Is MBDA a good company to work for as a Graduate Systems Engineer?

Graduate Systems Engineer professionals working at MBDA have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 29 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of MBDA employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Graduate Systems Engineer Jobs at MBDA now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Graduate Systems Engineer interview questions at MBDA .

Does MBDA pay Graduate Systems Engineer employees well?

Graduate Systems Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at MBDA with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 29 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 13% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Graduate Systems Engineer salaries at MBDA.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MBDA?

Principal Engineer (56) , Systems Engineer (49) , Senior Engineer (44) , Project Manager (40) , Software Engineer (33) , Senior Systems Engineer (32) , Engineer (30) , Ingénieur Stagiaire (24) , Graduate Engineer (20) , Ingénieur (20) , Principal Systems Engineer (20) , Stage Ingénieur (18) , Project Controller (17) , Senior Principal Engineer (16) , Stagiaire (13)

What are the pros of working at MBDA according to real employee reviews?

"people are great and very flexible" ((in 109 reviews)); "Good Benefits and site." ((in 92 reviews)); "Good work life balance and work ethic" ((in 80 reviews)); "The culture of sharing knowledge is great with some great design patterns for some unique software products." ((in 51 reviews)); "I've been working in the fpga team for over a year total and the team is great." ((in 48 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MBDA according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay compared to other companies in the industry Type of work usually requires on site working" ((in 55 reviews)); "No beating about the bush: salaries are low compared to equivalent London" ((in 46 reviews)); "Poor management and stressful." ((in 28 reviews)); "That said if you work in the right department, have a good manager and your face fits you get better treatment." ((in 12 reviews)); "Lots of “Heads of” senior managers but all lacking the leadership that can exert influence and create value." ((in 7 reviews))

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4.0

100% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)

Éric Béranger

100% approve of CEO

100% positive business outlook

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4.5

Work/Life balance

4.2

Career opportunities

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

Graduate Systems Engineer employees have rated MBDA with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Graduate Systems Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. MBDA is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Graduate Systems Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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29 reviews

3.0

Nov 1, 2025

Good work life balance slow company

Graduate engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Dynamic working can structure your week how you want it Alright pay for an engineering job

Cons

Defence company so everything is slow and tedious The tools which they give you are antiquated and deprecated the majority of the time. Feels like the company is stuck in 2008. They say this is because of it being defence though other defence companies have the better equipment and tools? Overall environment in my division is extremely insular not many ideas being discussed you will likely be spending your time debugging a piece of code somebody made 30 years ago with no documentation

4.0

Jul 31, 2025

Flexible

Graduate engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible, focused, disciplined, interesting, thought-provoking

Cons

Speed, pay, area, travel, lunch

4.0

Jul 25, 2025

Great Start to your career

Graduate engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good structure learn alot lots of variety

Cons

some managers don't communicate as well as they could but thats the same everywhere!

MBDA Response

10mo

Thank-you for taking the time to leave a review. We value all feedback and are happy to see you are enjoying life at MBDA.

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