Electromechanical Engineer

Babcock International; Stoke Gifford; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health check

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in the armed forces leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day volunteering leave

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking an Electromechanical Engineer to work on complex military platforms and defence equipment, combining mechanical, electrical, and systems expertise to solve challenges. You will investigate faults, develop design modifications, support testing and certification, and provide technical input across integrated systems.

The role is full-time (37 hours/week) with hybrid working in Bristol, with travel to other Babcock sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with electromechanical systems across design, integration, modification and support activities.
• Strong automotive electrical systems experience including wiring, harnesses, power distribution and fault diagnosis.
• Proven fault-finding and root cause analysis capabilities.
• Experience producing engineering designs and technical documentation.
• Ability to develop practical engineering solutions to complex technical challenges.
• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics or equivalent.
• Chartered Engineer / Incorporated Engineer status or working towards professional registration.

Responsibilities

• Investigating faults and performing root cause analysis across complex electromechanical systems.
• Developing engineering solutions and design modifications to improve performance and reliability.
• Supporting testing, validation, certification, and integration activities.
• Producing technical documentation, specifications, drawings, reports and engineering outputs.
• Providing technical expertise and support throughout the equipment lifecycle.

Skills

Electromechanical systems

Root cause analysis

Fault finding

Design modifications

Technical documentation

Lifecycle support

Education

Mechanical/Electrical/Electromechanical degree

Chartered/ Incorporated Engineer status or working towards

Job description

As an Electromechanical Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to work on complex military platforms and critical defence equipment, combining mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering expertise to solve real-world challenges. This is a varied and hands-on engineering role where you'll investigate faults, develop innovative design modifications, support testing and certification activities, and provide technical expertise across a range of integrated electromechanical systems. Your work will directly contribute to improving equipment performance, reliability, safety, and operational capability. Working throughout the equipment lifecycle, you'll collaborate with a wide range of engineering specialists and stakeholders while building your expertise within one of the UK's leading defence organisations. Day-to-day, you will be:

• Investigating faults and carrying out root cause analysis across complex electromechanical systems
• Developing engineering solutions and design modifications to improve performance and reliability
• Supporting testing, validation, certification, and integration activities
• Producing technical documentation, specifications, drawings, reports, and engineering outputs
• Providing technical expertise and support throughout the equipment lifecycle.

This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based in Bristol. Hybrid working arrangements are available, with frequent travel to other Babcock sites as required.

Qualifications

• Experience working with electromechanical systems across design, integration, modification, and support activities
• Strong automotive electrical systems experience, including vehicle wiring, harnesses, power distribution, and fault diagnosis
• Proven fault-finding and root cause analysis capabilities
• Experience producing engineering designs and technical documentation
• Ability to develop practical engineering solutions to complex technical challenges.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent
• Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer status, or working towards professional registration.

Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Electromechanical Engineer in Bristol., We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you will 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.

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 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• '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.