Does MBDA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MBDA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MBDA. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MBDA?

92% of MBDA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MBDA 4.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MBDA?

Principal Engineer (55) , Systems Engineer (49) , Senior Engineer (44) , Project Manager (39) , Senior Systems Engineer (32) , Software Engineer (32) , Engineer (30) , Ingénieur Stagiaire (24) , Graduate Engineer (20) , Ingénieur (20) , Principal Systems Engineer (19) , 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 106 reviews)); "Good benefits (pension contribution / bonus)" ((in 85 reviews)); "Good work life balance and work ethic" ((in 75 reviews)); "The culture of sharing knowledge is great with some great design patterns for some unique software products." ((in 54 reviews)); "I've been working in the fpga team for over a year total and the team is great." ((in 46 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 44 reviews)); "Poor management and stressful." ((in 26 reviews)); "That said if you work in the right department, have a good manager and your face fits you get better treatment." ((in 13 reviews)); "Lots of “Heads of” senior managers but all lacking the leadership that can exert influence and create value." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about MBDA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MBDA layoffs and their outlook for job security at MBDA in 2026.

MBDA reviews

4.4

92% would recommend to a friend

(1,025 total reviews)

Éric Béranger

90% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Work/Life balance

4.4

Culture & values

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Career opportunities

4.1

Senior management

4.1

Compensation and benefits

MBDA has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,025 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MBDA employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Apr 25, 2018

Systems Engineer

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great technical challenges throughout the company

Cons

Salaries not always competitive across the business

3.0

Mar 28, 2018

MBDA

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very High Pay NO blame culture Job Security Friendly/family atmosphere

Cons

Very hard to progress into to management Very weak at investing in people of a certain status Very process driven and opposed to change

4.0

Feb 19, 2018

Recommended subject to caveats

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company employs a relatively large number of contractors on a rolling basis, but they are typically given the more trivial tasks such as integration work, documentation updates etc. This means less of this dull kind of work for the permanent staff. The pay is fairly average, but higher than you’d get at a systems house, and there’s a yearly bonus if the company meet their profit targets.

Cons

Projects can run for several years, and the management can be reluctant to let staff leave prior to completion. Promotion seems to be down to luck of the draw: I’ve seen some graduates rise quickly, whilst equally gifted others have left after 4 or 5 years for a similar role before being promoted within a few months at their new company. It’s worth noting that at MBDA, a role of “Principal Engineer” is just used to denote approx ten years of time in the industry, seemingly rather than any particular technical knowledge or job grade. As of early 2018, there is a re-banding scheme underway to reduce the granularity of each “level”.

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