Vehicle Engineer

QinetiQ Limited; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension with life assurance

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discounts

Armed Forces Covenant

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

QinetiQ Limited is seeking a Vehicle Engineer to plan and execute trials at the Farnborough or Hurn Proving Ground sites. You will instrument vehicles, capture performance data and prepare technical reports for UK Armed Forces programmes.

You will analyse data with MATLAB, support bid activities and contribute to maintenance of facilities. This role blends hands-on testing with rigorous analysis in a dynamic defence environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with instrumentation, data acquisition and measurement techniques
• Knowledge of data analysis methodologies and MATLAB or similar tools
• Strong reporting, problem solving and stakeholder engagement skills
• Commitment to safety in hands-on field trials and facility operations

Responsibilities

• Plan, conduct and support vehicle trials and assessments, ensuring safety and customer requirements
• Install instrumentation systems to capture vehicle performance, mobility, noise, vibration, and shock data
• Analyse trial data using MATLAB and produce technical reports with recommendations
• Collaborate with customers, military personnel and internal stakeholders to deliver test programs
• Contribute to proposals, bid writing and cost estimation for future opportunities
• Maintain operations of the Hurn Proving Ground ensuring facilities are safe and ready

Skills

Instrumentation experience

Data analysis

Technical reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Safety focus

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

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Package: £44000 - £49000. (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20368

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 Vehicle Engineer at our Farnborough or Hurn Proving Ground site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

As a Vehicle Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring military vehicles and systems are assessed safely, effectively and rigorously, helping our customers make informed decisions about the equipment used by the UK Armed Forces.

Day-to-day, you'll support the planning, execution and reporting of vehicle trials at our Hurn Proving Ground. You'll work across a wide range of activities including instrumenting vehicles, capturing and analysing performance, noise and vibration data, and producing technical reports to support customer programmes. Working closely with military personnel, customers and technical specialists, you'll help deliver test and evaluation activities on a variety of vehicle types, ensuring trials are conducted safely and efficiently.

The role offers an excellent balance of practical, hands‑on engineering and technical analysis. One day you may be fitting instrumentation and conducting vehicle trials across challenging terrain, while the next you could be analysing data in MATLAB, developing technical reports, supporting bid activities or contributing to the operation and maintenance of the Hurn facility. This is a varied and rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys problem‑solving, working outdoors and seeing the direct impact of their work on real‑world defence programmes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Plan, conduct and support vehicle trials and assessments, ensuring activities are delivered safely and meet customer requirements
• Install and operate instrumentation systems to capture accurate vehicle performance, mobility, noise, vibration and shock data
• Analyse and interpret trial data using tools such as MATLAB, producing clear technical reports and recommendations
• Work closely with customers, military personnel and internal stakeholders to deliver effective test and evaluation programmes
• Contribute to technical proposals, bid writing and cost estimation activities to support future business opportunities
• Support the operation and maintenance of the Hurn Proving Ground, helping ensure facilities, equipment and test areas remain safe and operationally ready

Essential experience of the Vehicle Engineer:

• Experience of instrumentation, data acquisition and measurement techniques, including capturing and validating test data
• Knowledge of data analysis methodologies and experience using analytical software tools such as MATLAB or similar coding and analysis platforms
• Strong technical reporting, problem‑solving and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly
• Demonstrable commitment to safety, with the ability to work in a hands‑on environment and support field‑based trials and facility operations

Essential qualifications for the Vehicle Engineer:

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or another relevant Science or Engineering discipline
• Full UK Driving Licence

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 Farnborough and Hurn Proving Ground site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.

Multi-Site

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.

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 eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.