Top Engineering Jobs in Belfast

Supports the planning, development, and improvement of aerospace manufacturing processes, tools, technologies, and production systems. Responsibilities include continuous improvement, waste reduction, automation and digital manufacturing initiatives, industrialisation of new products, production problem-solving, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, and production teams.

Manage a distributed team of senior and staff engineers developing and scaling Gitaly, GitLab’s Git storage tier. Drive complex infrastructure, performance, scalability, architecture, and maintainability initiatives while balancing roadmap and platform priorities. Provide mentoring, career development, technical guidance, and accountability. Collaborate asynchronously with Git and cross-functional teams, represent Gitaly’s technical direction, and ensure long-term platform viability through sound architectural judgment.

Graduate engineers will contribute to aerospace projects at Short Brothers in Belfast across design, research and technology, materials and processes, stress analysis, and test and technical systems engineering. The role involves collaboration with experienced engineers, development of aerospace technologies, and professional growth through coaching and mentoring. Applicants need a relevant accredited engineering degree, a strong interest in aerospace, communication skills, and the ability to work full-time on-site in Belfast.

A 12-month aerospace engineering internship at Short Brothers, a Boeing company, based in Belfast. Interns will support live projects across design engineering, research and technology, materials and processes, stress analysis, powerplant and systems engineering, and experimental and ground testing. Candidates will gain practical engineering experience, collaborate across teams, and develop professionally while contributing to aircraft component innovation and sustainable aviation.

Supports aerospace quality assurance, regulatory compliance, new product development, supplier quality, continuous improvement, and quality testing. The graduate will use APQP and specialized technologies such as digital metrology, CMM programming, NDT, calibration, and laboratory testing while collaborating with engineers, suppliers, customers, and regulators.

Lead and grow an engineering team responsible for Affirm’s international identity platform, including KYC, user lifecycle management, and identity decisioning. Own technical strategy, multi-quarter roadmaps, architecture, reliability, availability, incident response, and operational improvements. Drive major consumer-facing initiatives, cross-functional alignment, and technical execution across Product, Design, Analytics, and Engineering teams while developing engineers and maintaining a high-trust culture.

Leads and scales Rapid7’s EMEA sales engineering organization, managing Solution Engineers and serving as the region’s strategic technical authority. Partners with sales, marketing, product, engineering, executives, and channel partners to drive revenue, retention, consultative security solutions, strategic proofs of concept, demonstrations, and enterprise deals. Represents the company at industry events and translates customer needs into product strategy while improving forecasting, leadership development, and presales performance.

Manages a globally distributed team of Assigned Support Engineers serving enterprise customers. Responsibilities include hiring, coaching, performance management, escalation leadership, customer recovery planning, cross-functional coordination, KPI tracking, capacity planning, process improvement, automation, and communicating customer outcomes and ROI. The role requires strong technical knowledge, including Linux administration and web application concepts, plus experience supporting production-critical environments.

Lead a small team developing secure, reliable agentic AI capabilities. Responsibilities include setting technical direction, building agent monitoring, evaluation, and guardrail frameworks, performing machine learning tasks, translating research into production features, mentoring engineers, and contributing hands-on code and technical designs. The role focuses on agent collaboration, trust, security, quality measurement, and scalable software delivery.

Build and own automated testing frameworks, CI/CD infrastructure, load and stress testing, and chaos engineering practices for a brokerage platform. Write primarily Go, integrate AI and LLM tooling into quality workflows, investigate application and Kubernetes failures, improve developer tooling, and mentor engineers on reliability and test coverage.

Leads railway engineering, ERTMS, and digital systems teams; establishes fleet engineering capabilities for RDG, DFTO, and GBR; develops rail engineering policies and standards; supports digital signalling deployment; manages senior stakeholders, budgets, teams, and engineering development programmes; and provides strategic technical leadership across rolling stock, safety, interoperability, communications, and supply chain activities.

Owns end-to-end product and engineering strategy for Mews' Back of House domain. Leads globally distributed engineering teams, builds the management structure, develops senior talent, and improves reliability, performance, and technical debt without disrupting delivery. Determines where AI should be integrated into the product and ships AI-driven improvements. Requires VP-level product and engineering ownership, SaaS scaling experience, strong people leadership, and hands-on experience shipping AI as a core product capability.

