Senior Systems Engineer – Mission Systems & Verification

QinetiQ; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thirty days annual holiday

Bank holidays

Private medical and dental insurance

Share incentive scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Profit-related pay

Death in service cover

Pension contributions

Cycle to work

Job summary

QinetiQ in Lincoln is seeking a detail‑oriented software and systems engineer to support mission systems. You will contribute to requirements derivation, verification, and system test development within a Scrum team.

The role requires a methodical approach, strong Office skills, experience with DOORS/Azure DevOps, and eligibility for UK National Security Vetting; residency of at least five years and UK nationality may be required.

Qualifications

• Methodical approach to work and attention to detail.
• Proficient with Word/Excel and office tools.
• Understanding of requirements, architecture and verification for software/systems.
• Experience with DOORS, Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Ability to develop traceable requirements and design.
• Experience creating tests to satisfy requirements.
• Understanding configuration control principles.

Responsibilities

• Support product development with a multi-disciplinary Scrum team.
• Ensure systems engineering aspects of development, including requirements derivation and test authoring.
• Derive software and system requirements.
• Develop software and system test procedures for derived requirements.
• Assist in design and implementation of product features.
• Maintain solid Systems Engineering practices within sprints.
• Support overall development of products and systems.
• Review peers' work to ensure quality and consistency.
• Drive process and procedure improvements.
• Undertake related project activities and support Mission Systems goals.

Skills

Methodical approach

Office applications

Requirements/Architecture/Verification

Requirements/Verification/Config Mgmt

Traceable requirements/design

Test development

Configuration control concepts

UK National

UK residency 5+ years

Security vetting eligibility

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

Azure DevOps

Excel

Azure

Git

SVN

Job description

QinetiQ in Lincoln is seeking a detail‑oriented software and systems engineer to support mission systems. You will contribute to requirements derivation, verification, and system test development within a Scrum team.

The role requires a methodical approach, strong Office skills, experience with DOORS/Azure DevOps, and eligibility for UK National Security Vetting; residency of at least five years and UK nationality may be required.