Associate Trials Engineer

Job Title:       Associate Trials Engineer
Location:       Farnborough and Hurn
Package:       Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Role Type:     Full-time / Permanent
Role ID:         SF17329
 
Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as an Associate Trials Engineer where you will work in the Weapons Science group, which is part of the Maritime, Land & Weapons area. Within Weapons Science, our teams come from a variety of physics, chemistry, mathematics and related engineering backgrounds. They are critical to providing advice and the assessment of military systems from long range missiles to armoured vehicles. They help our customers ensure that these critical assets perform effectively and enable our Armed Services to fulfil their roles safely.

The Role
This is a key role working within our vehicle testing and assessment programme area. These activities occur mainly at the Hurn Proving Ground, which provides a safe area for trials of systems and vehicles over representative terrains and obstacles that might be encountered in service. 

Day-to-day, you will:

• Ensure that customers requirements and tasks are fully understood and that problems and issues are reliably identified at the outset
• Support programmes using a thorough understanding of vehicle testing and measurement techniques, in particular the application of instrumentation to capture accurate vehicle data (e.g. Noise & Vibration exposure, vehicle performance, etc.)
• Provide a methodical and thorough approach to the recording and reporting of data obtained during vehicle trials and assessments
• Support business winning by contributing to technical proposal documents and cost estimating activities
• Provide support to the wider team over a variety of different tasks, including safety over watch, test and evaluation, research studies and facility maintenance and support

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week where you will be on site at Farnborough or our Hurn site.
 
Experience of the Associate Trials Engineer:

• Demonstrable experience using MATLAB or Python
• Sound understanding of IT equipment and the use of Microsoft Office software
• Knowledge of data analysis, programming techniques and coding is desirable
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, and analytical team working skills
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills

Qualifications of the Associate Trials Engineer:

• An engineering or science qualification at a degree level or an equivalent, nationally recognised, professional qualification
• A full UK driving licence is essential and prepared to travel to Hurn on a daily basis when required

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

National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
 
Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave. 
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. 
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community.

 
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. 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 a 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, adaptive and 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.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that 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 that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.