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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.
Aerospace Engineering
In the Aerospace Engineering area we are looking for undergraduates who are interested in a future career in Aerospace certification / qualification, evaluation, integration and test to join our team of over 130 experts. You will develop the skills needed to effectively contribute to a wide range of programmes for military, government and commercial customers underpinning our national capability.
What will I be doing
Often the role we fulfil is to provide independent technical evaluation to the MoD across a wide range of aircraft platforms. We work at all stages of an aircraft’s lifecycle, but are most likely to be supporting procurement, entry of new aircraft into service, new capabilities, in service modifications or new equipment.
Much of our work is desktop based, though occasionally opportunities arise to get involved in hands on assessment or aircraft trials.
Right now, we are looking for undergraduate students to join our Flight Physics team, which focuses primarily on aircraft performance and flying qualities (examples include assessing take-off and landing performance, or defining operating envelopes for different capabilities).
Academic requirements
You will need to have obtained or be studying towards a degree (with a predicted or achieved grade of at least 2:1 or equivalent) in the following area (or a related subject):
- Aerospace Engineering
Additional requirements:
- High personal integrity and an ability to work well with a wide range of different people is essential.
- A conscientious, logical and enquiring mind set is essential.
- A safety conscious mind-set is essential, and an understanding of potential aircraft hazards and hazard-based assessment is advantageous (this will be taught on the job).
- A willingness to work on UK military projects is essential.
- Excellent report writing skills are highly desirable.
- Must be able to achieve at least a UK national security vetting clearance level of at least ‘Security Check’ (SC). Details can be found through the following link: UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Location:
- Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
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
In our unique working environment, teams from different backgrounds collaborate widely on some of the world’s most complex defence and security challenges. Whatever part you play, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies. It’s a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Together, we’ll explore new ways of protecting the world around us.
Your wellbeing
Looking after the health and wellbeing of our employees are our top priority. 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
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.
With a focus on protecting the world around us, we have a target to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and we are developing a global plan for net zero by March 2022. Being a responsible and sustainable business is at the heart of our identity.
Come and find out how you can play your part.
