Principal Engineer

QinetiQ; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Engineer to join their Farnborough team. In this pivotal role, you'll leverage cutting-edge technology to provide specialist advice across various military platforms, ensuring high standards of airworthiness and safety. Collaborating with brilliant minds, you will engage in innovative problem-solving and contribute to exciting projects that shape the future of defence technology. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that values diversity and encourages professional growth, making it an ideal fit for those passionate about engineering and innovation.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Volunteering Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in military aircraft engineering and structural integrity.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-integrity specialist advice across military platforms.
• Ensure governance of airworthiness and safety advice.

Skills

Aircraft structural integrity

Independent technical evaluation

Airworthiness policy and regulation

Structural health monitoring

Fatigue analysis

Strong communication skills

Education

BEng in Aeronautical Engineering

MEng in Aeronautical Engineering

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID: SF16979

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Principal Engineer at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role
As a Principal Engineer, you will join a team providing high-integrity specialist advice across a range of military platforms, including Combat Air, Air Support, Training, Rotorcraft and Uncrewed Air Systems.

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with our customers, design organisations and with other stakeholders in direct support of structural airworthiness working in a breadth of our portfolio which provides exciting opportunities at all stages of platform life.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a technical specialist supporting the project engineers and managers in technical delivery accounting for time, cost and quality
• The production of timely and proactive engineering output whilst defining and delivering technical workplans, resources and tasks
• Ensuring that effective governance of all airworthiness and safety advice is demonstrated to meet the technical solutions appropriate regulatory, legal and safety engineering standards
• Capturing and understanding the customers requirements and providing innovative solutions to any problems
• Providing Technical Assurance of engineering outputs where appropriate and in line with experience and delegations
• Contributing towards bidding activities and building customer relationships

Essential experience of the Principal Engineer:

• Experience in one or more of the following subject areas; Aircraft structural integrity, independent structural airworthiness advice, Independent Technical Evaluation, Airworthiness policy and regulation, Aircraft usage assessment, Structural Health Monitoring, Aircraft loads evaluation, Flutter and aeroelastics, Stores integration, Structural teardown, Fatigue analysis, Flight data analysis, Civil / Military Aircraft certification, Digital Engineering or Modelling and Simulation
• Proven experience and understanding of UK military aircraft engineering and operating practices
• Previous experience and expertise in relevant aerospace structures or equivalent disciplines
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively with the wider structures team and other disciplines
• Strong communication skills and experience speaking with customers through verbal and written outputs

Essential qualifications for the Principal Engineer:

• BEng / MEng in Aeronautical Engineering or similar
• Chartered Engineer

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at Farnborough. Hybrid working patterns are available.

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels value, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.