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£47,049 pa On-site Permanent

Senior Technical Officer - Drone

Lead drone pilot for the NCA's Technical Operations unmanned vehicle programme, flying UAS and USV platforms and developing innovative technical surveillance capabilities. Responsible for flight planning and clearances, training the drone cadre, engaging with the Civil Aviation Authority and suppliers, and acting as subject matter expert on unmanned vehicles.

National Crime Agency

Gillingham

£39,000 – £49,000 pa On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Software Engineer

Contributes across the full development lifecycle, from concept and algorithm design to system integration, testing and troubleshooting of safety-critical navigation and autonomy software in C++. Works with a multidisciplinary team on real-time embedded systems, hardware/software-in-the-loop testing and flight test activities, producing design documentation and test reports.

Flarebright

Bicester

£60,000 – £90,000 pa On-site Clearance Required

Senior RF Data Research Scientist

Lead applied RF engineering work, advancing signal processing pipelines and developing next-generation prototype technologies for defence and security applications. Day-to-day involves Python data analysis and prototyping (NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch), digital signal processing, SDR frameworks and analysis of wireless protocols. Fully on-site near the Cambridgeshire/Essex border, with security clearance required.

ECM Selection

Cambridge

£50,000 – £80,000 pa Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Embedded Software Engineer

Develops onboard software for uncrewed aerial systems, spanning autopilots, autonomy, payloads and mission-critical subsystems. Works on existing aircraft and clean-sheet designs, taking code from concept and SIL/HIL simulation through to real-world flight testing, with C++ and/or Rust in embedded and real-time environments.

Empresaria Group plc

Bristol

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Transmissions Engineer

Design or analyse helicopter transmission systems across conventional helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air systems, covering the full product lifecycle from concept to in-service support. Designers produce 3D models and 2D drawings in CATIA V5 for gears, bearings, casings, shafts and couplings; analysts perform stress, fatigue and finite element analysis. The role spans UK and Italian sites with international travel.

Leonardo

Yeovil

Clearance Required

Staff Product Security Engineer

Owns the development and maturation of security features across AI systems, command and control platforms, aerospace vehicles and sensors. Conducts architecture reviews, source code analysis, configuration auditing and adversarial testing, and builds tooling while collaborating with engineering, manufacturing and operations teams to harden products.

Anduril

London