# Principal Autonomous Systems Engineer

Package: £62,250 - £69,750 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits Role ID: SF20873 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 Principal Autonomous Systems Engineerat our Farnboroughsite, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds. The Role As a Principal Autonomous Systems Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across autonomy programmes, influence strategic direction, mentor engineering teams and work directly with customers to deliver cutting-edge autonomous capabilities. Day-to-day, you'll lead multidisciplinary teams, shape future autonomy solutions, support business growth activities and guide the successful delivery of complex programmes across air or maritime autonomy domains. We expect your time to be split approximately 70% on leadership and 30% on technical delivery work. Your responsibilities will include: Providing technical leadership across autonomy and autonomous systems programmes Leadi

- **Id**: 3822742
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/qinetiq-principal-autonomous-systems-engineer>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: lead
- **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**: 2026-11-05T17:46:36Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T00:20:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5915
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- **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**: 62250
- **Max**: 69750
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 93966

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T17:46:36Z

## 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**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 20
- **Reasons**: conf:5, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 93966
- **Is top pay**: no

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