254 jobs found in Royston

DDI Engineer / DDI Migration Specialist - SC Cleared 📍 Cambridge (Hybrid) 📅 12-Month Contract 💰 £450-£500 per day Inside IR35 Overview We are seeking an experienced DDI Specialist to lead a large-scale migration from BlueCat to Infoblox within a complex global enterprise environment. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong expertise across DNS, DHCP and IPAM, with responsibility for assessing the current estate, defining the migration strategy and delivering a low-risk implementation across multi-region infrastructure. The successful candidate will also help shape the future-state DDI platform through improved standards, automation, documentation and operational processes. Key Responsibilities Lead the migration from BlueCat to Infoblox Assess current DDI estate and define migration strategy Deliver DNS, DHCP and IPAM solutions across enterprise-scale environments Design and support scalable DDI architectures Implement and manage GeoDNS / GSLB solutions...

Programme Director - Hertfordshire Contract start 1st of June 2026 £1000 per day Inside IR35 - paid via an umbrella Hybrid workingA senior leadership role within the Strategic Projects and Management Office. The postholder is accountable for the successful delivery of the organisation's portfolio of projects and programmes, setting standards and best practice for project and programme managers, ensuring that strategic initiatives are executed effectively, on time, within budget, and to defined quality standards. The role provides leadership and direction across all delivery teams, shaping delivery strategy, driving execution excellence, and ensuring outcomes realise intended business benefits. The role influences senior stakeholders and aligns delivery activity with organisational priorities. This role requires excellent leadership qualities, who is strategic, proactive, and highly experienced technology leader with a strong track record in delivering complex programmes and...

Head of Portfolio PMO - Interim Start 1st of June, 2026 Stevenage Head Office - hybrid working £1000 to £1200 per day - Inside of IR35 Monthly rollingA senior leadership role within the Strategic Projects and Management Office. The postholder is accountable for establishing, leading, and continuously improving the way the change portfolio is delivered. The role ensures that robust governance, delivery frameworks, quality standards, and assurance processes are in place to enable successful delivery of projects and programmes. The role influences organisational delivery capability, providing the delivery framework, and expert support to project and programme managers. Driving consistency, transparency, and control across the change portfolio while enabling teams to deliver effectively is a key requirement. This position requires a commercially minded, proactive, and experienced technology professional. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of managing complex...

We are recruiting for a talented Hardware Design Engineer to join our client's Test Equipment Hardware Design Capability team on a 6-month contract. Part of the Test Equipment Centre of Excellence (TE CofEx), this team designs, integrates, and validates innovative test system hardware solutions that support products throughout their lifecycle. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge projects, ensure technical excellence, and help drive engineering success. Role: Test Development Engineer Pay: £50 per hour Via Umbrella Location: Stevenage Contract: Monday- Friday, 37 Hours per week, 6 Months Contract IR35 Status: Inside Security Clearance: SC Required however can start on BPSS Essential Responsibilities Prepare specifications & develop designs in line with all quality and technical standards. Develop proposals for investigations & solutions, following investigation and analysis of technical issues. Carry out design appraisals to ensure all...

On behalf of our client, we are seeking a Electronics Design Engineer to join my client on an initial 12 month contract. As the Electronics Design Engineer you will be responsible for developing cutting-edge electronic solutions for weapon systems. This will include on board missile sub-systems and Land, Sea and Air based Firing Units. Your role will entail responsibility for the quality and performance of the electronic solution together with providing cost and schedule updates to a project manager. Role: Electronics Design Engineer Pay: Up to £58 per hour via Umbrella Location: Stevenage Contract: Monday - Friday 37 hours per week, 12 months contract IR35 Status: Inside Security Clearance: Security Clearance before starting, UK Eyes only project Responsibilities: You will be responsible for developing cutting-edge electronic solutions for weapon systems. This will include on board missile sub-systems and Land, Sea and Air based Firing Units. Your role will entail...

