Senior Autonomous Systems Engineer - Tech Leadership

QinetiQ Limited; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension and life assurance

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Armed Forces Covenant support

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

QinetiQ Limited, Farnborough, is seeking a Principal Autonomous Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across autonomy programmes, influence strategy and mentor engineering teams. You will guide customers to shape requirements and deliver cutting-edge autonomous capabilities across air or maritime domains.

The role will be a 70/30 split between leadership and technical delivery, with opportunity to drive business growth and engage stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Significant technical leadership experience within autonomy, robotics, defence, aerospace or related engineering environments.
• Strong understanding of autonomous systems, robotics, control systems or AI-enabled technologies.
• Experience leading complex technical programmes and engineering teams.
• Experience delivering customer-focused technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and governance.
• Experience supporting business growth and customer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership across autonomy and autonomous systems programmes.
• Leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and mentoring senior engineers.
• Defining technical strategy and influencing future capability development.
• Engaging with customers and stakeholders to shape requirements and solutions.
• Supporting the development of autonomy software, modelling and simulation capabilities.
• Leading integration, demonstration and trial activities across defence programmes.

Skills

Technical leadership

Autonomy technologies

Programme leadership

Customer-focused solutions

Systems engineering

Business development

Education

Engineering/Physics/Applied Mathematics/CS degree

Job description

QinetiQ Limited, Farnborough, is seeking a Principal Autonomous Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across autonomy programmes, influence strategy and mentor engineering teams. You will guide customers to shape requirements and deliver cutting-edge autonomous capabilities across air or maritime domains.

The role will be a 70/30 split between leadership and technical delivery, with opportunity to drive business growth and engage stakeholders.