Package: £56,250 – £62,500 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20124

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 an Aerospace Mission Systems & Weapons Integration Engineer at our Lincolnshire site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role
As an Aerospace Mission Systems & Weapons Integration Engineer, you’ll be responsible for the efficient, safe and effective conduct of specific evaluation, test and/or trial activities. This will typically encompass Air Platform, Mission Systems and OME Certification, Qualification, Performance, Operability and Safety within the role domains.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide specialist technical advice and consultation. Tasks will encompass the project lifecycle from requirements capture through to delivery as part of multidisciplinary teams. In response to a customer requirement, you will define a solution and deliver it in accordance with the associated project’s Technical Delivery Plan.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting hazard-based Evaluation and Testing of Avionics, Mission Systems, and Ordnance, Munitions & Explosives (OME) integration
• Ensuring equipment and systems are safe for flight and fit for purpose
• Undertaking a range of evaluations from single equipment or capability-related changes to a platform
• Assessments of newly introduced aircraft (focus on fixed wing)
• Assessments of mission systems and weapon capabilities
• Delivering technical hazard-focused, risk-based reporting

Essential experience of the Aerospace Mission Systems & Weapons Integration Engineer:

• Aerospace Mission Systems, Avionics and/or Weapons Integration Engineering
• Working with different aircraft platforms
• Ordnance, Munitions & Explosives (OME)
• Working across diverse technical challenges, able to identify knowledge gaps and independently seek out learning opportunities
• Ability to grow into new disciplines and contribute to emerging capability areas

Essential qualifications for the Aerospace Mission Systems & Weapons Integration Engineer:

• Suitably qualified Aerospace, Aeronautical, Electronic or Systems Engineer through one or more of the following routes:
  • ONC, HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering discipline
  • Professionally registered EngTech, IEng, CEng, or working towards professional accreditation
  • Significant relevant industry experience gained through a time-served engineering career within the Aerospace Engineering domain, demonstrating equivalent knowledge, skills and competencies
  • Recognised training or qualifications in Systems Engineering, Airworthiness, Safety Engineering, Test & Evaluation, or Weapons Integration

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 Lincolnshire site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week. Flexible working and compressed hours are available.

Lincoln

The Lincoln facility is integral to advancing defence technology and providing innovative solutions to meet the demands of modern military operations. Often working in collaboration with other defence organisations, academia and government agencies to foster innovation and develop integrated solutions and complex defence problems.

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

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Our Recruitment Process:

At QinetiQ we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a diverse mix of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people, customers and communities. We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing internal_recruitment@qinetiq.com. One of our recruitment team will contact you.

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.

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

Our Benefits

• 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