FPGA Engineer Initial 12-Month Contract Stevenage OR Bristol x3 days onsite p/w (inside IR35) SC to start - UKEO programmes £90ph, UMB, inside IR35 Our client, a key player in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a talented FPGA Design Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. This role involves working on a growing portfolio of complex FPGA projects, including advanced signal processing systems, core embedded processing systems, and safety & security critical systems. Key Responsibilities: Tackle technically demanding projects and develop new skills Embody key values of Innovation, Commitment, Integrity, Passion, and Team Spirit Join a team full of desire and ambition to be the best Work at the forefront of technology, developing new and innovative concepts for future products Design, develop and prove key products throughout the product lifecycle from concept to in-service support Define the architecture and requirements, working with hardware...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 3x FPGA Design Engineer Subcontractors on an initial 12 month contract.   Rate: £90.00 per hour Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage or Bristol depending on your preference Hybrid / Remote working: Hybrid working of 3 days per week onsite Duration: 12 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.  IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: One stage video interview   FPGA Design Engineer Job Description:    For this role, we are seeking an experienced FPGA design and verification engineer (~4+ years), to support the development of our growing portfolio of complex FPGA projects. The current portfolio ranges from advanced signal processing systems (ImageRadio), core embedded processing systems, through to safety & security critical systems. Responsibilities: The role...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract. This role would suit a Mechanical Design Engineer who comes from a strong Defence or Aerospace background has strong Creo / PRO-E skills.         Job Title:  Mechanical Design Engineer Rate: £50.00 per hour Location: Stevenage or Bristol – depending on your preference Hybrid / Remote working: 4 days a week likely onsite (likely could be lower on a week by week basis; depending on work). 1 day remote. (flexible on start and finish time). A compressed 4 day week (Monday to Thursday) a possibility. 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) Mechanical Design Engineer Job Description: An opportunity to become part of Europe’s No. 1 Missile Systems Designer, as a...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Principal Thermal Engineer Subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract.   Hourly Rate: £50.00  Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: The role will likely be onsite 3 days per week. Duration: 12 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.  IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: One stage onsite interview   Principal Thermal Engineer Job Description: The Mechanical Analysis Group are looking for a Principal Thermal Engineer to join its team in Stevenage. The group consists of over 30 engineers working across a wide spectrum of cutting-edge military systems. Working for an internationally recognised company, you will play a critical role in ensuring that products deliver the necessary performance against key...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Verification and Validation Systems Engineering Specialist subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract.  Rate: £85.00 per hour Overtime Rate: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage or Bristol (depending on your preference) Hybrid / Remote working: The role will be a hybrid role of on average 2 days per week onsite Contract: 37 Hours per week Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) V&V Systems Engineering Specialist Job Description: The Test & Evaluation team are looking for a V&V Systems Engineering Specialist to operate with a high-level of technical responsibility for the entire lifecycle of our product, ranging from design and development to qualification and deployment. A specialist will bridge the gap between design and production, ensuring that complex,...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination ( Systems Engineer Manager ) subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.    This position would suit a candite from the Defence / Aerospace industries and from a Systems Engineering Management background.   Rate: £80.00 per hour Location: Bristol, Stevenage or Bolton, depending on your preference.  Hybrid / Remote working: Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite (the department can offer a compressed 4 day week of Monday to Thursday) 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 Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination Job Description:   FCAS is one of the largest, most exciting and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver a Future...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Business Analyst subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.  The role will be a hybrid position of 1-2 days in office, rest of the week remote.   Rate: £34.87 per hour Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: Hybrid, 1-2 days per week onsite and the rest remote from home. The department can offer a compressed 4 day week of Monday to Thursday) Duration: 6 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.  IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)   Job Description:   The CAFM Business Analyst is responsible for establishing structured project delivery, documentation standards, and operational processes for the CAFM function. The role will define requirements, process maps, governance frameworks, and change management structures to support...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Test Development Engineer on an initial 6 month contract.  The role will be a hybrid position of 50 / 50 time spent onsite.   