What will I be doing?

Working as part of a team of communications specialists, you will develop a broad range of technical communications knowledge. You will ideally have a pro-active and hands on approach to work, able to apply your technical knowledge and innovation to the development of current and future communications systems that operate across a varied range of environments (e.g. rural and urban/land and maritime).

Your passion for new and future communications technology will allow you to keep up to date with the changing communication landscape and allow you to talk knowledgably to our clients. Particularly the Graduate will:

• work to a senior member of staff, deliver communications solutions by building and testing to the required specification
• undertake a variety of tasks, ensuring technical solutions meet business and customer requirements.
• write technical outputs that capture the work in a manner that explains to the customer the rationale for the approach as well as clearly articulates the conclusions and recommendations for future developments

Academic requirements:

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

• Electronic Engineering
• Physics
• Maths

Additional requirements:

Depending on your skills, interest and qualifications, the following are desirable but not essential:

• Have a strong interest and/or experience within electronic systems applied to the discipline of communications, typically covering:
  • Information theory
  • Modulation and coding
• Passionate about understanding how communication systems work and the challenges faced in supporting information transfer, particularly
  • RF propagation
  • Electronic Warfare concepts
• Recognition of networking concepts that support routing and dissemination of information to communications bearer access and egress points
• Have an understanding of the use of engineering tools such as Matlab and Simulink
• Have an interest in integration and acceptance techniques and the use of laboratory equipment such as network/spectrum analysers
• You are likely to be passionate about RF communications and its military applications.

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 - UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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(s):

• Portsdown Technology Park, Portsmouth

Why join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.  

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.  You’ll receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what’s happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, adaptive and flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more. 

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. 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. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.