Principal Technical Lead

Salary: £43,000 - 83,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience of establishing high-performing multi-disciplinary teams.
• We need extensive experience dealing with stakeholders and overseeing the integration of new hardware and software into existing systems.
• We require a good understanding of the complete end-to-end system architecture for communications systems.
• We need a strong grasp of the systems engineering lifecycle.
• We are looking for previous experience architecting and supporting the delivery of on-premise virtualisation solutions.
• We require extensive experience working in a delivery-focused role within IT infrastructure, with a broad and comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles.
• We require a first degree in Science or Engineering, or an equivalent nationally recognised professional qualification combined with further on-the-job experience.

Responsibilities:

• We are responsible for engineering management and oversight of a consistent and coherent system design for our Share Computing Environment at one of our sites in Scotland.
• We enable the delivery of our obligations within the Maritime Test Evaluation and Training Integrated Delivery Team, overseeing various programme streams to ensure efficient delivery.
• We oversee work across a multi-disciplinary technical team and coach and mentor engineers across the IDT to improve their engineering outputs.
• We engage with relevant internal and external customers and stakeholders to interpret and shape their requirements to support the research, design, and development of solutions.
• We work with programme managers and business development leads to support the development of winning proposals and deliver coherent engineering solutions that are supportable through life.
• We lead engineering teams to deliver complex solutions and provide technical leadership for programme delivery.
• We provide technical assurance through an excellent understanding of appropriate technical standards.
• We are responsible, potentially through delegation, for the development of design certifications, technical delivery plans, high-level documentation, detailed design documentation, testing schedules, experimental plans, technical roadmaps, and technical reports and presentations.

Technologies:

• Hardware
• Support
• Security

More:

At QinetiQ, we are creating the future through cutting-edge defence technology and ground-breaking innovation to empower and protect lives. This Principal Technical Lead role is based at any of our UK main sites, with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week and travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites expected. We operate state-of-the-art facilities across the UK focused on defence, security and technology innovation, supporting research, testing and development for military and civilian applications. We offer a collaborative, diverse and inclusive working environment, matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance, generous holiday allowance with the option to purchase additional days, optional Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance, an employee discount portal, volunteering opportunities, and strong support for the Armed Forces community.

last updated 35 week of 2026