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Noise & Vibration Engineer

QinetiQ
Rosyth
11 months ago
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The Role

As a Noise and Vibration Engineer, you will join a team that operates across the full spectrum of N&V Engineering from field trials of ships and submarines to office based signature stealth analysis and modelling. You will have the opportunity to be involved across the full spectrum of work that our team provides, or it may be that you specialise in one or two specific facets. You’ll utilise our measurement facility based at our Rosyth site, close to Edingburgh, with opportunities to travel to the wider MoD and QinetiQ sites across the UK, proving support for test and evaluation of acoustic stealth for naval ships and submarines. There will also be opportunities to support trials work conducted overseas. 

Day-to-day, you will:

Support various project teams to solve often complex noise and vibration problems for our customers, which may involve field trials predominantly of UK Royal Navy ships and Submarines Work as part of the team, ensuring that all customer requirements are delivered according to the specified quality, cost and time requirements Operate safely with an awareness of compliance within all health, safety, security and environmental requirements Promote technical innovation and research related to new technologies and applications within the noise and vibration domain and further disciplines that work closely in this area


This role is a full-time position based at our Rosyth site with adaptive working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Noise and Vibration Engineer:

As this is a Junior role within the team, training and mentoring will be provided.
However, any experience of the following relevant areas would be highly desirable:

Familiarity with Naval Platforms Proven experience operating within maritime engineering, trials or test and evaluation environments Previous experience within data science, modelling, analysis, acoustics or physics Proficiency with relevant software for signal processing, modelling or analysis such as MATLAB, LabVIEW and Python

Qualifications for the Noise and Vibration Engineer:

An undergraduate degree within a relevant Science or Engineering subject or a relevant qualification (HNC, HND or NVQ) plus proven experience

Our Benefits

Adaptive and flexible working Additional allowance payments when conducting trials of ships and submarines at sea Generous holiday allowance Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance Employee discount portal Holiday Trading Support for the Armed Forces community Payroll Giving and Volunteering


Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.

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 a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

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