Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title:                     Senior Systems Engineer

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Faslane, Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           £54,019 - £60,429 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF72771

Lead Engineering That Protects Our Nations’s Future

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Systems Transversals Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard or Babcock Technology Centre sites.

The role

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping engineering excellence across our Naval Nuclear programmes. This is your opportunity to lead significant engineering projects that directly support the Royal Navy’s operational capability, work that is innovative, meaningful and nationally important.

Day-to-day, you’ll be part of our Whole Boat & Platform Systems Engineering team, helping to drive engineering performance, improve processes, and influence how complex engineering systems are delivered.

• Lead transversal engineering projects and deliver technical solutions to complex engineering problems.


• Implement engineering processes, governance and capability plans that improve how we operate.


• Undertake engineering investigations, producing clear reports and recommendations.


• Carry out project management activities including planning, delivery and cost control.


• Liaise with customers and stakeholders to present solutions, progress and outcomes.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Systems Engineer

• Understanding and delivery of system technical requirements.


• Experience driving innovation and improving engineering effectiveness and efficiency.


• Proven experience managing projects in fast‑moving environments, delivering on time, on budget and to quality standards.


• Familiarity with commercial and subcontract processes.


• Proficiency in project management tools.

Qualifications for the Senior Systems Engineer

• Degree or Level 5 qualification in a relevant STEM discipline OR substantial relevant experience can be considered.


• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status or actively working towards.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity


• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [email protected] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 18/06/2026

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