Software Engineering Placement

**Job Description:

Start date: 21st July 2025

Location: Portsmouth

Duration: 12 Months

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

Benefits:

Salary: £22,250

37 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

*subject to completing full hours prior to this

About us:

Airbus offers the unique opportunity that enables you to learn and work alongside satellites as well as allowing you to test your programming skills and refine them to reach an industry standard. The office is a welcoming environment, in which everyone is knowledgeable and more than happy to assist. You will have the chance to see the environments that the payloads are being built in, and see how the software you will be contributing towards has an impact and is used within this process.

The Test System Engineering team works on the Electrical and RF (Radio Frequency) testing of telecommunication satellite spacecraft products, specifically on the NEO and the new Onesat platforms.

The team itself is made of hardware engineers and software engineers, both of which work together to help us deliver our test solution.

What you will be doing:

During this internship, you will be supporting Satellite Payload Test activities through continued support and development of our bespoke Onesat Test System. This will involve participating in our sprints and daily scrums, and when needed, in the cleanroom supporting the test system itself.

There are multiple process improvement ideas that you will have the opportunity to manage yourself within our ‘Sprint’ framework, and deliver the solution to the Test System Engineering team, and subsequently the wider AIT business.

There will be opportunities to manage and run sprints during this placement so you can gain useful real world experience in this area.

Requirements:

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

*Please ensure you include your CV and a cover letter for your application to be considered*

As the successful candidate, you must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Ideally studying towards an Engineering, Science, or Production based degree;
• Have a basic knowledge of Labview and/or Java;
• Have basic knowledge of Agile/Sprint methodologies;
• Communication skills, teamwork, presentation skills, proactive and not afraid to speak up or ask questions.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

Contact

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

**Company:

AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited

Employment Type:

Internship

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Experience Level:

Student

Job Family:

Software Engineering [JF-EN-EK>

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