Navigation Sensors Engineer - Undergraduate Placement 2027
// Role Summary
Join MBDA as a Navigation Sensors Engineer on a 1-year undergraduate placement starting September 2027. You'll support vital work ensuring missile navigation systems perform in challenging electronic warfare environments, with opportunities for graduate roles and exposure to high-profile projects.
// Key Responsibilities
- Support the design and testing of critical missile navigation subsystems.
- Gain hands-on experience with GPS receivers, anti-jam equipment, and Inertial Measurement Units.
- Involve in supporting tests and trials to evaluate navigation equipment performance.
- Collaborate with suppliers and researchers on new and emerging technologies.
- Work in a dynamic, international team environment.
- Opportunity to secure a graduate role upon successful placement.
// Role Specification
As a Navigation Sensors Engineer, you will support vital work ensuring that MBDA missiles are able to navigate effectively in the harshest and most challenging electronic warfare environments.
The Opportunity:
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.
What we can offer you:
- 1 year placement: Starting September 2027, that allows you to apply your university learning to real-world projects and technologies
- Perform well on your placement and you could secure a graduate role before your final year
- 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
- Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.
Placement Details:
- Salary: £24,460
- Dynamic working: 4 days per week on-site due to workload classification and need for access to site test facilities
- 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.
- This role is scheduled to close for applications at midnight on Monday 4th January 2027 but may close earlier depending on application volumes.