Overview

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Salary: Our starting salary is £24,300 pro rata. Plus an adaptable package of benefits to suit your lifestyle.

What You’ll Be Doing

As an Undergraduate on a 12 month placement, you will gain wide-ranging experience in the design, development and support of hardware equipment based on commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies such as computers, networking hardware, power supplies, interface devices, sensors; needed to satisfy the requirements of command and control systems, monitoring systems, communications infrastructure and other systems.

What’s in it for you?

On a BAE Systems undergraduate programme, you’ll launch a career that’s truly yours. With access to world-class training, your personal and professional networks can flourish while working across intellectually stimulating work with real responsibility from day one. You’ll receive an adaptable benefits package, the ability to connect with other undergraduates and mentors. You’ll gain practical experience and expert insight you can take with you on the next step of your career journey. Best of all, you could find yourself with a conditional offer to join our graduate programme. When you join us, you’ll be choosing a future enhanced by adaptability, innovation and inclusivity – somewhere your work matters. It’s a supportive, collaborative culture where you’ll be given every opportunity to build a varied career, and be empowered to achieve your potential.

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Entry requirements

You’ll need to be on track to receive a minimum 2:2 Bachelor’s degree in any subject. Please note: some roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions and your nationality or place of birth may limit the roles you can undertake.

Application process

The stages of our application process include: a short online application. If you’re successful, you'll then complete an online assessment with interactive activities, and an on-demand video interview. The next stage is competency-based interview, either virtual or face-to-face.

Start Date

June 2026.

Job details

• Seniority level – Internship
• Employment type – Full-time
• Job function – Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries – Technology, Information and Internet

Gosport, England, United Kingdom; Fareham, United Kingdom; Portsmouth, United Kingdom; Southampton, England, United Kingdom