Guidance, Control and Navigation Engineer - Undergraduate Placement 2025
Salary: £20,000 (pro rata)
Location: Bristol
Working pattern:
Security is a key consideration for the role and as such, the majority of your work will be conducted on site; a positive result of which is that our office remains a social and collaborative working environment. Nevertheless, there can be opportunities for home working depending on the nature of the task.
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 Monday 4th November.
The opportunity:
The algorithms we design in Guidance, Control and Navigation (GCN) lie at the heart of all of the highly complex MBDA missile and weapon systems. We're involved in every phase of the product's life cycle, from concept through to service.
We host 4 areas of expertise:
1. Guidance - figuring out a suitable trajectory, providing an effective route to target interception and improving the probability of defeating the target
2. Control - desi...