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2026 summer internship roles now closed.
Our summer internship opportunities for 2026 are now closed and will reopen in September. In the meantime, explore our other opportunities such as insight experiences, or join our talent community to be the first to hear when they go live.
Gain practical experience and expert insights that you can harness on the next step of your career journey.
Our 12-week internships will put you at the heart of it all.
2027 applications open September 2026 – early application is advised.
- Salaries for our summer internships start from £24,300 (pro rata)
- Connect with colleagues in different locations at events and forums
- Access to buddy schemes, mentoring and skills training
- Potential fast track to our graduate programmes
- For most summer internships you'll need to be on course for a 2:2 bachelor’s degree in a related subject.
- If you are due to graduate before the internship begins you won’t be eligible – you can apply to one of our graduate programmes instead.
We're an inclusive employer and we encourage people from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.
What you can expect
- From day one you'll get the experience and insight that can only come from working on real-life projects. Creating next-generation security products and technology.
- An immersive induction experience that will prepare you for entering your real-world role and access to established graduate and undergraduate communities. You’ll also have a dedicated graduate buddy and manager.
- Throughout your placement, you’ll receive performance and development feedback and have the opportunity to access range of development courses through our online learning platforms.
- A potential fast-track to our permanent graduate programme without the need to reapply, subject to performance and availability.
Our summer internship opportunities
Our 2026 summer internship opportunities are now closed and will reopen in September.
Location: TBC
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As a summer intern, you will gain practical experience in the understanding and application of airframe and aerodynamic engineering.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will experience several areas to develop a understanding of the products and services we are involved with. You will assist in identifying, developing, and winning new business as part of a collaborative team. You will also be involved in stakeholder management and building customer relationships.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will gain experience in electronic product content, optimising hardware and software design concepts, assist developing sophisticated design processes and test complex products.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will experience the theoretical, analytical and hands-on methods that ensure our products are safe and effective for human use.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will be supporting the delivery of activities including; fleet planning, maintenance planning & tasking, reliability & operator maintenance programme, airworthiness records & technical services to enable the maximisation of operational efficiency and minimisation of costs.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As summer intern, you will gain experience in material failure investigations and providing advice on a route forward. Working in partnership with UK universities and industrial collaborators to identify possible applications of academic research.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will experience the engineering lifecycle; assisting with early design concepts and helping to develop complex networked simulations.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a Summer Intern Electrical Engineer you will be part of a growing multi-disciplinary team developing solutions to complex technical questions and in-service upgrades for Submarine platforms within the Engineering Project Group. You will be working across the breadth of the engineering design lifecycle to support the current projects and future bidding activity of the department. You will be assisting in providing professional engineering services to meet the future operational needs of naval platforms, the Submarine business and customer programmes.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a Summer Intern on a 12 week placement at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence as a Security Consultant you will have the opportunity to use and develop your business acumen and security expertise, be pivotal in crafting solutions that safeguard critical assets whilst driving strategic success
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will apply supportability engineering principles to the development of concepts and designs for customer service operations. You will gain experience across a number of vital defence programmes providing next-generation capability.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a Summer Intern on a 12 week placement at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence you'll turn data into actionable insights, drive strategic decisions, and make a real impact from day one.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
Kickstart your career with a summer internship as a Data Analyst at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, where you'll turn data into actionable insights and gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you'll assist in developing innovative, mission-critical technologies for high-performance networking, space systems, software and underwater systems.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will assist with the resolution of technical queries by analysing data and documentation to identify process issues and where possible. You will complete a variety of tasks to help ensure that to that we deliver the right products, at the right time and at the right cost to the required quality.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will gain experience in manufacturing and operation facilities and production roles. You will recognise how our manufacturing, construction and support teams deliver cutting edge technology in the most effective way.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you could be involved in designing, developing and testing complex mechanical systems as well as supporting the build of our new products.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will be involved the ship design lifecycle; from concept design, through design & build, trials and commissioning, and delivery to the customer.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will support the business in software and product safety through design, manufacture, integration and test.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will have experience in creating cutting edge software and be involved in the entire lifecycle of a product, from design and development to integration.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will experience the different stages of a products life cycle; helping to support a wide range of activities such as capturing systems requirements and assisting the design, test and improvements required.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
You will be involved in driving strategic solutions and shaping the future of technology in a dynamic, impactful environment as a Business Consultant on a Summer Internship with BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
Kickstart your data science career at with our 12 week Summer Internship, where you'll harness data to solve critical challenges, drive innovation, and make an impact in a dynamic, high-tech environment.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will undertake weight engineering tasks, which involves calculation and monitoring of weights and centres from project concept to vessel delivery. You will be responsible for monitoring and reporting of a portion of the vessel.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will support the team in a fast growing discipline applying system engineering principles to the development of concepts and designs for customer service operations.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern on a 12 week placement you'll be driving innovation through materials, shaping tomorrows breakthroughs today.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern metrologist engineer, you will be joining a small specialist team of engineers responsible for setting electromagnetic requirements for design teams and undertaking specialist testing of systems, subsystems, and components in out specialist EMC facility to demonstrate and achieve contractual compliance for EMC design.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
A summer internship at BAE Systems offers the potential to gain real-world experience in cybersecurity and set you up for a career in digital defense
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
Drive success and innovation as a Project Manager on our Summer Internship at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, where you will develop skills to be an integral part in delivering cutting-edge solutions that protect and empower global security
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will experience the submarine life cycle, from concept through to activities with the operational fleet. You'll be designing equipment to withstand shock and dynamic movements of the submarine whilst in operation.
Location: TBC
Start Date: CLOSED
As a summer intern, you will undertake weight engineering tasks, which involves calculation and monitoring of weights and centres from project concept to vessel delivery. You will be responsible for monitoring and reporting of a portion of the vessel.
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We're committed to recruiting in the most inclusive way possible so we can welcome top talent from all kinds of backgrounds to our team.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
You'll need to be on course for a 2:2 Bachelor’s degree in a related subject.
For cyber security roles, you’ll also need 128 UCAS points or equivalent.
For finance placements you should be expecting at least a 2:1 Bachelor’s degree and have 120 UCAS points or equivalent.
We're an inclusive employer and we encourage people from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. 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.
We're committed to recruiting in the most inclusive way possible so we can welcome the best people from all kinds of backgrounds to our team.
The process begins with an online application. If you're successful, we'll invite you to perform a virtual assessment which will include gamified assessment challenges and video questions. The next stage of the process is either a virtual or face-to-face interview. Our main recruitment window commences from the beginning of September, and we recommend applying as soon as possible as popular roles may close early. If you are successful your Summer Internship will begin in June 2025.
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- Keep your application clear and concise – we want to be able to easily see your strengths and achievements.
- Give full details of your degree modules, work experience and relevant final year projects – we want to see how the programme is right for you.
- Be sure to check your spelling and make sure you fill in all the sections of the application!
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