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Senior Engineer - Defence

Bedford, BEDFORDSHIRE, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-17 → 2026-07-31

Core

Develop and deliver tests to validate military vehicles on the leading edge of technology, evaluating regulatory, performance, and reliability aspects.

Role type

Senior Engineer - Vehicle Testing & Validation

Builds

Test plans, data analysis, safety cases, and performance reports for military vehicle platforms

Domain

Defence / Military Vehicle Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Vehicle system testing, data acquisition principles, sensor application knowledge, vehicle mechanical systems expertise, test facility specification, test data analysis, safety case development, test technique design

Preferred skills

Military vehicle approval standards knowledge, vehicle assessment benchmarking methods, system requirements writing, military supply chain understanding, vehicle network and comms systems knowledge

Technologies

CAN, FLEXRAY, RS232, LIN, accelerometers, microphones, strain gauges, force transducers

Responsibilities

Design tests with solid technical foundations to solve customer needs, liaise with customers and test authorities to ensure regulatory compliance, specify test facilities and equipment, analyze test data for compliance and fitness for purpose, develop new processes and improve existing procedures, provide off-site support in 3rd party test facilities, make engineering judgements on vehicle performance, write clear test reports and compile data packs, explain test results and explore improvement areas, develop safety cases and risk assessments, design new test techniques and novel solutions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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