Safety and Reliability Engineer - Summer Placement Programme 2026
Salary: £23,495 pro-rated
Dynamic (Hybrid) Working: 3-4 days per week on-site due to workload classification
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 5TH JANUARY 2026 (SUBJECT TO APPLICATION VOLUMES)
What we can offer you
* 10 week placement: starting June 2026, that allows you to apply your university learning to real-world projects and technologies
* Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
* Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
* Annual Leave: 5 days
* Facilities: fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...
The opportunity
The Safety and Reliability Department are in the fortunate position to support all areas of the business to ensure all the products MBDA produces are safe to use and provide a reliable performance to the Armed Forces who protect our nations.
Safety and Reliability Engineers are responsible for assessing and assuring the safety and reliability aspects of the inherently lethal attributes required of complex weapon systems (specialisation in either safety or reliability could be supported, but the preference is to fully develop skills in both areas). Successful candidates will:
* Gain experience in Safety and Reliability Engineering within the Defence sector.
* Experience and support product development across the different phases; from product conception through testing and trials to manufacture and customer delivery.
* Experience of Safety and Reliability Engineering techniques and best practice. For example; Hazard Analysis, Failure Mode Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Safety or Reliability Case Reports.
* Have opportunities to build and secure a network with other stakeholders within and outside of MBDA (for example; Supporting design teams to deliver safe and reliable products on time and on cost, implementing business processes with guidance from Guided Weapon Safety Officers or Technical Experts, facilitating or attending Customer Safety Panel meetings or Community of Practice events).
What we're looking for from you
Working towards a degree in technical or engineering-related discipline, such as Electronics, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Physics.
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