Job Title:  Senior Engineer - Weapons Integration

Package:  Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID:    SF20248

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 Senior Weapons Integration Engineer at our Boscombe Down 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 a Senior 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 platforms and OME (Ordnance, Munitions & Explosives) certification, qualification, performance, operability and safety in the role domains.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide specialist scientific or technical advice and consultation. Tasks will encompass the project lifecycle from technical strategy through to delivery, working as part of multidisciplinary teams requiring solution definition efforts that will be delivered in accordance with the associate Project Delivery Plan.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting hazard-based Evaluation and Testing of the integration of OME on a wide variety of aircraft platforms
• Ensuring the equipment and systems are safe for flight as well as being fit for purpose
• Evaluations will be conducted on Transport, Combat, Helicopter and Un-manned Air platforms
• Undertaking a range of evaluations encompassing single equipment or role related changes to a platform
• Assessments of newly introduced aircraft and deliver technical hazard and risk-based reporting

Essential experience of the Senior Weapons Integration Engineer: 

• The skills, knowledge and experience of Aerospace Weapons Integration
• Significant on the job experience working in the Aerospace Engineering domain
• Experience of OME and tactical employment of Air Weapons
• Knowledge of complex electronic hardware, communications, displays, controls and mission systems, sensor and warning systems
• Knowledge of OME Certification and Qualification
• Knowledge of military or civil aircraft

Essential qualifications for the Senior Weapons Integration Engineer:

• Aerospace or Electronic Engineer [ONC, HNC or HND], nationally recognised (EngTech/Ieng) or working towards that accreditation
• Chartered Engineer (desirable)

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 Boscombe Down site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week. We can accommodate candidates working form our other UK hubs including Bristol, Salisbury, Waddington and Warton.

Boscombe Down

MOD Boscombe Down is a unique operational site featuring the longest military runway in the UK. Primarily focusing on providing testing, evaluation and support services for aviation and aerospace systems. Renowned for its extensive flight-testing capabilities the site plays a vital role in the UK’s aviation defence contributing to the development, testing and airworthiness of military aircraft enhancing operational readiness and effectiveness.

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

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