Leads global AI-first MarTech engineering strategy, architecture, governance, compliance, and delivery. Oversees scalable digital platforms, public-facing properties, GenAI applications, R&D, proof-of-concepts, and automated compliance capabilities. Builds and mentors a global team of engineering and AI professionals, manages vendors, and partners with marketing, business, cloud, security, privacy, infrastructure, and legal stakeholders to deliver secure, high-performance digital experiences.

Leads the operational integrity, reliability, security, and continual improvement of enterprise connectivity platforms across stores, logistics sites, datacentres, and Azure environments. Drives automation, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and Site Reliability Engineering practices. Provides technical leadership, oversees outsourced NOC services and managed partners, governs supplier performance, and improves service quality and operational efficiency through proactive engineering.

Executive engineering leader responsible for defining enterprise-wide software engineering strategy, architecture, tooling, roadmaps, and delivery-performance measures. The role drives modern CI/CD, automation, AI adoption, engineering excellence, and safer, faster software delivery. It combines strategic thought leadership with targeted proofs of concept, market and supplier evaluation, and close collaboration with technology executives and engineering teams.

Lead and scale the engineering organization for a regulated digital-asset custody platform. Own hiring, org design, engineering operations (on-call, incidents, release hygiene), delivery against roadmaps, audit and regulator readiness (SOC 2, SAMA, ISO 27001), and cross-functional alignment. Amplify an existing small, specialized team to meet regulatory and institutional requirements while preserving culture and retention.

The Assistant Professor will develop an internationally recognised research programme, publish impactful work, secure external funding, and build industry partnerships. Responsibilities include designing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, curriculum development, student assessment, PhD supervision, mentoring, knowledge transfer, enterprise, outreach, and departmental administration. The role also involves contributing to equality, diversity, inclusion, strategic initiatives, and a supportive academic community.

Coordinates the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Spatial Review of research laboratory facilities. Responsibilities include project planning, data collection and analysis, milestone and risk tracking, stakeholder engagement, reporting, budget monitoring, communications, and supporting evidence-based investment decisions. The officer may lead workstreams, manage smaller projects, recommend solutions and improvements, and allocate work to colleagues while maintaining effective project delivery.

Designs, implements, and refines threat detection and response use cases aligned with MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain. Collaborates with threat intelligence, incident response, forensics, and security operations teams; analyzes attack patterns and security events; participates in red-team and penetration-testing exercises; tracks emerging threats; and reports detection effectiveness metrics to leadership. The role also investigates anomalies, correlates artifacts across datasets, and supports proactive defense strategies.

Manage and mentor a team of software engineers while contributing hands-on to software design, development, deployment, maintenance, code reviews, troubleshooting, and technical decisions. Lead delivery and engineering quality, collaborate with product and design stakeholders, improve team processes, and implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and secure coding practices.

Lead and grow engineering teams building blockchain and Web3 products. Drive technical strategy, architecture, delivery, quality, hiring, mentoring, and engineering processes to ensure reliable product delivery and team scaling.

Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team to design, build, release, and run international pricing platforms. Ensure operational stability, deliver high-quality cloud-first solutions, drive engineering excellence, DORA standards, and cross-functional requirements like security and performance. Partner with Product and Delivery to meet business goals and enable scalable pricing across international markets.

Act as the bridge between Axis and consultant/specifier communities across the Midlands and South West UK. Build and manage A&E programme relationships, advise on product specifications, train on Axis design tools, create thought leadership, align activities with sales to generate pipeline, and collaborate with global A&E peers to share best practices.

Leads software engineering teams building search, browse, merchandising, recommendation, personalization, and consumer engagement capabilities. Owns roadmap execution, delivery planning, operational excellence, engineering quality, team metrics, talent development, and stakeholder collaboration. Drives experimentation, AI-assisted engineering, scalable services, and continuous improvement across digital consumer experiences.

Leads quality engineering strategy across PUMA’s direct-to-consumer technology landscape. Responsibilities include managing automation teams, designing scalable test frameworks, driving regression and API testing, integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, defining quality metrics, and partnering with engineering, product, DevOps, SRE, and architecture teams. The role also advances shift-left practices, performance testing, observability, AI-assisted testing, and continuous improvement across web, mobile, commerce, integrations, and platform services.