Software Engineer Graduate - Early Careers Malvern, England
Job description
It’s an exciting time to join one of our Early Careers programmes at QinetiQ. We are always looking for great people to join our team, whether you are taking your first steps in starting a career or you are looking to make a career change, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities for you.
About the team
Software Engineering:
The QinetiQ Software discipline supports a broad range of our capabilities from designing the future secure GPS to providing cyber-security services, and is at the forefront of developing innovative software solutions to meet the demanding requirements of our customers and partner organisations.
We are a group of professional software developers and engineers who work across the land, air and space domains of the business. We use the latest software development technologies and techniques to develop innovative software solutions. Our Software Engineering teams are looking to recruit proactive, passionate and forward thinking people who are looking to help improve today & shape tomorrow.
We are looking for graduates wanting a career in the whole of the software lifecycle (requirements, design, software development, integration and test) to join our team of over 100 experts. You will develop the skills needed to contribute to the delivery of a wide range of programmes for military, Government and commercial customers to support the protection of national critical infrastructure.
What will I be doing?
Your role will be focused on Software Engineering in Malvern, Worcestershire, initially. You will have the opportunity to look at Software across the whole of QinetiQ.
You will undertake a variety of tasks across the whole of the software lifecycle, ensuring technical solutions meet business and customer requirements.
We have many interesting and sometimes cutting edge domains in which you will work alongside domain experts.
You will have the opportunity to work in Hybrid manner (Office / Home working) although may be dependent on the project you are allocated too.
You may be asked to travel to other QinetiQ sites / Customer sites to support training, meetings or trials.
Academic requirements:
You will need to have obtained a degree with a key focus on any of the disciplines listed below:
Software Related Degree or
Games Development Degree
Additional requirements:
Have a strong interest and/or experience within Software Engineering
Good knowledge of at least 1 object oriented software language
Any work experience within a computing industry is beneficial
Extra-curricular &/or hobbies in Software Engineering or Computer Science is beneficial
Cloud experience is beneficial
Please be aware that many roles within QinetiQ will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
You must be prepared to go through the Government Vetting process, for further details please refer to United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk ,
Location(s):
Malvern, Worcestershire, UK
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Why join QinetiQ?
As a global company of over 6,000 dedicated people providing technological and scientific expertise, we are excited to recruit the most talented and enthusiastic people to become key parts of our business. Our Early Careers programmes give you the opportunity to be at the heart of impactful projects.
Diversity and inclusion
In our unique working environment, teams from different backgrounds collaborate widely on some of the world’s most complex defence and security challenges. Whatever part you play, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies. It’s a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Together, we’ll explore new ways of protecting the world around us.
Your wellbeing
Looking after the health and wellbeing of our employees are our top priority. We offer a host of services designed to support your wellbeing. They range from our Thrive app and Employee Assistance Programme to Mental Health First Aiders. The wellbeing of our employees is critical to our collective and individual success.
Rewards and benefits
We offer global career progression and the opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting projects along with a wide range of rewards and recognition. Our highly competitive salaries come with a raft of benefits, from a performance-based Employee Incentive Scheme to Thank Q, our global recognition scheme. There’s also a Share Incentive Plan, Life Assurance and Benefits+, our flexible benefits package. It’s all designed to make life easier for you.
About QinetiQ
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. With a focus on protecting the world around us, we have a target to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and we are developing a global plan for net zero by March 2022. Being a responsible and sustainable business is at the heart of our identity.
Come and find out how you can play your part.
