Senior Principal Engineering Lead

QinetiQ • farnborough, england • Posted June 29, 2026

About the Role

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID: SF19747

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 Senior Principal Engineering Lead at our Farnborough site, 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 Senior Principal Engineering Lead, you will provide IT platform and engineering leadership within the area of mission IT in order to meet business objectives and deliver growth.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll work with senior managers across multiple cross‑functional programmes within the business, customer and business development communities to lead the technical components in the development of winning proposals and to deliver customer and mission IT th...