pro-rata salary.
- Work in a dynamic, international team environment with exposure to high-profile projects.
// Role Specification
Navigation Electronic Warfare Engineer - Summer Placement 2027
As a Navigation Electronic Warfare Engineer, you will support vital work ensuring that MBDA missiles are able to navigate effectively in the most challenging electronic warfare environments.
MBDA Missiles cannot complete their missions without critical Navigation Sensors on board, withstanding enemy interference and providing robust navigation data to guide the missile to the target. Your work will directly influence the design of real missiles, with frequent exposure to high-profile, fast-paced projects.
The Navigation Sensors Group are responsible for the design of the missile navigation subsystems, including identifying and testing equipment from specialist manufacturers. This includes GPS receivers, anti-jam equipment, and Inertial Measurement Units.
You can choose to be based at either our Stevenage or Bristol site.
What you'll get involved in:
- Supporting tests and trials to evaluate and assess navigation equipment performance.
- Hands-on research and design activities to develop the next generation of navigation equipment.
- Monitoring supplier and technology developments and identifying future technologies.
- Collaborating with suppliers and researchers for the development and maturation of new and emerging technology.
- Investigating engineering problems and conducting rapid technical analyses.
In this role, you'll work in a varied and dynamic environment, including as part of an international team with our colleagues in MBDA France and the wider MBDA Group. You'll work alongside other departments to increase your knowledge on the complexities of a missile, including datalinks, seekers and sensors, and work closely with Integration and System Validation teams.
The work is technically challenging, innovative and rewarding.