49 mechanical engineer jobs found

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 5x Embedded Software V&V Engineer subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract.  Skills in C, C++ or ADA are beneficial.  A defence or aerospace industry background would also be great.   Rate: £70.00 per hour Location: Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference. Hybrid / Remote working: Full time on site (occasional work from home day) (The company are happy with a 4 day week) Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: 1 stage video interview   Embedded Software V&V Engineer Job Description:   The department create the complex, highly reliable real-time software that powers missile systems and their components, ensuring that they provide the performance and functionality our users require when they...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 5x Embedded Software V&V Engineer subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract.  Skills in C, C++ or ADA are beneficial.  A defence or aerospace industry background would also be great.   Rate: £70.00 per hour Location: Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference. Hybrid / Remote working: Full time on site (occasional work from home day) (The company are happy with a 4 day week) Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: 1 stage video interview   Embedded Software V&V Engineer Job Description:   The department create the complex, highly reliable real-time software that powers missile systems and their components, ensuring that they provide the performance and functionality our users require when they...

Infrastructure Engineer (DevOps) 📅12 Months Contract 💰£350 a day inside IR35 📍London Based A Well established top consultancy firm is looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join their financial services client on a 12 months contract period inside IR35. In this role, you will be a driving force within a high-impact delivery unit, working on critical initiatives that support millions of customers and the world's most prominent institutional clients. You will be responsible for defining complex requirements, designing innovative data centre technology, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver seamless, resilient infrastructure at scale. In this role, you will lead the conceptualisation and deployment of cutting-edge data centre components alongside automated, cloud-native environments. Act as a key decision-maker, mentoring junior talent and fostering a culture of continuous technical excellence across the unit. Drive innovation as you stay at the forefront of...

Wintel / Configuration Engineer Swindon - 3 days on-site per week 6 months Inside IR35 The Role Our client is seeking an Environment Engineer to support integrated test environments for a large-scale financial services programme with the end client. This role sits within Environment Engineering and focuses on environment stability, configuration, and operational support. You'll work closely with QA, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to provision environments, maintain compliance, and resolve incidents quickly and effectively. If you enjoy hands-on technical support, automation, and keeping complex environments running smoothly, this is a strong long-term contract opportunity. Key Responsibilities Provision, configure, and maintain integrated test environments Ensure environment stability, reliability, and availability Provide L1/L2 support across Wintel-based platforms and applications Work closely with QA teams to support testing activities and resolve environment...

Senior Front-End Developer (Creative Technologist) * 6-month contract (initially) * Market Rates * Inside IR35 * Remote Working (+ x1 day per week in central London) The Opportunity Our client is seeking a Senior Creative Technologist / Senior Front-End Developer to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of their digital experience delivery. Joining a forward-thinking organisation at the intersection of design, technology and innovation, where you will help define how advanced prototypes and production-ready digital platforms are conceived, engineered and delivered. You will be consulting alongside the Technology Director, Lead Visual Designer and an established Offshore Development team to ensure creative ideas are not only technically achievable but executed to an exceptional standard. The successful candidate will bring experience partnering with leading, high profile, global brands providing creative technology consultancy that aligns creative ambition with technical...

If you are a versatile and highly skilled Senior Cloud & Full Stack Engineer ready to work, support and advance this UK leading companies modern application ecosystem, then please, do read on! This role requires strong expertise across cloud infrastructure, backend microservices, frontend development, and legacy system support. The ideal candidate will possess comprehensive skills in all these areas, ensuring a well-rounded and robust contribution to our technology landscape. Duration: temporary contract for 3-6months or so This is a paid per hour PAYE temporary role Rate of Pay PH: £33-43ph plus holiday pay (circa £60-80,000 if salaried) Location: hybrid. Need to work in the office in Central Bedfordshire for meetings, reviews and handovers, which will be once a week or so. Hours: 35 hrs per week 9am-5pm (1 hr lunch) Days: Mon-Fri Benefits: - free parking - electric vehicle charge points - holiday pay accrual - wfh most of the time - pension after a qualifying period...

OT Cyber Consultant/Engineer Infrastructure Hybrid: 1-2 days per week in Warwick and some site travel 6 months+ £640 per day In short: We require a strong, hands-on OT Cyber Engineer to join a global provider in infrastructure services. In full: Position Main Responsibilities: Report to the OT Security Operations Lead Contribute to the Digital Products and Solutions team in achieving goals and setting cyber security strategy. Assist in the delivery of cyber security projects by validating existing technical documentation. Lead deployment activities in OT environments, including configuring networks, remote access solutions, anti-malware, backup solutions and virtualization platforms. Provide customer cyber support and act as a point of contact for execution projects. Answer technical questions from Product Lines, including troubleshooting and solution listing. Write and perform training sessions for internal teams and customers. Support key business stakeholders in...

