39 development engineer jobs found in Peterborough

Contract positions Inside IR35 On site in Cambridgeshire Proven Engine development experience is Essential Control Development Engineer: Develop, maintain, and debug engine control algorithms in MATLAB/Simulink/State flow . Execute MIL/SIL/HIL validation, static code analysis, and auto‑code generation aligned with embedded software processes. Experience with AUTOSAR architecture, software component configuration, and tooling Familiarity with CAN/LIN/Control Systems Engineer: Responsible for the design, development, calibration, and integration of engine control systems Contribute to FMEA's Plan, develop and execute validation activities. Integrate control systems with engine hardware, sensors, and actuators Support calibration, testing, and troubleshooting using HIL, dyno, and field test environments

Job Title: Procurement Professional Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Hourly Rate: £24.30 Duration: 12 months - VERY likely to extend! Hours: 37.5 hours per week Flexible Working: Options available in line with business needs. Job Title: Procurement Professional (Test and Development Engineering Team) Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Hourly Rate: £24.30 Duration: 12 months - VERY likely to extend! Hours: 37.5 hours per week Flexible Working: Options available in line with business needs. About Us: We are a global leader in manufacturing construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Our Peterborough facility plays a key role in developing and producing industrial engines for both the Cat and Perkins brands. Join us and help create innovative, sustainable solutions that have a lasting impact across the globe. The Opportunity: We are seeking a Procurement Professional to join our...

Based in Kettering NN16 A leading, established and highly successful provider of mechanical and electrical installation services to commercial and industrial buildings seek the solid appointment of a skilled Mechanical Project Engineer from an M&E / Building Services electrical installation projects background. Those with M&E installations experience in commercial and or industrial environments are of serious interest as a Mechanical Project Engineer or similar. We are looking to make an immediate appointment for an important ongoing project. Candidates highly sought after are those naturally from an M&E / Building Services background, ideally with direct working experience in the project delivery of mechanical installations you would expect to find in commercial and industrial settings. Those with any hospital / healthcare buildings Mechanical services installation are highly sought after; this is not essental for the role though. You will be responsible for supporting...

Are you a skilled engineer with a passion for preventative maintenance, technical problem-solving, and delivering high-quality service? Our client based in Rushden is seeking a Service Engineer to join its dedicated service and maintenance team. This is a vital, hands-on role ensuring plant and equipment are maintained to the highest standards—maximising uptime, supporting safe operations, and delivering a best-in-class customer experience. The Role: As a Service Engineer, you will take ownership of equipment quality, reliability, and safety across the depot and customer sites. This is the perfect opportunity for an experienced mobile/field Engineer looking to come away from travelling.   Hours: Monday to Thursday 8am - 5.30pm Friday 8am – 4.30pm   Salary: £18.32 p/h - £21.53 p/h (approx. £40k - £47k DOE) Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire   Key Responsibilities: Carry out routine servicing and preventative maintenance on plant equipment within the Rushden yard (with...

Human Factors Engineer Location: Cambridge Salary: DOE Contract role for 12 months Benefits: Flexible home and office-based working, competitive contract rates, opportunity to work on global projects Exciting opportunity for a Human Factors Engineer to join our client’s Devices Centre of Excellence! This role offers the chance to contribute to global drug delivery device development projects and regulatory submissions. About the Role and Client Our client is a global leader in drug delivery device innovation, supporting projects across multiple therapy areas. As a Human Factors Engineer, you will manage and execute human factors engineering activities, ensuring usability and compliance for combination products. Responsibilities * Collaborate with internal teams, external design companies, and vendors to deliver human factors engineering outputs * Project-manage the supply, assembly, and testing of materials for HF studies * Provide usability input to device design and...

Tooling Design Engineer Pay: £45hr - £50hr (Umbrella) Location: Ampthill Contract: 6x Months Hours: 37.5 hours per week Pattern: 4x Flex (4-day week, Monday–Thursday) Security Clearance: SC (Required to start) About the Role We are seeking an experienced Tooling Design Engineer to join a world class leading defence company based in Ampthill. This contract role sits within the Operations Engineering team, providing tooling and manufacturing engineering support across the full product lifecycle from concept design and prototype build through to full-rate production and end-of-life support. You will play a critical role in the design, development, and implementation of industrial tooling, jigs, fixtures, prototype models, and machine attachments used for both production and experimental applications. Key Responsibilities: Design and development of manufacturing tooling across technologies including NC machining, Composite layup, Mechanical assembly and fabrication. Full...

