Senior Flight Systems Engineer

QinetiQ Limited; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension and life assurance

Generous holiday allowance

Private medical & dental insurance

Employee discount portal

Job summary

QinetiQ Limited in Lincolnshire seeks a Senior Flight Systems Engineer to lead evaluation, test and trial activities for air platforms, ensuring safe flight and system fitness for purpose. You will provide specialist advice across the project lifecycle within multidisciplinary teams, delivering on a structured Delivery Plan.

Essential aerospace experience with power systems and propulsion knowledge is required; DE&S collaboration and SC clearance eligibility are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Significant aerospace engineering experience in air platforms and systems
• Knowledge of aerospace mechanical and integrated electrical power systems
• Experience with electrical power generation and distribution, wiring interconnections
• Experience with propulsion integration and life management (desirable)

Responsibilities

• Conduct evaluation, test and trial activities for air platforms to support certification and safety
• Provide specialist technical advice across technical strategy through delivery
• Prepare hazard-based evaluation and risk-based reporting for platforms
• Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams to define solutions and meet Project Delivery Plans
• Ensure equipment and systems are safe for flight and fit for purpose

Skills

Aerospace Mechanical Systems

Electrical Power Systems

Electrical Wiring Interconnection

DE&S Platform Delivery Teams

Propulsion (desirable)

Education

ONC/HNC/HND in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

EngTech / IEng accreditation (or working towards)

Job description

Senior Flight Systems Engineer

Date: 2026-10-07

Location: Ermine, Lincolnshire, GB, LN2 2

Company: QinetiQ

Closing Date: 2027-01-09

Salary Package: 56,250 - 62,500 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20404

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 Flight Systems Engineer at our RAF Waddington 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 Flight Systems Engineer, you'll be responsible for the efficient, safe and effective conduct of specific evaluation, test and trial activities. This will typically encompass Air platform Certification, Qualification, Performance, Operability and Safety advice in the role domains.

Day-to-day, you'll provide specialist scientific or technical advice and consultation. Tasks encompass the project lifecycle from technical strategy through to delivery, as part of multidisciplinary teams, requiring solution definition effort and will be delivered in accordance with the associate Project Delivery Plan. Your responsibilities will include:

• Evaluations conducted on Transport, Combat, Helicopter and Unmanned Air platforms
• Ensuring equipment and systems are safe for flight as well as being fit for purpose
• Conducting hazard-based Evaluation & Test alongside independent Certification advice of Mechanical and Integrated Electrical Power Systems
• Undertaking a range of evaluations encompassing single equipment or role related changes to a platform
• Assessing newly introduced aircraft and deliver technical hazard and risk-based reporting

Essential experience of the Senior Flight Systems Engineer:

• Significant on the job experience working in the Aerospace Engineering domain
• The skills, knowledge and experience of Aerospace Mechanical and Integrated Electrical Power Systems
• Working for or with DE&S Platform Delivery Teams
• Electrical Power generation and Distribution
• Electrical Wiring Interconnection
• Propulsion (including integration and engine life management) (desirable)

Essential qualifications for the Senior Flight Systems Engineer:

• Suitably qualified Aerospace or Mechanical Engineer [ONC, HNC or HND], nationally recognised [EngTech / IEng] or working towards that accreditation

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 our RAF Waddington site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.

QinetiQ operates state-of-the-art facilities across the UK that focus on defence, security and technology innovation. These facilities enable QinetiQ to conduct a wide range of research, testing and development activities that support both military and civilian applications helping to advance technology and support national security.

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

Our Recruitment Process: At QinetiQ we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a diverse mix of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people, customers and communities. We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability confident committed employer.

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.

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.

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

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