BI Engineer / Power BI Developer — Contract Remote (Ireland based preferred) 6 months contract, multiple extensions expected Excellent daily rate on offer Overview We’re hiring a BI Engineer / Power BI Developer to support a global manufacturing group’s EU technology hub. The role focuses on improving existing reporting and automation solutions and supporting longer-term BI projects. The organisation is investing heavily in various digital systems and want to have the latest and greatest reporting services / capabilities functioning effectively. Responsibilities Resolve backlog items across BI and automation Improve performance and reliability of Power BI reports Refactor and improve Power Platform solutions Reduce technical debt in reporting and workflows Support cloud migration of reporting systems Assist with reporting architecture improvements Improve ERP data integration and automation Tech Stack: Power BI Power Apps Power Automate Microsoft data stack /...

Automated Intelligence SME Clearance Required: SC An opportunity is available for an experienced AI Subject Matter Expert to support the implementation and delivery of Automated Intelligence solutions within secure environments. You will work across technical and business teams to design, develop and deploy AI enabled automation capabilities that integrate into existing enterprise systems. The Role You will support the delivery of AI driven automation initiatives across secure programmes. The position requires strong technical capability combined with stakeholder engagement and risk awareness. Key Responsibilities Design, build and deploy automation solutions integrating AI and machine learning models into existing systems and workflows. Analyse business processes with stakeholders to identify automation opportunities and define clear requirements. Develop automation scripts and build data pipelines covering ingestion, preprocessing and feature engineering. Conduct...

Infrastructure Engineer - Contract role VIQU IT are currently seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join a well-established organisation based in Portsmouth. This is a BAU focused role, supporting and maintaining a live environment whilst the organisation completes on-going project work. The Infrastructure Engineer Role: As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining, supporting, and optimising the organisation’s core infrastructure estate. You’ll play a key role in ensuring high availability, performance, and security across the Windows-based environment. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys operational stability, proactive improvement, and hands-on infrastructure support within a Microsoft-centric environment. The Infrastructure Engineer Responsibilities: Day-to-day support of Windows server infrastructure Administration of Microsoft technologies (Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP) Management and support of...

Configuration Engineer 6 month contract Based in Stevenage Offering £50ph Inside IR35 As the Configuration Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry. You will be involved in: Responsible for supporting the Configuration Manager of any given Project, including responsibility for the Product definition and/or Configuration Management Your skillset may include: Knowledge regarding principles of Configuration Management Communicate with stakeholders Promote the Configuration Management group with internal customers Awareness of relevant internal and external customer requirements and standards High degree of IT literacy Reflection of engineering input, through the engineering change process Managing on behalf of project, the correct design...

Embedded Software Engineer | 6-Month Contract (Outside IR35) | Cambridge Location: Cambridge, UK Contract Type: 6 months (Outside IR35) Rate: Competitive (DOE) Security Clearance: SC Clearance required About the Role We are working with a leading UK defence and security technology consultancy, engaged in developing cutting-edge solutions that protect the UK from emerging technological and cyber threats. As an Embedded Software Engineer, you’ll work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers to design, develop, test, and deliver prototype solutions. This is a hands-on, technically challenging role where your work will have real-world impact. Responsibilities: Develop embedded software for high-tech systems, primarily in C (Linux environment) Collaborate with teams on design, prototyping, and full product lifecycle development Debug and optimise software and hardware interfaces Contribute to technical problem-solving and innovative solutionsRequired...

Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation) - VMware POD Lead Located in Sheffield 9+ month Contract £360-£390 per day insideIR35 Hybrid - 3 days in the office per week We are seeking a highly experienced Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation) to join the Virtualisation Engineering Team. This is a leadership role within a VMware Engineering POD, responsible for driving product vision, automation, reliability, and service sustainability across a large-scale enterprise VMware estate. Responsibilities include: * Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within a POD structure * Own people and performance management responsibilities * Define VMware product strategy focusing on automation, reliability, availability, performance, and scale * Design, deploy, and manage VMware technologies including vSphere, vRO, vRLI, vROps, and vLCM * Drive automation initiatives using PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, and vRealize Suite * Establish and enforce engineering standards and...

Duration: Through to 31 December 2026 IR35: Outside IR35 Location: Southampton (3-4 days onsite per week) Rate: Dependent on experience Background The business has been been part (majority) purchased. The main element of this split work is the Tenancy activities. You will support the creation of two new tenants which we are migrating to from the existing old tenant. This work is being handled by the existing internal team in conjunction with a third party and migration toolset. Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with strong, hands‑on expertise across the Microsoft ecosystem including Azure, Microsoft 365, Defender suite, and associated third party security and management tools. The primary focus of this role is to support and execute technical workstreams relating to a major organisational split project, covering identity, infrastructure, network, and application separation. Alongside the split programme, the contractor will also support...

