Job Title:  Instrumentation Technician

Package: £34,200 - £38,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20794

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 Instrumentation Technician at our Pendine 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 Instrumentation Technician, you will play a key role in delivering defence trials by providing instrumentation, data capture and technical support that helps generate critical trial insights.

Day-to-day, you'll design and deploy data capture solutions, set up instrumentation across test ranges, analyse trial data, maintain and calibrate equipment, and produce technical reports supporting live defence programmes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Design and implement data acquisition and measurement solutions for cutting-edge defence trials
• Set up and operate advanced instrumentation systems in dynamic test and range environments
• Capture, process and analyse data, transforming results into meaningful technical insights
• Perform calibration, maintenance and fault diagnosis on a range of instrumentation equipment
• Contribute to specialist measurement activities including blast effects, fragment velocity and radiography testing
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-profile trials that support critical defence capabilities

Essential experience of the Instrumentation Technician:

• Hands-on experience working as an Electronics Technician in a technical engineering environment
• Ability to diagnose, fault-find and repair electronic assemblies to component level
• Skilled in soldering, wiring and electronic assembly to a high standard
• Experience supporting calibration activities and maintaining test instrumentation
• Confident using oscilloscopes, signal generators, multimeters and other electronic test equipment
• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel when required

Essential qualifications for the Instrumentation Technician:

• NVQ Level 3 in Electronics, a recognised Electronics apprenticeship, or equivalent hands-on industry experience
• Based at our Pendine site, working 37 hours per week
• Opportunities to travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites in support of test and trial activities
• Flexible working options available, including a 9-day fortnight or traditional 5-day working pattern, helping you balance your career and personal commitments

Pendine

The QinetiQ Pendine facility is renowned for testing and evaluating defence systems, particularly weapons and vehicle performance, contributing directly to the development and assurance of military capability.

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 option to buy additional days
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance options
• Employee discount portal and wellbeing benefits
• Volunteering opportunities supporting local communities

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