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8. Engineering

Engineering, shapes the infrastructure, systems and solutions propelling our modern society. Within government, engineers cover an array of engineering disciplines from chemical and systems engineering, environmental and marine engineering, and mechanical and weapons engineering.

801 – Aerospace engineering

802 – Automotive engineering

803 – Biomedical engineering

804 – Chemical engineering

805 – Civil engineering

806 – Communications engineering

807 – Complexity science (systems engineering)

808 – Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics

809 – Electrical engineering

810 – Electronics, sensors and digital hardware

811 – Engineering practice and education

812 – Environmental engineering

813 – Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering

814 – Geomatic engineering

815 – Manufacturing engineering

816 – Maritime engineering

817 – Materials engineering

818 – Mechanical engineering

819 – Nanotechnology

820 – Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy

821 – Safety Engineering

822 – Weapons Engineering

823 – Other engineering

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801 – Aerospace engineering

This sub-group covers aerospace engineering, including avionics and aeronautical and astronomical engineering.

Departments

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Case study – Gary Spencer, Export Control Technical Advisor, Export Control Joint Unit.

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

802 – Automotive engineering

This sub-group covers automotive engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

803 – Biomedical engineering

This sub-group covers biomedical engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

804 – Chemical engineering

This sub-group covers chemical engineering, including process technologies.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

805 – Civil engineering

This sub-group covers communications engineering.

Departments

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Case study – Daniel Jenkins, Senior construction product advisor.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Case study – Simon Lawrence, Specialist inspector, Construction.

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

806 – Communications engineering

This sub-group covers communications engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

807 – Complexity science (systems engineering)

This sub-group covers systems engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

808 – Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics

This sub-group covers control engineering, mechatronics and robotics.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

809 – Electrical engineering

This sub-group covers electrical engineering, including electrical circuits and systems and electromagnetics, but excluding electronics, communications and control engineering.

Departments

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Case study – William NG, Lead Energy and Products Engineer.

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

810 – Electronics, sensors and digital hardware

This sub-group covers electronics, sensors and digital hardware.

Departments

Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)

Case study – Nicholas Reynolds, Associate Science & Technology (S&T) Programme Commissioner.

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

811 – Engineering practice and education

This sub-group covers electronics, sensors and digital hardware.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)

812 – Environmental engineering

This sub-group covers environmental engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Education (DFE)
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)

813 – Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering

This sub-group covers fluid mechanics and thermal engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)

814 – Geomatic engineering

This sub-group covers geomatic engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

815 – Manufacturing engineering

This sub-group covers manufacturing engineering.

Departments

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Case study – Rebecca Sheridan, Developing research proposals into construction product safety.

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

816 – Maritime engineering

This sub-group covers maritime engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)

817 – Materials engineering

This sub-group covers materials engineering. It includes ceramics science, technologies and engineering, polymer and textiles engineering, composite and hybrid materials, physical metallurgy and alloy materials, functional materials and semiconductor materials science and technologies.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

818 – Mechanical engineering

This sub-group covers mechanical engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Education (DFE)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

819 – Nanotechnology

This sub-group covers nanotechnology.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

820 – Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy

This sub-group covers resources engineering and extractive metallurgy.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

821 – Safety Engineering

This sub-group covers safety engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)

822 – Weapons engineering

This sub-group covers weapons engineering.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)

823 – Other engineering

This sub-group covers engineering not elsewhere classified. It includes agricultural engineering, engineering instrumentation and granular mechanics.

Departments

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Case study – Joseph Frost, Technical Assessment Officer, Export Control Joint Unit.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Case study – Rachel Cruise, Building safety and major accident risk scientist.

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Education (DFE)
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Defence – Engineering (MOD)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)