Product Cyber Security - Undergraduate Placement 2026

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Location: Bristol

Salary: £23,495

Dynamic (Hybrid) Working: 2 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. After offer, BPSS checks will be conducted by MBDA.

Closing date: Midnight on 5 January 2026 (subject to application volumes)

What We Offer

• 1 year placement: starting September 2026, apply university learning to real-world projects and technologies
• Company bonus: based on company performance and will vary year to year
• Pension: up to 14% employer and employee contributions
• Overtime: paid overtime opportunities
• Annual Leave: 25 days plus option to purchase extra holiday
• Flexi Leave: up to 15 additional days
• Facilities: site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and more

The opportunity

Throughout this opportunity, you will be involved in identifying security risks within complex weapon systems, products and solutions and ensuring that those risks are addressed by implementing and delivering effective and balanced security measures. You will assist in the timely integration of information assurance activities with the weapon system engineering, design, manufacturing and support programmes. There will be opportunities to contribute to trade studies related to weapon system information security and provide security documentation and evidence to meet MOD security assurance requirements. You will be involved in the entire systems engineering lifecycle, including security requirement specification and development of security architectures, and help develop architectures to enable sustainable evolution of security architectures through life. You may support hardware, electronics and software developments, contribute to corporate information assurance knowledge, and work with manufacturing to ensure the security design is repeatable through production and delivery chains. You will gain exposure to the stages of the product development lifecycle, including architecture design, integration, testing, and analysis. There may be travel nationally or internationally, and opportunities to work in a lab-based environment. You may develop practical cyber security skills such as pen testing and capability and vulnerability analysis in the new cyber lab. You will engage with stakeholders, engineering teams and sub-contractors to provide direction on acceptable and balanced information security solutions, liaising with customers, assurance teams and national/international technical authorities. You will gain experience in generating information security Risk Assessments, Risk Treatment Plans and Risk Management and Assurance Documents.

What We're Looking For From You

Working towards a degree in a STEM subject.

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 towards a common goal, defending our freedom. We are committed to employee networks and encourage all to reach out for advice or adjustments during recruitment. Follow MBDA on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Glassdoor or visit the MBDA Careers website for more information.