Rate: £50.00 per hour Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: The role will be a hybrid position of 50 / 50 time spent onsite 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)   Test Development Engineer Job Description: The Test Equipment Hardware Design Capability group is a function home to the engineers working as part of the Test Equipment Centre of Excellence (TE CofEx), within Electronic Engineering (EE) Directorate. The EE Directorate is part of the wider Operations Directorate and forms part of Greater Engineering (Engineering, Operations and Programmes Directorate). Prepare specifications & develop...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage (the role can be a split of working Onsite and Working From Home) is currently looking to recruit a Bid Coordinator on an initial 6 month contract, with very high prospect of extension.    This role would suit a candidate who comes from a strong background of working as a Bid Coordinator, Bid Manager, Bid Specialist or Bid Writer.  An Engineering background would be great.  A background of working in the Defence or Aerospace industry would be great.    Rate: £50 per hour Overtime Rate: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: This role will be 2 or 3 days per week onsite. Duration: 6 Months with very likely prospect of extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term.  IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: One stage video interview   Bid Coordinator Job Description: The Test Equipment New Business Support (TE NBS) role...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage and Bristol is currently looking to recruit a Systems Performance Modelling Engineer subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract.  Your base site can be either Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference. The role can be worked on a 4 day week basis (Monday to Thursday) but due to the nature of the work, the position will need to be based onsite.     This role would be suitable for a Simulation and Modelling Engineer (Matlab / Simulink) ideally from the defence or aerospace industry.   Rate: £80.00 per hour Location: Your base site can be either Stevenage or Bristol, depending on your preference Hybrid / Remote working: The role will based onsite.  A compressed 4-Day week of Monday to Thursday is possible Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit an Embedded DSP Software Engineer – Software Defined Radio Datalink subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.     This role would suit a candidate who comes from a mobile communications industry or from the aerospace / defence field. Other industries will be considered too.   Rate: £70 per hour Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: The role will based onsite.  A compressed 4-Day week of Monday to Thursday is possible Duration: 6 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.  IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: One stage video interview process   Embedded DSP Software Engineer – Software Defined Radio Datalink Job Description:   Join our growing Software team in Stevenage, working as part of a dynamic team to...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Codification Engineer subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract.  The role will be a hybrid position of 1-2 days in office, rest of the week remote.   Candidates from the following fields would be well suited to this role: Configuration Engineer, Engineering Data Engineer, Engineering Data Analyst, Technical Data Engineer, Product Configuration Engineer, ILS Engineer (Integrated Logistics Support Engineer), Supportability Engineer, Defence Logistics Engineer, Logistics Engineer, Supply Chain Engineer (Defence), Codification Engineer, NATO Codification Specialist, NSN Codification Engineer, PLM Engineer, SAP Master Data Engineer, and Configuration/Data Management Specialist within engineering or manufacturing environments. Rate: £45 per hour Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer (Military Packaging Design) subcontractors on an initial 12 month contract. This role would suit a Mechanical Design Engineer who comes from a strong Defence or Aerospace background has strong Creo / PRO-E skills.  Other CAD Package skills are also fine.         Job Title:  Mechanical Design Engineer Rate: £50.00 per hour Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: Hybrid, 2-3 days min on site. Although this can change due to workload. Can be continually reviewed. Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Mechanical Design Engineer - Job Description: An opportunity to become part of Europe’s No. 1 Missile Systems Designer, as a Mechanical Design Engineer. You will work closely with other functional...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 2x Senior Electronics Engineering Project Manager subcontractors on an initial 12 month contract.  The role will be a hybrid of working from home and being onsite 2 days per week (flexibility on this).    Please Note – this role requires a very strong Electronics background or a background of working on electronic focused/biased projects.  The position will be managing detailed design of electronics product / engineering development   Job Title: Senior Electronics Engineering Project Manager Number of positions: 2 Rate: £60.00 per hour Location: Stevenage, Bolton or Bristol – depending on your preference Hybrid / Remote working: 2 days per week onsite (flexibility on this) Contract: 37 Hours per week Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)   Senior Electronics Engineering Project Manager Job Description: We are Electronics Engineering. We are...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Workforce Planning and EVP Advisor subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. Rate: £36.28 per hour Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: 2-3 days per week onsite Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Workforce Planning and EVP Advisor Job Description: FCAS (Future Combat Air System) is one of the largest, most exciting, and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver a Future Combat Air Programme for the RAF in record time. The key cornerstone of FCAS is the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), which sees the UK working with our international partners Italy and Japan.  FCAS and GCAP combined present a unique opportunity to influence the design of the platform and wider system to reflect a new...