Top Engineering Jobs in Belfast

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.

Leads a multidisciplinary presales engineering team developing technical solutions and proposals for modular data centers, power rooms, and cable landing stations. Responsibilities include interpreting RFQs and customer requirements, coordinating architecture and engineering disciplines, reviewing technical documentation, engaging customers and suppliers, supporting sales activities, and ensuring compliance with relevant codes and standards. The role includes people leadership, technical coordination, and approximately 10% international travel.

Provide technical direction for GitLab Dedicated, a managed single-tenant SaaS platform. Lead architecture and transformation across resilience, failover, tenant orchestration, change management, automation, and platform integrations. Identify systemic reliability and scalability risks, establish reusable platform patterns, strengthen service ownership, and guide cross-team technical decisions. Mentor senior engineers and advance engineering excellence across the organization.

Lead quality engineering activities for Airbus’s A220 programme in Belfast. Responsibilities include managing supplier quality processes, reporting performance, deploying quality standards, supporting rate ramp-up, implementing APQP and DFMEA risk tools, facilitating design reviews and structured problem-solving, and maintaining systems that improve engineering deliverables across time, cost, and quality.

Leads the technical development of AECOM’s Ground Engineering team, overseeing geotechnical data, analyses, design calculations, project delivery, client advisory, and technical quality. Manages schedules, budgets, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary collaboration while supporting business growth and client relationships. Provides leadership, mentoring, networking, and development for junior engineers across geotechnical projects involving infrastructure, energy, water, transport, buildings, and other sectors.

Engineering Interns contribute to software features across the full development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and improvement. They work with APIs, databases, streams, and queues while participating in stand-ups and peer-led teams. The role provides mentoring and hands-on experience with Signifyd’s technology stack. Candidates should be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering, show interest in software development and machine learning, and be curious, collaborative, and willing to learn.

Twelve-month placement supporting AI tooling integration and reliability engineering for high-availability financial systems. Responsibilities include performance testing, monitoring, automation, system architecture collaboration, resilience requirements, clean coding, and AI-assisted workflow improvements. Candidates should be computer science undergraduates with programming proficiency and foundational knowledge of reliability, monitoring, or AI/ML concepts. The role is based in Belfast with office attendance two or three days weekly.

Develop and maintain cross-platform consumer mobile applications using React Native, TypeScript, and JavaScript. Build reusable components, integrate REST and GraphQL APIs, implement state management, optimize performance, troubleshoot crashes, support testing and CI/CD releases, and apply accessibility and usability principles. Collaborate with product, design, QA, and engineering teams in Agile delivery environments while contributing to code reviews, experiments, and engineering standards.

Develop and ship software for Avakin Life, a large-scale social gaming platform serving millions of users. Opportunities span Unity and game development, backend and platform engineering, general software engineering, and AI-focused technology work. Engineers will collaborate remotely across the UK and EU, solve technical challenges at scale, and build virtual-world experiences that support global social interaction.

Manages the Web Platform engineering team, overseeing technical vision, reusable pipelines, tooling, frameworks, developer experience, reliability, and production operations. Leads senior engineers, recruitment, retention, technical strategy, vendor partnerships, OKRs, and engineering excellence. The role combines hands-on software engineering with people leadership, platform ownership, product thinking, and cross-functional influence across customer- and colleague-facing applications.

Entry-level three-year software engineering graduate programme involving structured training, engineering development, product and solution design, and work across new and existing customer programmes. Candidates may rotate across business units or complete an external secondment. The role requires a relevant computer or software engineering degree, UK work authorization, and successful completion of BPSS and SC security checks.

Four-year degree apprenticeship developing skills as an Integrated Logistics Support Engineer while studying for a BEng in Mechatronic Engineering. Responsibilities include supporting systems requirements and design, project reviews, testing and validation, engineering investigations, ILS planning, supportability analysis, technical documentation, data management, spare-parts analysis, training materials, maintenance strategies, and stakeholder engagement. The role is based in Belfast with university study and practical engineering work at Thales.

Three-year graduate systems engineering programme developing engineering solutions for defence, aerospace, space, and digital security products. Participants receive structured training, work with experienced engineers, contribute to new and existing products, and may rotate across business units or complete an external secondment in Year 3. The role requires a STEM degree, permanent UK work rights, and successful completion of BPSS and SC security checks.

Three-year graduate engineering programme focused on developing industrial process engineering skills through supported work on new and existing products. Participants follow accredited technical and transversal learning pathways, may rotate across business units or complete a secondment, and build engineering competencies and professional networks. The role is based in Belfast and requires UK right to work plus successful BPSS and SC security checks.

Three-year Level 5 higher apprenticeship combining college study at South Eastern Regional College with practical engineering rotations at Thales. The apprentice will develop skills across mechanical engineering, electronics, software, hardware, and systems, progressing toward mechatronic engineering specialization. Responsibilities include learning engineering design and problem-solving, supporting solutions within cost, quality, and manufacturing constraints, collaborating across teams, and completing a Foundation Engineering Degree with potential progression to a BEng.

A four-year Level 6 apprenticeship combining university study at Ulster University with practical engineering experience at Thales. The apprentice will develop mechatronics skills across mechanical engineering, electronics, software, hardware, and systems engineering through rotations, project work, and workplace learning. The program leads to a BEng in Mechatronic Engineering and a permanent role, with training focused on engineering design, problem-solving, manufacturability, quality, cost, teamwork, and technical delivery.

Oversee engineering operations and bus maintenance at a London garage, ensuring vehicle reliability, safety, compliance, and TfL standards. Diagnose complex mechanical and electrical issues, lead engineers and technicians, manage stock and budgets, and support emerging technologies including hybrid and electric vehicles. The role requires engineering leadership, strong bus-maintenance expertise, health and safety knowledge, and relevant transport and professional qualifications.

Build and operate core platform systems for users, workspaces, permissions, APIs, authentication, and resource management. Deliver full-stack features with a backend focus, including admin and settings interfaces. Scope work within large existing systems, plan migrations, manage safe rollouts, debug production issues, and collaborate across product and engineering teams. Candidates need strong Python and backend development expertise, software and system design knowledge, testing and security fundamentals, and the ability to navigate ambiguity.

Build and maintain payments infrastructure, including usage tracking, pricing, billing, payment providers, and stream-processing services. Collaborate with Finance, Tax, Growth, Sales, and engineering teams to support compliance, reporting, experiments, and customer payments. Plan migrations, debug complex production billing issues, and safely evolve live systems handling money. Requires Python expertise, backend development experience, software and system design knowledge, testing and security fundamentals, and strong problem-solving ability.

Lead and scale distributed engineering teams, drive technical best practices, manage project timelines and risks, oversee hiring and career development, and ensure scalable, secure, maintainable architectures while collaborating with product and stakeholders.