# Autonomous Systems Engineer

Package: £47,250 - £52,500 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits Role ID: SF20638 Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow - we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations, our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Software Development Engineer at our Farnborough site, where you’ll work with advanced technologies alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry. The Role As a Software Development Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, developing and delivering autonomy solutions that support complex military aviation systems, helping shape the future of crewed and uncrewed operations. Day-to-day, you’ll take ownership of technical work packages, contribute to research and development activities, and support the integration and testing of autonomy and control technologies from concept through to live trials. Your responsibilities will include: Applying software & systems engineering principles to the development of control and autonomy solutions Leading or contributing to algorithm development for autonomous and decision-support systems Developing production-level

- **Id**: 3975508
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/qinetiq-autonomous-systems-engineer>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Farnborough, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T17:55:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T17:55:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5370
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Dental insurance, Health insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Defense Manufacturing, Engineering Services, Testing, Inspection & Certification

## Company

- **Id**: 51551
- **Name**: QinetiQ
- **Domain**: qinetiq.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/qinetiq>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.167
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 20
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 47250
- **Max**: 52500
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 70420

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T17:55:05Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker, Graduate Trainee); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 20
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T18:58:18Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 70420
- **Is top pay**: no

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