Scientist/Engineer - Technology Watch (Research and Innovation)

Job Title: Technology Analyst

Location: Malvern or Farnborough

Company: QinetiQ

About the role:
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Research & Innovation (R&I) Project Delivery Team. The R&I Project Team exploit the unique breadth and depth of QinetiQ technical teams to add real value as a research prime, linking across multiple domains. We provide the expert people and innovation to deliver future products and services into the wider QinetiQ business, working to encourage novel ideas as well as innovation driven by business need.

We are seeking a Science and Technology Analyst that is keen to be part of exciting growth in Futures and Innovation understanding, to enable Defence and Security to mitigate future challenges, whilst identifying and exploiting opportunities. It will be a strategic role where you will support Technology Watch and Horizon Scanning. Identifying future technology trends and development to help support projects roadmap when new developments will come into play and be applicable to their specific areas.

What will I be doing:
This will involve supporting one of our key customers (MoD Defence Science & Technology Laboratory) in the following:

Insights – identify, assess and advise on emerging technologies and capabilities. Applying system approaches, horizon scanning and technology road-mapping.

Transformative concepts and systems – develop understanding of long-term future concepts and operating environments, and the impact of generation after next technologies. Imagining and developing transformative concepts and systems

Futures Capability Development – develop and identify new approaches for futures analysis, promoting and helping to embed their use.

You will also have the opportunity to:
Support the technology watch, tracking and forecasting capability across QinetiQ. Support bids on futures and horizon scanning work and identify potential opportunities in this domain. Act as technical lead to a bid (leading a pan-QinetiQ team if required) and supply technical advice to technology futures work both in QinetiQ and in other organisations.

Influence futures thinking at a strategic level across QinetiQ and other organisations. Aim to be recognised as QinetiQ's point of contact for Technology oriented Futures work, Horizon Scanning, Road mapping and Technology Forecasting.

Champion the need for futures work in QinetiQ and in other organisations, whilst supporting and assisting the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and other senior staff as appropriate

What do I need:
You will have a degree or higher level within Science Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and be familiar with technology.

You should be a fluent writer, being able to translate technical concepts into a language understandable by the informed layperson.

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum.

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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.