Job Description

QinetiQ

Job title: Engineering Lead

Location: UK Wide (Flexible Hybrid working, must be commutable to a QinetiQ site)

About the role

This is an opportunity to join the systems engineering team who deliver critical capability to test, trial and evaluate MOD Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME). As Engineering Lead, you will lead through-life technical delivery and systems engineering activity for projects or work packages. As Engineering Lead, you will also draw on existing technical expertise, whilst broadening systems engineering competencies and personal leadership skill sets; you will contribute to development of best practice and growth of capability around you, mentoring and learning from others.

Weapons Investments IDT is an excellent environment to accelerate development of leadership skills. The OME (Ordnance, Munitions & Explosives) Test and Evaluation facilities are hazardous domains, where safety & security system controls are the infrastructure that enable the delivery of mission critical trials every day. Seeing a project through to completion provides experience that opens up leadership opportunities across QinetiQ\'s Test & Evaluation offerings, proven by the current systems engineers moving onto roles in T3E LTPA Operations, Service Delivery Management and the T&E Global Campaign.

What I will be doing:

There are opportunities to work in the following areas:

IT infrastructure upgrade: The OME Test & Evaluation Facilities are planning a suite of upgrades to enable their IT infrastructure to support the future of Test, Trials, Training and Evaluation (T3E). A systems-leadership approach ensures that the technology and teams will work together to provide an effective output in terms of speed, reliability & cost to our customers. This will include real-time and data intensive reporting demands, persistent integrated security systems, and remote monitoring of safety boundaries. This is a great opportunity to build experience working in IT Systems with the developing Tech Ops capability.

New Range communications: Communication on the T3E Ranges is key to coordinating teams and knowledge sharing, especially important in terms of safety, and emergency response. This set of upgrades means that RF walkie-talkies, landline telephones and data cable comms systems can continue to support the agile delivery of trials - essential because the usual modern combination of WiFi and mobile telephones are unavailable in OME facilities due to safety and security controls. If you are a comms technical expert looking for a step into systems engineering, this could be the right role for you.

Equipment in support of weapons testing: Vibration, Climatic, Drop Test, X-ray, Sand and Dust, Sectioning and Machining. Weapons test facilities are critical to ensuring the ordnance, munitions, and explosives are safe for use, and will work when the end user needs them most. These facilities had their last strategic investment between 20-30 years ago, when the desert environment of front-line operations were challenging equipment. This role will involve bringing together weapons experts, Defence Standards (DEF STAN), WECA (Weapons evaluation and capability assurance), and LTPA safety requirements to create reliable & modern facilities that generate realistic environments for test.

What do I need?

• The Engineering Lead should have awareness of Range operations /T&E facilities and the systems, roles and responsibilities that enable them.
• You should have the ability to plan and deliver engineering outputs that include safety-critical and safety-related functions.

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

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, courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You\'ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience 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 an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits. You\'ll receive highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what\'s happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more.

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

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