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Software Graduate Engineer

MBDA Missile systems are hunting for a software graduate engineer

  • Closing soon
  • Closing date: 24 Nov 2020
  • United Kingdom | MBDA Missile Systems
  • Date posted: 24 Sep 2020
  • Job type: Industry & business
  • Disciplines: Defence & aerospace  | Engineering & instrumentation
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The software team at MBDA deliver software for the next generation of weapons in an ever evolving environment to support those on the battlefield. Our teams provide a range of products from high-integrity software running on our weapon systems, to mission planning solutions integrated into a complex battlespace arena. We use numerous programming languages, software tools and software lifecycle methodologies to acheive this.

The opportunity

You will be working in an assistive and collaborative open plan working environment and systems laboratories, aimed at aiding your learning and development.

You will develop the skills necessary to become a well-rounded software engineer. This goal will be achieved through a combination of technical training, four challenging work placements and development activities such as:

  • Working closely with other teams in a variety of development stages within our weapons systems including both embedded and front end software development on a range of platforms, such as Windows and Linux, utilising C, C++, C# and Java.
  • Ensuring the functional and technical robustness of project deliverables.
  • Owning responsibilityfor the creation and maintenance of technical documentation.
  • Working with other departments within the company, learning a general overview of the business.

You’ll get exposure to all aspects of a software development lifecycle, a chance to collaborate with others in the annual multinational software engineering challenge, and opportunities to travel.

What’s in it for you?

You’ll no doubt have seen all the information on our website about our comprehensive and customisable benefits package. For a reminder click here.

What are we looking for?

Degree qualified in computer science or other science or engineering based degree, such as software engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, physics or maths or a related subject to a minimum of a 2:2.

MBDA is committed to providing an inclusive working environment where our employees can be themselves and everyone has equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We value difference and know that a diverse community makes for greater innovation and brings a breadth of skills, experience and perspectives.

All graduates, undergraduates and apprentices at MBDA are required to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to their respective role. Some roles, may be reserved for UK nationals and certain categories of information may be restricted to UK nationals also. To gain suitable clearance individuals will need to have lived in the UK for up to five years dependent on the level of clearance required.

Are you a member of LinkedIn? If so, you are invited to join our LinkedIn Group to view future MBDA UK opportunities and news. LinkedIn Group name: Engineering UK (Defence) #LI-DNI

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