Digital Excellence Technical - Graduate Programme 2027
Join MBDA’s Digital Excellence Technical Graduate Scheme and develop your knowledge across the digital capabilities that support MBDA, from data & AI to cyber security, infrastructure and enterprise technology.
Salary: £31,900 plus a £3000 joining bonus
Dynamic (Hybrid) Working: You can expect to be onsite for 2 to 3 days of the week
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.
This role is scheduled to close for applications at midnight on Monday 2nd November 2026 but may close earlier depending on application volumes.
Digital Excellence brings together the capabilities that underpin MBDA’s digital environment from protecting our organisation and connecting our people, to designing enterprise solutions and developing AI & data that can transform the way we work.
Over two years, you’ll complete four six-month placements, giving you broad exposure to different areas of Digital Excellence while developing both your technical expertise and understanding of a complex international organisation. Some of these placements could include: Cyber, Digital Factory & Business Applications, Workplace Services, Infrastructure & Networks, Enterprise Architecture, AI & Data.
Throughout your placements, you’ll work alongside experienced specialists and contribute to real technical challenges. You could be designing solutions, analysing data, exploring emerging technology, supporting enterprise platforms or helping build and protect the digital foundations MBDA relies on.
With support from experienced colleagues, you’ll develop skills in:
The scheme is designed to give you the breadth to discover where your strengths and interests lie, alongside the experience to build a long-term career within Digital Excellence. More important than already knowing exactly which technical career you want is having the curiosity and ambition to explore different areas and develop your expertise.
Degree qualified in one of the following disciplines, to a minimum 2.2:
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Cyber Security
Artificial Intelligence
Date Science
Mathematics
Engineering (any specialism)
Information Technology
We’re looking for graduates who are passionate about technology and curious about how it can be used to make a real difference.
Digital technology plays a critical role in enabling our people and our business to succeed. Within Digital Excellence, you’ll have the opportunity to work on meaningful challenges, learn from specialists across a wide range of disciplines and contribute to the digital capabilities that will support MBDA now and into the future.
Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given
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 together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more…
We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
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A world leader in missiles and missile systems.
Our multi-national organisation is made up of around 13,000 employees working across the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the US, and is the first truly integrated European defence company.
As the European champion in our sector, our vision is to continue to grow our presence as a global player. Our mission is to achieve this by establishing ourselves as an industry leader; promoting co-operation and delivering technical and operational excellence to our customer.
Our values are:
• Innovation:
Ensuring operational and strategic advantage;
• Commitment:
Always delivering on our promises;
• Integrity:
A reliable and trusted partner with the highest professional and ethical standards;
• Passion:
Applying all our energy and focus to every task, recognising our role in providing mission critical capabilities;
• Team Spirit:
Harnessing our diversity and collective purpose to deliver competitive advantage to all of our stakeholders.
We have a rich heritage of designing and producing missiles and missile systems to meet the whole range of current and future operational requirements for the three armed forces (army, navy, air force). We are proud to be a trusted partner to our armed forces and work with them to deliver a cutting-edge portfolio of products.
