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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Integration & Missile Validation Engineer - **Company:** MBDA S.A.S. - **Location:** Stevenage, UK - **Salary:** £24,460.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Software Debugging, Software Tools, Systems Integration, Flexi (Photoshop Plugin), Test Scripts - **Published:** September 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://mbda.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/MBDA-UK/job/Stevenage/Integration---Missile-Validation-Engineer----Summer-Placement-2027_R37424/apply ## About the Role Current undergraduate working towards a degree in an Engineering, Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Technology, Computing or a General Science discipline. ## Description * 10 week placement: Starting June 2027, that allows you to apply your university learning to real-world projects and technologies * Perform well on your placement and you could secure a graduate role before your final year * 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 Integration and Missile Validation (IMV) team are responsible for trials and testing activities undertaken to provide verification and validation evidence for all the missile programmes within the business. Whether it's software, hardware, or an entire missile system, IMV engineers lead the real-world test and integration across the whole product development lifecycle. This includes planning, lab testing, offsite trials, data analysis, and reporting. Examples of IMV activities you could be involved with include: * Ground Trials: Testing the robustness of our products through various environments to ensure it can survive and operate within the real world. This can involve vibration, shock and climatic testing. * Flight Trials: Integrating subsystems onto aircraft to simulate the behaviour of the missile during flight. * Functional Integration: Demonstrating hardware and software of systems work together and respond as expected. * Firing Trials: Final evaluation testing to ensure the full weapon system works and demonstrating the capability of the product to the customer. * In-Service Support: Testing and monitoring in-service products with the customer. * Support Trials and Test Equipment: Designing support test equipment and software to support proving activities. As part of completing these activities, you will have the opportunity to learn: * How to plan and design test strategies to support proving the capability of various missile systems. * How to integrate various missile equipment to test rigs. * To develop your problem-solving skills through debugging test systems. * Strengthen software skills through generating test scripts. * To develop confidence with handling various hand and power tools. * How to design, develop and use test equipment to support overall proving activities. * To increase confidence in the processing, analysing and forming conclusions from data, as well as writing technical documentation. Whether your background is in engineering, sciences, maths or any STEM related subject, you will enjoy this role if you: * Enjoy team collaboration and the opportunity to communicate technical information with a variety of teams. * Like to find solutions to problems using creativity and new ways of thinking. * Find exploring new experiences and developing new skills exciting. * Are logical in the methods you use to prove. * Are eager to get hands-on supporting work within a lab environment or offsite on a trial., You'll be able to choose between a variety of online learning platforms such as Percipio, YouLearn, Career Builder and Video Gateway. Each one is tailored to a specific type of learning. Speak to your line manager to find out more. We encourage new learning and will provide up to £150 in financial support per year if you wish to participate in further study in your own time. You'll have access to our Learning Gateway, which hosts the formal course catalogue and is where you can select the right training for your role and future development. The catalogue displays which courses are being delivered virtually or are classroom based. If you want to lead a team, you might be interested in our management training, designed for people of all experience levels. ## Related Videos - [Debugging Humans: How MBTI Helps Engineering Teams Communicate Better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100335-debugging-humans-how-mbti-helps-engineering-teams-communicate-better) - [ Secure Code Superstars: Empowering Developers and Surpassing Security Challenges Together](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/422-secure-code-superstars-empowering-developers-and-surpassing-security-challenges-together) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Are Classical Automation Frameworks Dead? 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