Senior Principal Systems Engineer – Defence Tech Leader

QinetiQ Limited; West of England; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension

Generous holiday allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Armed Forces Covenant support

Job summary

QinetiQ Limited in Bristol is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across trials, test and evaluation capability within the Mission Rehearsal IDT. You will interface with customers and stakeholders to deliver safe, on-time and on-cost outcomes.

The role requires experience in complex systems development and compliance with safety and regulatory requirements, with travel to QinetiQ and customer sites. UK SV vetting eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Proven technical leadership across multiple projects or programmes.
• Experience in Defence, Aerospace or related sectors.
• Understanding of engineering management in a complex business.
• Knowledge of complex systems development and systems engineering practices.
• Awareness of safety, security and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the Senior Design Authority and the Senior Engineering Authority.
• Work with Programme Managers to deliver programmes on-time, on-cost, on-quality, safely.
• Ensure a resilient engineering team with coherent succession plans.
• Articulate the IDT technical needs and ensure teams have appropriate competence.
• Engage with UK Defence, T3E Futures, and other stakeholders as required.

Skills

Technical leadership

Defence/Aerospace experience

Systems engineering

Engineering management

Safety and regulatory awareness

Education

STEM degree

Chartered Engineer (desirable)

Job description

QinetiQ Limited in Bristol is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership across trials, test and evaluation capability within the Mission Rehearsal IDT. You will interface with customers and stakeholders to deliver safe, on-time and on-cost outcomes.

The role requires experience in complex systems development and compliance with safety and regulatory requirements, with travel to QinetiQ and customer sites. UK SV vetting eligibility is required.