Defence Systems Engineer: Requirements & Test (Agile)

QinetiQ; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days paid holiday

Uncapped paid leave

Private medical and dental insurance

Share incentive scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Profit and performance related pay

Death in service (x4 salary)

Company pension

Travel insurance

Cycle to work

Charitable giving

Electric vehicle company car

Job summary

QinetiQ is seeking a proactive Systems Engineer (Requirements and Test) to support the development and delivery of bespoke IT products within the Mission Systems Division in Lincoln.

You will work in a multi-disciplinary Scrum team, deriving requirements, authoring tests, and ensuring high-quality systems engineering across sprints. A strong background in software/systems engineering and a commitment to best practices is required.

Qualifications

• A methodical approach to work.
• Expert user of modern office applications (Word, Excel, etc.).
• An understanding of Requirements, Architecture and Verification concepts for Software and Systems.
• Experience in using Requirements, Verification, and Configuration Management tools (e.g. IBM Rational DOORS, Azure DevOps).
• Proven experience of developing traceable requirements and design.
• Proven experience of developing tests to satisfied stated requirements.
• An understanding of the principles of configuration control.

Responsibilities

• Derivation of software and system requirements.
• Development of software and system test procedures to satisfy the derived requirements.
• Assisting in the design and implementation of product features.
• Maintaining solid Systems Engineering principles within a sprint.
• Contributing to systems engineering aspects of product development.
• Conducting software and system tests.
• Reviewing the work of others to ensure it is of suitable quality.
• Continuous improvement of process and procedures.
• Undertaking related project activities.
• Supporting Mission Systems’ goals and activities.

Skills

Methodical approach

Office applications

Requirements, Architecture & Verify

Requirements, Verification & CM tools

Traceable requirements & design

Test development to satisfy reqs

Configuration control principles

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

Azure DevOps

SVN

Git

.NET

C

C++

Job description

QinetiQ is seeking a proactive Systems Engineer (Requirements and Test) to support the development and delivery of bespoke IT products within the Mission Systems Division in Lincoln.

You will work in a multi-disciplinary Scrum team, deriving requirements, authoring tests, and ensuring high-quality systems engineering across sprints. A strong background in software/systems engineering and a commitment to best practices is required.