Undergraduate Placements
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Undergraduate Placements Overview
Do you want to kick-start your career, gain industry experience, and start building the skills to help you succeed in business or engineering? You could be perfect for our undergraduate placement. It’s open to university students in the penultimate year of their studies and will help you discover where your career could take you.
Over 10 months, you’ll work on exciting live projects in our business, engineering, software and manufacturing areas, applying the skills you learn at university to the real world. Depending on your placement, you’ll either focus on one specialist area or split your time into two five-month placements to experience different departments within your function.
You’ll get plenty of support with a ‘buddy’ to help you settle in, on-the-job training, and our mentor scheme. Your experience can also count towards professional qualifications and often leads to a graduate offer for when you finish university.
Starting September, you'll earn £20,000 per year (pro rated across your 10 month placement); you'll also be eligible for our company bonus scheme.
We are currently closed for applications for our undergraduate placements whilst we prepare for our 2024 intake to join us - if you wish to be notified when we open for applications for our September 2025 intake, click below to share your details with us.
Benefits & Rewards
Annual Bonus
Annual Bonus
Every year in February, we reward our dedicated employees with an annual bonus. Exact amounts and percentages will vary by job grade and on business performance. This can be discussed/explained further with a member of the Resourcing team during your application process.
We are proud to say that we were able to award our annual bonus to employees even through tough economic times in recent years, when other employers were less fortunate.
25 Days Annual Leave (plus holiday purchase)
25 Days Annual Leave (plus holiday purchase)
Employees receive 25 days of paid annual leave per calendar year, in addition to all statutory and public holidays.
This increases to 26 days after 10 years of service and 27 days after 30 years. You can enjoy more time off by purchasing up to an additional five days holiday through payroll.
Dynamic Working
Dynamic Working
We trust our people to agree, within their teams, where and when they can be most effective. Our Dynamic Working policies allow individuals great levels of flexibility around the hours they work and where they work. Depending on your role and function, this may include options for paid overtime, dynamic leave (time in lieu) and more.
When applying, please check the job advert for details, then make sure to discuss what to expect with your recruiter.
Enhanced Parental Leave
Enhanced Parental Leave
We recognise that having or adopting a child is a significant life event for our employees and as a family friendly employer we offer a range of enhanced family leave provisions to support employees before, during and after a period of leave.
Our enhanced parental leave offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
We also offer 2 weeks enhanced pay for paternity leave, and neonatal care leave for up to 12 weeks where a period of extended hospital care is required after birth. Employees also have access to support whilst undergoing fertility testing and treatments.
Discounts and Vouchers
Discounts and Vouchers
We offer a choice of two dining and lifestyle cards so you can save money at restaurants, cinema, days out and more as a member. You will have access to hundreds of discounts and rewards on a wide range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment options.
Our rewards portal also offers access to a range of cashback benefits and discounted purchases with partner retailers.
Gym Memberships
Gym Memberships
Keep fit for less with our on-site gym located at Stevenage, without breaking the bank.
We also offer discounted fees at over 3,500 gyms nationwide, with memberships paid via payroll.
Pension Scheme
Pension Scheme
Our MBDA Retirement Savings Plan is a 'Defined Contribution' plan in the Mercer Master Trust, administered by Scottish Widows.
The standard contributions are 4% of an employee's base salary and 6% employer contributions. You can increase both employee and employer contributions by up to 2%.
Share Incentive Plan
Share Incentive Plan
The Share Incentive Plan (SIP) is available for you to join and reinforces our commitment to long-term share ownership amongst our employees.
Free Financial Advice
Free Financial Advice
We know money matters in life, so we want to make sure our employees are both paid what they deserve, and also have access to resources that can help them plan for the future.
Through selected partnerships, we offer a range of free seminars, held throughout the year, to help you make good financial decisions for now and the future.
Extracurricular Learning Budget
Extracurricular Learning Budget
You can receive up to £150 towards the cost of approved courses each year including group language lessons.
Health and Dental Insurance
Health and Dental Insurance
Cover you and your family with the option to select our six levels of dental cover. You can choose to visit NHS or private dentists and the cost is deducted through payroll.
We've teamed up with AXA PPP to offer a selection of private healthcare plans, deductible from your net pay, for you and your family.
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Assistance Programme
Our employees' wellbeing is our priority. That's why everyone at MBDA UK can access free, confidential advice on a range of financial, personal and workplace issues, available 24/7.
Application Process
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