Job Title: Tooling Design Engineer Contract: Contract (Inside IR35) Location: Ampthill, Bedfordshire Hours: (4 Day Week/ 37.5 hours) Length: 6 Months Salary: £45 - £50 per hour (Umbrella) The Role - Tooling Design Engineer This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Design Engineer with a focus on tooling to join a global engineering business at the forefront of technological advancement on a long term contract. As a Tooling Design Engineer, you'll be tasked with developing industrial tools, jigs, fixtures, prototype model production and machine attachments used in both main production and prototype development phases. The work you do will be utilised across the full product lifecycle therefore supporting both engineering and production functions. Duties - Tooling Design Engineer Provision of tooling to reduce manufacturing costs and improve yield at all stages. Develop tooling to support CNC Machining, Composite layup and assembly. Designing any new tooling...

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer Location: Ampthill, Bedfordshire Salary: £40-50 per hour Contract: 7 Months Role Overview – Manufacturing Engineer Are you an experienced Manufacturing Engineer with strong CNC machining and CAM programming expertise? This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading engineering organisation as they continue to develop and refine their precision machining capability. As a CNC‑focused Manufacturing Engineer, you will take ownership of developing and optimising machining processes across complex components, working with advanced CNC equipment and industry‑leading CAM software. You’ll act as the technical specialist for CNC methods, tooling, fixturing, programming and machining standards, ensuring consistent quality, efficiency and right‑first‑time performance. This is an on‑site role based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, working within a state‑of‑the‑art advanced manufacturing environment with the benefit of a 4‑day working week (Mon–Thu). Key...

Location: Leicestershire Salary: Up to £30,000 Hours: Monday-Friday, Days Reporting to: Group Quality Manager 1. Purpose of the Role The Quality Engineer will ensure that internal systems and procedures meet accreditation standards while maintaining strong process control to meet customer requirements. This role is key in driving continuous improvement, investigating non-conformance, managing KPIs, and ensuring product safety and legality throughout all stages of production. The position involves regular interaction with internal and external stakeholders. 2. Scope of the Role This role is based on-site at the Leicester facility and covers all aspects of quality control, assurance, and improvement across the operation. 3. Key Responsibilities Your main responsibilities will include: Prioritising health & safety across all activities. Responding to emerging quality issues, implementing containment actions, and verifying non‑conforming products or materials. Conducting...

Your new company Join an established and high-performing Security Operations Centre, working alongside a team of experienced Cyber Engineers and Cyber Analysts. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing protection, optimisation and development of an organisation's cyber defence capabilities. Existing DV Clearance Required Hybrid working - on site near Milton Keynes Your new role As a SOC Engineer within the SOC, you will play a key role in supporting, enhancing and maintaining the organisation's protective monitoring tools and cyber security controls. Your responsibilities will include: Monitoring and reporting on the performance of SOC protective controls and tooling, investigating issues and escalating to internal teams or technology vendors where required. Supporting Security Analysts with security incident investigations as needed. Interpreting system logs and reports to improve logging quality, alerting, and utilisation of cyber tools. Creating and...

Senior Configuration Engineer Stevenage (Sector: Defence & Aerospace) Contract Type: 12 Month Contract   The Opportunity We are seeking a Senior Configuration Engineer to join our world-class team of over 30 specialists. In this role, you will be the guardian of product definition, ensuring the technical integrity of life-critical systems across multiple international projects.   The Role Supporting the Project Configuration Manager, you will take ownership of the design structure for major product sections. You will act as the bridge between engineering innovation and controlled execution, managing complex product variants through every stage of the lifecycle—from development and production to in-service support.   Key Responsibilities: Manage and reflect engineering input into the design structure using our PLM tool, Windchill. Lead the engineering change process, reviewing, accepting, or rejecting changes to ensure business approbation controls are strictly met. Maintain...

Project Engineer 12 Month Contract Stevenage £50 per hour Umbrella   Overview of department: WSSE are integral in the development of systems and system architectures, and as a result we have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle. The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.   Responsibilities: Support the delivery of integration tools to customers acting as the liaison between WSSE and Manufacturing Working with Project Leads and development teams to understand the critical path activities to ensure we deliver on time. You will work as part of a heterogeneous agile development team, made up of mixed discipline engineers working in synergy to deliver the simulations and representations of real equipment. The role requires you to deploy existing software packages provided to you from the software...

