Senior Systems Engineer - Defence Tech & Ranging

QinetiQ Limited; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension

Holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discounts

Armed Forces Covenant support

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

QinetiQ Limited, a defence technology leader, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Farnborough site (with opportunities at Malvern, Portsmouth or Bristol). You will work on nose ranging and tracking capabilities within Underwater Test and Evaluation, delivering high-quality systems engineering outcomes.

The role emphasizes system architecture, requirements, modelling, testing and delivery to the range, including leading technical teams, stakeholder engagement and compliance with

Qualifications

• Sound understanding of systems engineering principles.
• Experience applying systems engineering techniques to support project delivery.
• Leading technical teams and managing workloads.
• Defining required engineering outputs including management plans, product descriptions and test reports.
• Understanding requirements, specifications and system design; negotiating and presenting findings.

Responsibilities

• Applying a systems engineering approach and delivering key engineering activities across significant projects.
• Engaging with stakeholders, project managers and technical teams to meet requirements.
• Leading technical teams, structuring workloads, reviewing outputs and mentoring junior engineers.
• Defining and applying systems engineering processes including requirements engineering and system design.

Skills

Systems engineering principles

Systems engineering techniques

Team leadership

Engineering documentation

Requirements engineering

Negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree level qualification

Job description

QinetiQ Limited, a defence technology leader, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Farnborough site (with opportunities at Malvern, Portsmouth or Bristol). You will work on nose ranging and tracking capabilities within Underwater Test and Evaluation, delivering high-quality systems engineering outcomes.

The role emphasizes system architecture, requirements, modelling, testing and delivery to the range, including leading technical teams, stakeholder engagement and compliance with