MBDA graduate schemes
10 open nowMBDA has 10 roles for 2027 open right now: 7 industrial placements and 3 summer internships, in Bristol and Stevenage. No graduate scheme is open at MBDA at the moment. All 10 roles close on Monday 4 January 2027, the date MBDA published.
Last checked on MBDA’s own recruitment system on Friday 13 November 2026.
MBDA is a European missile systems company, and its UK early careers hiring runs out of Stevenage, Bristol and Bolton. The work is engineering first: software, systems, electronics, radio frequency, computer vision and electro-optics, alongside a smaller finance intake. The graduate programme runs two years as four six-month placements, three in a specialist area and one outside it.
- Starting salary
- £31,900, plus a £3,000 joining bonus paid in the first month
- MBDA's own graduate programmes page, read 16 September 2026
- Degree needed
- A 2.2 minimum, with subject requirements stated on each advert
- MBDA's own graduate programmes page
- Programme length
- Two years, as four six-month placements. The finance programme runs three years
- MBDA's own graduate programmes page
- Where
- Stevenage, Bristol and Bolton
- MBDA's own graduate programmes page
- Deadline
- None published. Adverts come down when the programme is full
- Read from MBDA's own board, rechecked every morning
Visas: MBDA does not say either way on its early careers pages. Defence work often carries nationality or security clearance conditions that a sponsor licence would not answer, so ask MBDA before you apply rather than assuming.
10 intakes tracked at MBDA
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How MBDA recruits
Applications are read as they arrive and each advert comes down when that programme is full, so there is no published closing date on most MBDA roles and being early is the whole game. One application covers the strengths assessment for every role you apply to: MBDA states it only has to be completed once per cycle.
MBDA's own page said "Applications for our September 2027 programme are now open" when we read it on 16 September 2026. Our own record shows 19 UK early careers roles posted on MBDA's board that day, across graduate programmes, summer placements and undergraduate placements.
How the process usually runs
Stages as MBDA describes them. Timings vary by programme, so treat this as a guide rather than a commitment.
Worth knowing
- The roles are split across two places and they are not interchangeable: computer vision, radio frequency and electro-optics sit in Bristol, while much of the software and systems work is in Stevenage. Applying to the wrong site is a real way to lose a place you would have got.
- Most of what MBDA lists in September is placements and summer work rather than graduate programmes, so a first year or second year has more to apply to here than a finalist does.
- MBDA does not publish a closing date on its adverts, which is not the same as having a lot of time. Our own records show a quarter of the programmes we watch are off the board within four days of appearing.
Questions people ask about MBDA
Is the MBDA graduate programme open for 2027?
Yes. MBDA's own page said applications for the September 2027 programme were open when we read it on 16 September 2026, and we saw 19 UK early careers roles on their board that day.
What does an MBDA graduate earn?
MBDA's own graduate page states £31,900 with a £3,000 joining bonus paid in the first month's salary.
What degree do I need for MBDA?
A 2.2 minimum. MBDA says subject requirements differ by role and are listed on each individual advert, which is why the subject line on the advert matters more than the programme name.
How many stages are in the MBDA application process?
Six, as MBDA describes them: the application, a strengths assessment, three recorded job simulation tasks, an internal review, a half day virtual assessment centre, then a decision within three weeks of that day.
Do I have to redo the assessment for each MBDA role?
No. MBDA states the first online assessment is completed once per cycle, however many roles you apply for.
Where are MBDA's graduate roles based?
Stevenage, Bristol and Bolton. The roles we are tracking today are in Stevenage and Bristol, and the specialism differs between the two.
Written from MBDA's graduate programmes page and their own job board, read 16 September 2026. The live roles are read from MBDA’s own system every morning.
Previously listed
Listed by MBDA, not tracked here
MBDA has published these as well. They are not on the tracker because they are outside what The Intake covers (software, data and IT, finance and consulting). MBDA's own careers site is where to check whether one is still open.