Deputy Chief Engineer - Digital Transformation

Job Title:    Deputy Chief Engineer - Digital Transformation

Location:    Bristol

Package:    Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Role Type:  Full-time / Permanent
Role ID:      SF17609

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Deputy Chief Engineer at our Bristol site where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

The Role

As a Deputy Chief Engineer, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary, providing strategic technical leadership & governance across UK defence business for its Digital Transformation-related programmes and delivery teams. You will coordinate digital engineering solution development across the air business initially and expand activities within our Maritime and Land business to develop QinetiQ’s future strategy for digital engineering.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Work with the programmes, business development and technical teams, to set the policy for digital engineering related business and deliver against challenging objectives in line with the Integrated Strategic Business Plan (ISBP)
• Lead a systematic approach to the development and implementation of technical strategies relating to digital engineering business activities, associated IT systems and supporting elements of security, training and service delivery
• Build and retain strong relationships with customers, partners and QinetiQ colleagues to support the growth agenda through close engagement and understanding of the drivers, future need, industry trends and inter-relationships
• Lead a team of teams from across the QinetiQ UK Defence business and the QinetiQ Group
• Forge strong intra, and inter-company collaborative working relationships to develop highly effective solutions for new and existing customers
• Provide technical assurance, ensuring that all deliverables, includes bids, meet appropriate external and internal technical standards, comply with statutory, regulatory, security, company and project specific processes and procedures, as appropriate

This role is a full-time position based at our Bristol site with flexible working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Deputy Chief Engineer:

• A proven senior engineering leader with a background of working on a range of digital toolset, data management and exploitation, training, synthetic and simulation related programmes
• Experience of UK MOD procurement, CADMID process and recent experience of major UK MOD programmes
• A respected expert in their field with a record of outstanding technical contributions in one or more specialties, sustained high performance in previous appointments (or in an equivalent external technical environment), and technical leadership in one or more business streams e.g. IT product development, DevOps, synthetics, AI/ML, modelling, simulation and data exploitation
• Knowledge and experience of applying Modelling and Simulation to complex engineering problems, Model Based Systems Engineering concepts and toolsets
• Experience of working within the IT sector or other industries where digital Product Lifecycle Management has been undertaken to solve complex engineering problems
• An recognised expert with a broad and comprehensive understanding of future digital engineering concepts and principles

Qualifications for the Deputy Chief Engineer:

• A first degree in Science or Engineering, or an equivalent, nationally recognised, professional qualification
• A relevant professional registration

Please note that all applicants must hold, or be able to achieve Security Clearance as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Our Benefits

• Adaptive and flexible working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal
• Holiday Trading
• Support for the Armed Forces community
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.

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.

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 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.

About QinetiQ

As a company of thousands of 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.

Security

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information, which mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Application Guidance
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.