Senior Communications Engineer

QinetiQ; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Job summary

QinetiQ is seeking a Senior Communications Engineer at our Portsmouth site to lead underwater maritime communications initiatives, delivering cutting-edge solutions for defence customers. You will guide design, integration and testing across the full system lifecycle, mentor engineers and produce high-quality reports while travelling to customer and lab locations as required.

This role offers challenging projects, close collaboration with project managers and multidisciplinary teams, and the

Qualifications

• Experience delivering maritime/underwater comms projects through the full system lifecycle.
• Proven ability to lead technical activities and guide multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of communications systems engineering: design, integration, test and evaluation.
• Experience producing high-quality technical reports and customer-facing deliverables.
• Ability to interpret requirements and develop practical technical solutions.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to locations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across maritime underwater communications projects and bids
• Lead design, development, integration and testing of communications systems
• Oversee technical assurance and standards compliance
• Support trials, demonstrations and experimentation activities
• Produce technical reports, delivery plans and design docs
• Mentor engineers and support resource planning

Skills

Maritime communications

Technical leadership

Systems engineering

Customer engagement

Documentation skills

Education

Degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics

Tools

Modelling & simulation tools

Job description

Package: £62100 - £69000. (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20398

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 Senior Communications Engineer at our Portsmouth 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 Senior Communications Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership in the development and delivery of innovative underwater maritime communications capabilities, helping to solve complex customer challenges and shape future communication technologies.

Day-to-day, you'll lead the design, development, integration and evaluation of maritime communications systems, working closely with project managers, customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver technical solutions and support winning bids. You'll provide technical guidance and assurance, oversee trials, testing and experimentation activities, contribute to the development of new communications concepts and technologies, and produce high-quality technical documentation, reports and presentations while ensuring projects are delivered to the required technical, cost and schedule expectations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing technical leadership and guidance across maritime underwater communications projects and bids
• Leading the design, development, integration and testing of communications systems and capabilities
• Managing technical assurance activities and ensuring compliance with relevant standards, processes and procedures
• Supporting the planning and execution of trials, experimentation and technology demonstration activities
• Producing and reviewing technical reports, presentations, delivery plans and design documentation
• Mentoring and developing engineers and scientists while supporting team capability growth and resource planning

Essential experience of the Senior Communications Engineer:

• Experience delivering communications engineering projects across the full system lifecycle, from concept and design through to integration, testing and acceptance
• Demonstrable experience within maritime communications, underwater communications or a related defence communications environment
• Experience leading technical activities and providing guidance to engineers, scientists or multidisciplinary project teams
• Strong understanding of communications systems engineering, including analysis, design, integration, test and evaluation activities
• Experience producing high-quality technical documentation, reports, presentations and customer-facing deliverables
• Proven ability to engage with customers and stakeholders, interpret requirements and develop practical solutions to complex technical challenges

Essential qualifications for the Senior Communications Engineer:

• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or another relevant STEM discipline
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer, laboratory and maritime trial locations as required

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 onsite at our Portsmouth site. Travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites will be expected.

PTP

Portsmouth Technology Park (PTP) is one of QinetiQ's key facilities, focusing on advanced technology development and engineering services. It is dedicated to research and development, ensuring that complex systems are designed, integrated, and tested effectively to meet operational requirements. The facility utilises sophisticated modelling and simulation techniques to analyse and predict performance.

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. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

• 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 valued, 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 means 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 willing to go through DV Clearance.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)