Job Title:  Senior System (Integration Test) Engineer

Package:   Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID:     19887

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 innovation, our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Senior System (Integration Test) Engineer at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with advanced systems in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds in engineering.

The Role

As a Senior System (Integration Test) Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering complex system integration and testing activities supporting the Maritime T3E programme, helping ensure critical capabilities are successfully integrated, tested and delivered into service.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll work closely with technical leads, project managers and a wide range of engineering teams to integrate software, hardware and firmware onto computing infrastructure, supporting test and evaluation activities at BUTEC (British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre) and the Farnborough reference facility.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Owning through‑life integration of software, hardware and firmware across complex systems and environments
• Leading and executing integration and test activities at component, system and user levels
• Acting as a technical bridge between engineering teams, project management and external stakeholders
• Investigating and resolving integration defects, providing root cause, impact assessment and recommended solutions
• Developing and executing test plans and mentoring junior engineers
• Producing high‑quality engineering documentation including designs, test plans and technical reports

Essential experience of the Senior System (Integration Test) Engineer:

• Experience in system integration and test within complex or safety‑critical environments
• Strong hands‑on testing experience including writing and executing test plans
• Ability to fault‑find across integrated systems and manage defects to resolution
• Experience working across multi‑discipline engineering teams
• Strong stakeholder communication skills and technical credibility
• Ability to work independently or embedded within other engineering teams

Essential qualifications for the Senior System (Integration Test) Engineer:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering or a related technical discipline
• Relevant professional engineering experience

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education; provided you can demonstrate the right level of experience and a willingness to learn, we would love to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site, with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week. Travel to BUTEC and other QinetiQ or customer sites will be required.

Farnborough

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.

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

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported.  If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

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.

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

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