I spent about 10 years,” she explains. In Australia Julia worked primarily on the development of unmanned aircraft systems and was involved in flight testing in an array of places across the country. This included working at the largest testrange in the western world, Woomera Test Range in the remote South Australian desert.
Chief Technologist for BAE Systems Julia Sutcliffe talks about her career journey and how the company is embracing its commitment to net zero, writes Gail Bailey
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n 2021 BAE Systems, like many others, joined the United Nations ‘Race to Zero’ campaign, committing to achieve netzero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations by 2030 and across the wider supply chain by 2050. Julia Sutcliffe, who holds a degree in
physics and a PhD in Quantum Mechanics joined BAE Systems originally at their Bristol office as part of the Advanced Technology Group and has been involved in the company on a global scale: “I was researching AI and robotics before moving to the Australian arm of the business where
WE ARE PART OF A MOMENT IN HISTORY AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE EXCITING TIME TO BE AN ENGINEER On returning to the UK, Julia became part of the strategic team and initially joined the unmanned aircraft division in Warton where the Taranis unmanned combat aircraft was developed. Here she was working with the MOD and some of the UK’s leading scientists, aerodynamicists and engineers.