Our client, a large Aerospace and Defence supplier is looking for a Project Engineer to join them on a contract basis at their site in Stevenage. Due to the nature of the role, applicants must hold the sole British nationality and be eligible to achieve full SC Clearance ahead of starting. 12-month initial contract. £50 p/h Umbrella, inside IR35. 4-5 days per week onsite in Stevenage.Overview of department: WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result we have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle. The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support. Responsibilities: The role is to support the delivery of integration tools to customers acting as the liaison between WSSE and Manufacturing Working with Project Leads and development teams to understand the...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 5x C# / C++ Software Engineer subcontractors on an initial 12 month contract.  Desktop C# is the expertise the department are looking for; with some experience with C++ but doesn’t need to be overly extensive. Job Title: C# / C++ Software Engineer Rate: £65.00 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 3 or 4 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) C# / C++ Software Engineer Job Description: WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result we have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle.   The team integrate real products, models...

C#, C++ Software Engineer required fpr long term contract assignment in Stevenage Overview of department: The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support. Skillset/experience required: Proficient in C# / C++ Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, Ability to work from high level/system view into technical detail. Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills Knowledge of using Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systemsNon-essential Distributed simulation standards / Protocols (DIS, HLA, DDS) and web services development (JavaScript, Node JS or similar) Military Communications, Datalinks and Interfaces such as 1553/1760 and Ethernet TCP/IP Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes Responsibilities: The role support the development of the worlds most advanced defence systems from the initial concept all...

Software Engineer (C#, C++) (5 OPENINGS) JOB LOCATION: Stevenage / Bristol SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL - SC Start (BPSS- To start, Dependent on Programme) UKEO DURATION: 12+ Months Minimum (Extension possibility- Yes, Dependent on Performance) WORK PATTERN: Work structure- 3-4 days on site & the rest remote (some programmes require fully onsite). First 3 months full time on site regardless. Overtime: Yes (Project dependant) PAY RATE: £60 - £65 Per Hour Umbrella Inside IR35 Essential Skillset & Tools essential: desktop C# desired: Experience of hardware integration Overview: WSSE are integral in the development of weapon systems and system architectures, and as a result we have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle. The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support. Responsibilities: • The...

Project Engineer required for a long term contract assignment based in Stevenage. Skillset/experience required: Familiar with COTS computer hardware Ability to follow software load instructions to install software on COTS hardware Familiar with operating systems such as linux and windows Ability to work with a diverse group of people to build relationships and solve problems Ability to understand and support the delivery of plans so that delivery schedules can be kept. Ability to work with stakeholders to provide solutions to problems with plans when they arise Ability to use and manage simple databases for asset management and tracking purposes Ability to conduct software tests on deliverable equipment using pre-existing test documentation Appreciation for the importance of version controls Appreciation for the importance of quality controls Positive and professional behaviours Proven ability to deliver to deadlines Overview of department: WSSE are integral in the development...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit an RF Design Engineer subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract.    This role would suit a candidate who comes from a strong background working as an RF Designer, Microwave Design Engineer or RF Systems Engineer.  Any previous experience of Advanced Design System (ADS) or Cadence would be great. Hourly Rate: £75ph (Umbrella) Contract Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) RF Design Engineer Job Description: The successful candidate will be the designer for specific RF electronics designs. Interfaces to various stakeholders, such as the Datalink core team, Design Authority and other functional entities will need to be managed effectively to ensure the designs are delivered in a timely manner and will integrate to the other parts of the system Responsibilities: The role is substantially technical and hand on testing and proving is essential....

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 2x Missile Test Architect subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract.    Rate: £60.00 per hour Location: Stevenage or Bolton (depending on your preference)   Hybrid / Remote working: This role is a hybrid role, 1-2 days a week possibly in lab up to 3 in first weeks 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) Missile Test Architect Job Description: The department are looking for experienced test equipment engineers that want to use their knowledge in a system/sub system management role. The role includes determining the project test equipment needs, managing the requirements for test equipment and managing the development through delivery and into service. In this role, you will be responsible for the projects test equipment and...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit an Electrical Systems Engineer / Architect subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. Your base site can either be from the companies Bristol, Stevenage or Bolton office.  This role will be a hybrid position – 3 days per week onsite and 2 days remote.      Hourly Rate: £60 - £85 (Umbrella).      Contract Duration: 6 Months initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter.   Missile Electronic Architect Job Description:   Electrical Architects/Engineers are involved in all aspects of missile development, from the early concept studies to series production and in-service support. It’s an excellent opportunity for someone wanting to build on their engineering experience. Responsibilities: You will be responsible for the electrical architecture and requirements for missiles and/or their associated launcher systems with duties including: Specifying/determining system electrical requirements interface definitions...