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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.

    Mission Systems Engineering

    The Mission System 7 at QinetiQ Lincoln provides advice and tools to support our customers’ mission systems optimum performance. These tools and advice are aimed at improving the effectiveness, resilience and survivability of latest generation air, naval and land-based defence and security systems.

    What will I be doing

    • The primary scope a Mission System Specialist role is focused development and analysis of sensors, mission system interfaces, weapon systems, communications and the data that supports their performance.
    • You will undertake a variety of tasks, ensuring technical solutions meet business and customer requirements.
    • Electronic Warfare defensive and offensive systems.
    • Improving the time taken for sensor detection to result in effector action.

    Academic requirements

    You will need to be working towards a degree with a key focus on any of the disciplines listed below:

    • Physics
    • Mathematics
    • Computer Science
    • Data Science

    Additional requirements:

    • Have a strong interest and/or experience within electromagnetic spectrum in combat systems.
    • Passionate about technology, computing, data fusion and
    • Programming skills at any level would be advantageous. Particularly Matlab and Python.
    • Keen to support our Armed Forces, the MoD and other government security and research agencies.
    • Please be aware that many roles within QinetiQ will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
    • You must be prepared to go through the Government Vetting process. For further details please refer to, https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/united-kingdom-security-vetting

    Location:

    Lincoln

    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.