Job Description

It\'s an exciting time to join one of our Early Careers programmes at QinetiQ. We are always looking for great people to join our team, whether you are taking your first steps in starting a career or you are looking to make a career change, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities for you.

About the team

Aviation Engineering Centre (AEC):

The AEC is made up of a design section and a production section. The design section produces designs from customer\'s requirements involving a team of many technical disciplines, electrical, mechanical, stress, airworthiness and safety for example. The design are predominantly for an airborne platform, fixed wing or rotorcraft.

What will I be doing?

• The primary scope an Electrical/Avionics Integration Systems Design Engineer role is focused on producing the electrical integration of a system on to an airborne platform.
• You will undertake a variety of tasks as part of a team, ensuring technical solutions meet business, customer and airworthiness requirements.
• Following the internal design process you will:
• Analyse customer requirements and produce a scheme which will involve:

• Liaising with your team peers to understand the associated airworthiness requirements.
• System\'s major component selection
• Platform interface requirements
• Platform surveys
• Produce electrical design on CAD (Computer Aided Design) package which will involve:

• Detailed review of documentation required to create the system design.
• Integration component selection.
• Location of components.
• Cable routing.
• Production of design documents associated with the design, this will involve:

• Learning how the system works
• Producing a ground test schedule
• Analysing the electrical load change on the platform
• Assessment of electrical parts with respect to the platform\'s expected environmental operational conditions.
• System fault hazard analysis with respect to the platform
• Support to the integration of the design onto the platform:

• Liaison with the platform installation team
• Answering of engineering queries
• Assisting with the commissioning of the system
• You will be mentored and trained in the methods and best practices to achieve a design that meets the regulatory airworthiness requirements.

Academic requirements:

You will need to have attained a degree with a key focus on any of the disciplines listed below:

• Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Avionics
• Communications
• Radio frequency technology

Additional requirements:

• Have a strong interest and/or experience with aerospace
• Passionate about electrical/electronic technology design and test
• Keen interest in making things, such as model making
• Enjoy working out how things work and fixing them.
• Technical problem solving

Mandatory:

In accordance with our National Security Vetting requirements, all applicants must also be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum. Please refer to this link for further guidance -

Please note that under immigrations rules, our Early Careers roles do not meet the legal threshold for candidates who are residents of the UK on student visas.

Location:

Boscombe Down, Amesbury, England, GB

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Why join QinetiQ?

As a global company of over 6,000 dedicated people providing technological and scientific expertise, we are excited to recruit the most talented and enthusiastic people to become key parts of our business. Our Early Careers programmes give you the opportunity to be at the heart of impactful projects.

Diversity and inclusion

We believe in a workplace where everyone feels like they belong, one that provides a sense of inclusion across the entire organisation regardless of background, culture or identity.

To achieve this, we are building a workplace and culture where everyone can be authentic, feel valued and realise their full potential. We are inspired by each other, enjoying the exploratory journey we are on, and recognising the impact we have on the safety and security of the world around us. It helps build life-time relationships between QinetiQ and our people and is essential for our business performance.

Your wellbeing

Looking after the health and wellbeing of our employees are our top priority. We encourage good physical and mental health, which is critical to our collective and individual success. We offer a host of services designed to support your wellbeing. They range from our Thrive app and Employee Assistance Programme to Mental Health First Aiders. The wellbeing of our employees is critical to our collective and individual success

Rewards and benefits

We offer global career progression and the opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting projects along with a wide range of rewards and recognition. Our highly competitive salaries come with a raft of benefits, from a performance-based Employee Incentive Scheme to Thank Q, our global recognition scheme. There\'s also a Share Incentive Plan, Life Assurance and Benefits+, our flexible benefits package. It\'s all designed to make life easier for you.

About QinetiQ

With a focus on protecting the world around us, our goal is to be a Net-Zero company by 2050 or sooner and we have set near-term emissions reduction targets to help us deliver this ambition.

As part of our commitment to the environment, many of our sites have significant protected conservation areas of national and international importance. We take our stewardship of these conservation areas very seriously, balancing complex trials with careful protection of rare flora and fauna across these 53 important locations.

Being a responsible and sustainable business is at the heart of our identity.

Come and find out how you can play your part.

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