Full-Time

Senior Electrical Engineer

Posted on 2/3/2026

Deadline 2/3/27
QinetiQ

QinetiQ

5,001-10,000 employees

Global defense, security, and aerospace engineering

Compensation Overview

$94.1k - $127k/yr

Massachusetts, USA

In Person

Category
Electrical Engineering (1)
Required Skills
CAD
Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Electrical or equivalent with 5+ years of related experience
  • Hands-on experience building and testing systems
  • Familiarity with MIL-Specs and MIL-PRFs related to electrical engineering
  • Ability to see programs through from proposal to production
  • Experience interfacing and collaborating with customers
  • Prior mentorship roles especially within an engineering setting
  • Experience with CAD/Analysis programs
  • Experience with software development
  • Must be able to obtain a DoD clearance
Responsibilities
  • Work within and/or lead multidisciplinary teams of mechanical, electrical, software, and controls engineers to design and support complex systems
  • Act as the hands-on primary contributor to first iteration design build and troubleshooting
  • Oversee the entire component life-cycle from proposal, concept design, prototype build, and production implementation
  • Design and develop new and novel features for existing products
  • Troubleshoot and root cause challenging component and systems problems
  • Spearhead the electrical design and testing to MIL-Spec environmental requirements
Desired Qualifications
  • Active DOD security clearance preferred

QinetiQ is a global science and engineering company serving defense, security, and aerospace markets. It delivers advanced technologies, testing, evaluation, and integrated engineering services for government and commercial customers, including R&D, systems design, testing facilities, and program support to design, verify, and deploy defense and security solutions. The company originated from the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) and was privatized to become a private company, later expanding via Carlyle Group’s investment and a London IPO to grow, especially in the U.S. defense market. This mix of government-originated expertise and private-sector growth helps it offer broad, end-to-end capabilities across international projects. Its goal is to provide trusted science and engineering capabilities that help protect nations and people by delivering reliable defense, security, and aerospace solutions.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Mary Tavy, United Kingdom

Founded

1956

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • QinetiQ US formed in 2019 via MTEQ acquisition, doubling US operations size.
  • QinetiQ hired Shawn Purvis as US CEO in Q3 2025 to drive revenue growth.
  • QinetiQ revenues soared since 2022 from Ukraine war drone and EW demand.

What critics are saying

  • Airbus Zephyr dominates HAPS market, eroding QinetiQ ISR revenues since 2013 sale.
  • Velodyne bankruptcy in 2023 halts lidar supply for QinetiQ UGV portfolio.
  • UK MOD favors Dstl, reducing QinetiQ contracts post-DERA split.

What makes QinetiQ unique

  • QinetiQ originated from DERA privatization in July 2001, inheriting UK defense R&D legacy.
  • QinetiQ North America leads in military robotics via 2004 Foster-Miller acquisition.
  • QinetiQ secured 25-year LTPA with UK MOD in 2003 for test services.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

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QinetiQ was formed in July 2001, when the Ministry of Defence (MOD) split its Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) in two. The smaller portion of DERA, was rebranded Dstl (Defence Science & Technology Laboratory).

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