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Chief Engineer – Air

QinetiQ

Provide enterprise-level technical leadership, governance and airworthiness assurance across QinetiQ’s Air portfolio.

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Location

Amesbury, England, United Kingdom

Work mode

Hybrid

Employment

Full-time

Experience

Executive

Visa support

Not Specified

Salary

£90,000 – £1,05,000 per year

Official annual salary range plus bonus and benefits.

Opportunity

Job Description

The Chief Engineer holds delegated engineering authority and is responsible for technical integrity, safety, compliance and through-life performance across major Air programmes.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering authority across the Air portfolio.
Govern technical integrity and engineering delivery.
Oversee airworthiness and platform-safety management.
Lead multidisciplinary engineering organisations.
Assure complex, high-risk defence-air programmes.
Influence customers and senior stakeholders.

Eligibility

Approximately 15–20 or more years of defence-air engineering experience.
Extensive multidisciplinary engineering-leadership experience.
Expertise in systems engineering and engineering governance.
Airworthiness or platform-safety management experience.
Eligibility for appropriate security clearance.

Required Skills

Engineering governanceAirworthinessPlatform safetySystems engineeringTechnical leadershipDefence air systems

Preferred Skills

Engineering authorityDefence acquisitionPortfolio leadershipMOD customer engagementThrough-life engineering

Application Instructions

Apply through QinetiQ’s official careers page with a résumé demonstrating executive engineering leadership and airworthiness experience.

Apply through UCO Aero

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