Job Title: VMWare Engineering Lead Location: Sheffield OR Birmingham (3 days per week on-site) Salary/Rate: Up to £485 per day Start Date: March 2026 Job Type:10-month contract (Inside IR35) Company Introduction: We are currently recruiting for an Engineering Lead with experience in large-scale IT infrastructure & distributed systems to join our tier-1 banking client on an exciting long-term contract. Role overview The role is part of the Virtualisation Engineering Team within Distributed Compute in CTO Enterprise Services. A VMware Engineering POD Lead is responsible for guiding the development and delivery of VMware products, ensuring they meet business needs and customer expectations. Responsible for VMware Products Vision and Strategy with a focus on automation, availability, reliability, performance, and scale. Managing complex environmental issues, collaborating with wider teams, such as Operations, Applications, Engineering, Connectivity, and vendors. Job...

Infrastructure Automation Engineer 2 year Contract Inside IR35 Location - Portsmouth or Corsham Overview The Infrastructure Automation Engineering Service will support the technical team responsible for the design, development, documentation, building and validation of infrastructure automation components which form part of the NSoIT(D) Platform. These automation components will primary be developed using Python3, Ansible and Bash with a focus on hardware components, specifically their various features, services, and configurations, as well as interactions with external REST/SOAP APIs and services. The team's responsibilities include: Apply complex problem solving to "reverse engineer" applications, designs and manual build instructions to create zero touch automation packages that are parameterised, dynamic and able to repeatedly and reliably deploy against these designs. Often these applications are legacy, were created without automation in mind or are otherwise resistive...

Azure Platform Engineer 6 months Remote Active NPPV3/SC Clearance required £680 per day inside IR35 Role Description and Location An Azure Platform Engineer who can successfully integrate a mobile application with a Kubernetes‑based backend needs a blend of cloud architecture depth, DevOps maturity, and application‑integration awareness. Someone who can bridge mobile‑app needs with cloud‑native infrastructure in a secure, scalable way. Core Technical Attributes Azure Cloud Expertise Strong command of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Experience with Azure API Management for exposing backend services to mobile apps Familiarity with Azure Functions, Event Grid, Service Bus, and other integration services Understanding of Azure networking: VNets, private endpoints, Application Gateway, WAF, load balancers Knowledge of Azure Identity (Azure AD, Managed Identities, OAuth2, OpenID Connect) Kubernetes & Containerization Proficiency with containerization (Docker) Ability to...

Desktop Support Engineer (SC Cleared) Location: Gloucester (100% Onsite) Contract: 6 Months Initially Start Date: March (ASAP) Rate: £200 - £220 per day (Inside IR35) About the Role Our client is seeking an experienced SC Cleared Desktop Support Engineer to join their team in Gloucester. This role is fully onsite and plays a key part in ensuring the smooth operation of their IT systems, supporting end-users, and maintaining technical excellence across the organisation. You will be responsible for diagnosing and resolving technical issues, supporting Windows 10/Microsoft Managed Desktop environments, and assisting with IT infrastructure tasks to minimise downtime and enhance productivity. Key Responsibilities Technical Support & Issue Resolution * Troubleshoot and resolve issues across networks, applications, Windows 10, hardware, software, VPNs, printers, and mobile devices. * Manage incident queues and ensure timely response to reactive and proactive incidents....

Job Title: Product Owner Location: Sheffield OR Birmingham (3 days per week) Salary/Rate: Up to £485 per day Start Date: March 2026 Job Type: 10-month contract (inside IR35) Company Introduction: We are currently recruiting for a Product Owner to join our client in the financial services sector. Job Responsibilities/Objectives: Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within the POD structure Responsible for people and performance management of the team Design, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, VRO, vRLI, and related technologies Oversee day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of the virtual environment Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions for business needs Drive automation initiatives using tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, or vRealize Suite Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities...

Azure Data Engineer - 3–6-month contract We are looking for a Data Engineer to join a growing digital and data function supporting a modern, cloud-based data platform. This role focuses on building reliable, secure, and scalable data solutions that enable analytics, operational reporting, and data-driven decision making across the organisation. You will work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver well-engineered data pipelines and models, contributing to the continuous improvement of data platforms and engineering standards. Azure data engineer responsibilities: Build and support robust ELT data pipelines using Azure-based technologies and SQL Develop structured data models aligned to modern data platform patterns Ensure data solutions meet performance, security, quality, and reliability standards Contribute to agile delivery, code reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering practices Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to...