shadowlink
Junior Integration Engineer
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Junior Integration Engineer
📍 Swindon (Hybrid/Flexible Working)
💰 £27,500.00 per annum
💰 5% pension contribution
🎂 Birthday surprise
🧠 Wellbeing Support – Employee Assistance Programme
🎟️ Exclusive Employee Offers
💪 Team Fitness
📄 Permanent
Join shadowlink
shadowlink is an innovative defence and security start-up developing advanced communication systems for government and defence customers. We work on practical technologies designed to operate in challenging environments, combining systems engineering, fibre optics, communications, integration, testing and experimentation to deliver real-world capability.
We're looking for a Junior Integration Engineer to join our growing engineering team.
This is not a traditional graduate scheme. You'll work directly with experienced engineers and company leadership on real projects from day one, gaining exposure across the full engineering lifecycle—from concept development and prototyping through to integration, testing and demonstration.
What you'll be doing
You could be involved in:
- Supporting the design and development of defence and security systems
- Building prototypes, test rigs and experimental setups
- Contributing to modelling, simulation and technical analysis
- Integrating hardware, software and communications technologies
- Conducting laboratory testing, trials and validation activities
- Investigating and resolving technical issues across multiple engineering disciplines
- Producing engineering documentation and technical reports
- Working closely with suppliers, partners and internal engineering teams
- Supporting continuous improvement of engineering processes and test methods
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What we're looking for
You'll be an early-career engineer who is:
- Curious and eager to learn
- Practical and hands-on
- A strong problem solver
- Comfortable tackling unfamiliar challenges
- A good communicator and team player
- Interested in defence, security and complex technical systems
You should be studying towards, or have recently completed, a degree in an engineering discipline such as:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical or Electronic Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Robotics or Mechatronics
- Communications or Telecommunications Engineering
Or a closely related technical subject
Experience that's useful (but not essential)
We'd love to hear from candidates with experience in areas such as:
- Systems engineering
- Electronics or mechanical design
- CAD, CFD or FEA
- Fibre optics, RF, networking or communications systems
- MATLAB, Python or similar tools
- Robotics, drones or autonomous systems
- Formula Student, UAS Challenge, rocketry or engineering competitions
- Personal engineering projects, workshop builds or test rigs
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Why join shadowlink?
As part of a small and ambitious engineering team, you'll:
- Gain experience across multiple engineering disciplines
- Work on real projects with real responsibility
- Learn directly from experienced engineers
- See systems progress from concept through to deployment
- Help shape the future of a growing defence technology business
Security Requirements
Applicants must:
- Be currently resident in the UK
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Be capable of meeting UK security vetting requirements
- Complete BPSS pre-employment screening
Please note: visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
How to Apply
Send us your CV together with a short covering note describing:
- Why you're interested in defence or national security
- A technical project you're proud of
- What interests you about integration engineering
- Any relevant practical, project, testing, simulation or build experience
📩 Apply now and help us develop the next generation of defence and security technologies.
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