Cyber Security - Undergraduate Placement 2025

About the job

Stevenage

Cyber Security - Undergraduate Placement 2025

Salary: £20,000 (pro rata)

Location: Stevenage or Bristol

Working pattern:

Where possible, we seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working which will be flexible, however the nature of the job will frequently require you to be onsite to access specific 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. 

Closing date for this role is midnight on Monday 4th November

The opportunity:

The Cyber Security department delivers effective information security solutions for our weapon systems and their associated sub-systems, providing documentation and evidence to support security approval and accreditation activities within the programme context.

You'll be identifying security risks within complex weapon systems, products and solutions and ensuring that those risks are addressed by the implementation and delivery of effective and balanced security measures.

Our work covers:

• Assisting in the timely integration of information assurance activities with the weapon system engineering, design, manufacturing and support programmes.
• Contribution to, and conduct of, trade studies related to weapon system information security.
• Providing security documentation and evidence to meet MOD security accreditation requirements.
• Help develop security architectures to enable sustainable evolution of security architectures through life. Supporting hardware, electronics and software developments.
• Contributing to corporate information assurance knowledge and capability and maintaining knowledge of technology development and implications for information security.

Working in this role, you get to be involved in the entire systems engineering lifecycle - from specification of security requirements and development of security architectures, to working with Manufacturing to ensure that the security design is repeatable through the production chain. Working in a lab-based environment you'll engage with colleagues, engineering teams and sub-contractors to provide direction, guidance and support.

You'll also experience:

• Architecture design and specification,
• Integration, test, and analysis of achieved performance.
• Opportunities to develop practical cyber security skills such as "pen testing", "capability and vulnerability analysis" in the new cyber lab. In order to de risk security solutions.
• Working with customers, accreditors and national/ international technical authorities.
• Generation of information security Risk Assessments, Risk Treatment Plans and Risk Management and Accreditation Documents.

This role is suited to those that have a basic experience or understanding of cyber security including current cyber technologies and the current challenges in the cyber space. See the bigger picture, over focusing on the detail. It is ideal for individuals that are able to adapt existing knowledge to other engineering domains as well as between customer-focused and technical-focused activities and those with an innovative mind-set willing to challenge the "normal".

Some travel both nationally and internationally may be expected.

What we're looking for from you:

• Currently studying towards a degree in an Engineering (incl. Aeronautical, Aerospace, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Production, Civil, Electrical and Software), Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science discipline.

Our company:

MBDA is a leading defence organisation.  We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

 What we can offer you:

• 10 month undergraduate placement starting September 2025
• Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals and free car parking
• A placement that allows you to apply your university learning to real-world engineering projects and technologies
• Flexible working

We respect new perspectives and experiences, and we value our collaborative ways of working. We are committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their potential.  MBDA is proud of our employee-led networks including Gender Equality, Pride, Neurodiversity, Ethnic Diversity, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers and Armed Forces.

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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