MBDA. As a graduate within MBDA you will follow a two-year formal development programme, which will provide you with a series of placement opportunities to develop your key technical skills. A placement will typically last between 3 and 9 months. MBDA is a global missile systems company and thereforeall employees at MBDA are required to hold UK Security Clearance. To gain this clearance you are required to hold a UK passport and to have resided in the UK for the previous 5 years. They have c45 vacancies for graduates each year and offices in Bristol, Stevanage and Lostock.