Job Description

It\'s an exciting time to join one of our Early Careers programmes at QinetiQ. We are always looking for great people to join our team, whether you are taking your first steps in starting a career or you are looking to make a career change, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities for you.

About the team:
You will join the Radar and Electronic Warfare (EW) team which has unrivalled expertise in the UK, built up over 80 years. We have exciting roles to offer in a wide range of technology areas, from sensor design and running of demonstrator systems, through algorithm research and development, including novel signal processing and machine learning / deep learning techniques, to customer support activity. You will have the opportunity to specialise in either Radar or EW, or to work flexibly across both areas.

These activities enable our customers to exploit new technologies, improve sensor and system performance and provide specialist advice to assist in the procurement and testing of new Radar and EW capabilities. They will allow you to build skills and experience across the Radar and EW fields.

What will I be doing?

• Apply your scientific/engineering/technical expertise and knowledge on a variety of assignments requiring the integration of a range of skills and knowledge.
• We have a variety of live customer projects giving a choice of tasks, all requiring technical solutions that meet business and customer requirements.
• Undertake scientific research with a chance to attend international conferences and present papers.
• Develop solutions using your coding skills in Matlab and/or Python.
• Work directly with customers to understand their needs and requirements, ensuring successful delivery and helping identify new business.
• Follow an internal development scheme that will support progression to chartered status with an appropriate professional body.
• Promote innovation, inventiveness and standards of excellence within the delivery and/or capture teams.

Academic requirements:

You will need to have obtained a degree with a key focus on any of the disciplines listed below:

• Physics / Maths
• Other STEM subjects including Electronic/RF Engineering and Signal Processing

Additional requirements:

• Have a strong interest and/or experience of solving difficult problems
• Passionate about scientific research
• Want to develop a deep technical specialism

Mandatory

In accordance with our National Security Vetting requirements, all applicants must also be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum. Please refer to this link for further guidance -

Please note that under immigrations rules, our Early Careers roles do not meet the legal threshold for candidates who are residents of the UK on student visas.

Location(s):

Malvern

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Why join QinetiQ?

As a global company of over 6,000 dedicated people providing technological and scientific expertise, we are excited to recruit the most talented and enthusiastic people to become key parts of our business. Our Early Careers programmes give you the opportunity to be at the heart of impactful projects.

Diversity and inclusion

We believe in a workplace where everyone feels like they belong, one that provides a sense of inclusion across the entire organisation regardless of background, culture or identity.

To achieve this, we are building a workplace and culture where everyone can be authentic, feel valued and realise their full potential. We are inspired by each other, enjoying the exploratory journey we are on, and recognising the impact we have on the safety and security of the world around us. It helps build life-time relationships between QinetiQ and our people and is essential for our business performance.

Your wellbeing

Looking after the health and wellbeing of our employees are our top priority. We encourage good physical and mental health, which is critical to our collective and individual success. We offer a host of services designed to support your wellbeing. They range from our Thrive app and Employee Assistance Programme to Mental Health First Aiders. The wellbeing of our employees is critical to our collective and individual success

Rewards and benefits

We offer global career progression and the opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting projects along with a wide range of rewards and recognition. Our highly competitive salaries come with a raft of benefits, from a performance-based Employee Incentive Scheme to Thank Q, our global recognition scheme. There\'s also a Share Incentive Plan, Life Assurance and Benefits+, our flexible benefits package. It\'s all designed to make life easier for you.

About QinetiQ

With a focus on protecting the world around us, our goal is to be a Net-Zero company by 2050 or sooner and we have set near-term emissions reduction targets to help us deliver this ambition.

As part of our commitment to the environment, many of our sites have significant protected conservation areas of national and international importance. We take our stewardship of these conservation areas very seriously, balancing complex trials with careful protection of rare flora and fauna across these 53 important locations.

Being a responsible and sustainable business is at the heart of our identity.

Come and find out how you can play your part.

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