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Senior Scientist
Posted 1 hour 44 minutes ago by QinetiQ Limited
Location: Malvern, England, United Kingdom
Role Type: Permanent - Full Time
Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID: SF19356
As a Senior Electronic Warfare Scientist / Engineer, you will lead and deliver advanced electronic warfare and radar research and development, helping to shape the next generation of sensing and radio frequency (RF) technologies for defence customers.
You will join a team of around forty scientists and engineers. Day to day, operating largely autonomously, you will lead and deliver complex research and development projects, guide multi disciplinary teams, work closely with defence customers, and drive innovation in RF sensing, signal processing and system performance.
Your responsibilities will include:- Leading and delivering complex electronic warfare engineering projects
- Developing and applying advanced signal processing and algorithm solutions
- Supporting system design, modelling, testing and performance assessment activities
- Working directly with customers to define requirements and present technical outputs
- Providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance within the team
- Contributing to innovation and the development of new capabilities and business opportunities
- Demonstrable expertise in electronic warfare and/or radar, ideally in a defence context (e.g. trilateration, time and frequency difference of arrival)
- Experience across radar waveform design, signal processing, modelling or algorithm development
- Experience in leading and coordinating technical work within a specialist team, and providing supervision to team members
- Experience authoring reports or technical deliverables on an engineering project
- Experience leading on bids for research and development programmes, driving business development
- Strong problem solving skills applied to complex, non routine technical challenges
- Experience working with customers and stakeholders in a delivery focused environment
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly
- Developing and analysing algorithms using MATLAB and/or Python
- Applied use of machine learning / AI
- Direction finding antenna
- Radar backend processing and algorithm research
- Undertaking / running trials, trial data analysis and performance assessment
- Working with defence customers and suppliers
- Degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent professional qualification
This role is 37 hours per week based at Malvern with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.
Benefits- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
- Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
- Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
- We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
- Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
