Cyber and Vulnerability Research Industry Placement (Undergraduate Programme)

Start date: June 2022

Duration: 12 months

Base location: Gloucester

Here at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we are committed to helping governments, organisations and society navigate digital threats and opportunities. Whether it’s leveraging data to digitally transform operations or securing organisations and nations from cyber threats, we combine our unrivalled security and engineering heritage to help our clients navigate the data-reliant digital landscape. 

As the cyber and intelligence arm of BAE Systems, we employ over 3,500 people across 15 countries in North America, APAC, Europe and the Middle East. With our distinguished heritage, we relish the opportunity to transform digital and data practices, defence, intelligence, security and society for government agencies, law enforcement, financial services, and critical infrastructure.

Role Profile

As an Engineering Industrial Placement student, you will work as a part of a project team, alongside skilled and experienced individuals who are motivated to train and coach you on the day-to-day skills required to work closely with our customers, both internal and external. You will learn the tools, techniques and approaches used by engineering professionals and apply them in a controlled environment to ensure projects are delivered on time, to quality and to budget. Industrial Placement student will support their team to ensure that engineering practices are followed on all aspects of project definition and delivery.

We are looking for talented developers and researchers who can solve our customers’ hardest problems. Trust us; these are not the kind of problems you'll get at a hedge fund, a Shoreditch start-up or even a Silicon Valley tech company. Our customers and the things they want to do are pretty unique. We work across a range of platforms including desktop, mobile and embedded systems and a range of languages including Python, C#, Java and C++.

This is an exciting role for people who love computers and technology, working in the most deeply technical part of the Cyber Security domain. Whether it’s researching new technologies or creating software that makes a difference in the real world, you’ll always be working at the cutting edge of what’s possible. Working in the Cyber and Vulnerability Research area is a hands-on job, so we want people who genuinely enjoy a challenge and getting stuck in to making software or taking systems apart to see how they work. 

As a Cyber and Vulnerability Research Placement Student, you will:

• Working with varied technologies, using the latest and current versions
• Working within teams to develop high assurance products
• Performing cutting edge research
• Developing novel and innovate solution to challenging problems
• Interacting with customers and reacting rapidly to changing requirements

Desired Technical Ability

Aptitude in one or more of the following:

• Microsoft – C, C#, C++, .NET
• Mobile – iOS (Swift, Objective-C), Android (Java, Kotlin, C++)
• Vulnerability Research & Reverse Engineering (IDA/Ghidra/Binary Ninja, Frida)
• Web - HTML, JavaScript, Web Sockets, Web Assembly, REST
• O/S - Linux, Windows, MacOS
• Wearables – Android, Apple, Other.

Entry Requirements

• You will need to be studying towards a 2:2 or above, in a STEM degree
• Only those with the permanent and unrestricted right to live and work in the UK will be considered for a position within BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. Due to the nature of our, work successful candidates for this role will be required to go through Government Security Clearance (SC) prior to starting with us. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/united-kingdom-security-vetting-applicant

Desired Competencies

• Excellent analytical and numerical skills
• Clear and effective communication skills

• Articulate, both verbally and in writing
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Objective and logical with an enquiring and creative mind
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Resilience under pressure
• Desire to learn
• Competence in Microsoft Office packages/ IT literate

We expect great things of our Placement Students. In return, you can expect a £19,500 annual salary, 25 days of annual leave and product & service discounts.

What’s next?

Following your online application, if eligible, you will be invited to undertake a virtual assessment involving gamified assessment challenges, programming exercises and video questions.

If you are successful, you’ll then be invited to a virtual interview with 2 of our Engineers. Please reach out to your recruitment contact, if you wish to discuss any accommodations during the recruitment process.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence 

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential. 

About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Launched in 2022, Digital Intelligence is part of BAE Systems, and has a rich heritage in helping to defend nations and businesses around the world from advanced threats.