Senior Communications Engineer

Package:  62100 - 69000. (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits Role :
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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 Senior Communications Engineer at our Portsmouth 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 a Senior Communications Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership in the development and delivery of innovative underwater maritime communications capabilities, helping to solve complex customer challenges and shape future communication technologies.

Day-to-day, you'll lead the design, development, integration and evaluation of maritime communications systems, working closely with project managers, customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver technical solutions and support winning bids. You'll provide technical guidance and assurance, oversee trials, testing and experimentation activities, contribute to the development of new communications concepts and technologies, and produce high-quality technical documentation, reports and presentations while ensuring projects are delivered to the required technical, cost and schedule expectations.

Your responsibilities will include:

Providing technical leadership and guidance across maritime underwater communications projects and bids Leading the design, development, integration and testing of communications systems and capabilities

Managing technical assurance activities and ensuring compliance with relevant standards, processes and procedures

Supporting the planning and execution of trials, experimentation and technology demonstration activities

Producing and reviewing technical reports, presentations, delivery plans and design documentation

Mentoring and developing engineers and scientists while supporting team capability growth and resource planning

Essential experience of the Senior Communications Engineer:
Experience delivering communications engineering projects across the full system lifecycle, from concept and design through to integration, testing and acceptance

Demonstrable experience within maritime communications, underwater communications or a related defence communications environment

Experience leading technical activities and providing guidance to engineers, scientists or multidisciplinary project teams

Strong understanding of communications systems engineering, including analysis, design, integration, test and evaluation activities

Experience producing high-quality technical documentation, reports, presentations and customer-facing deliverables

Proven ability to engage with customers and stakeholders, interpret requirements and develop practical solutions to complex technical challenges

Essential qualifications for the Senior Communications Engineer:

Degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or another relevant STEM discipline

Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer, laboratory and maritime trial locations as required

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

This role is 37 hours per week based at onsite at our Portsmouth site. Travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites will be expected.

PTP Portsmouth Technology Park (PTP) is one of QinetiQ’s key facilities, focusing on advanced technology development and engineering services. It is dedicated to research and development, ensuring that complex systems are designed, integrated, and…