Engineer Product Security

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension

Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Flexible working

Life assurance

Job summary

Babcock is seeking an Engineer - Product Security in Ashton Vale, Bristol, with hybrid working and a 37-hour week. You’ll lead security design across complex engineering systems from concept through operation, supporting national security and critical infrastructure within the Mission Technologies team.

You’ll develop information assurance strategies, manage risk using frameworks like ISO/IEC 27000 and NIST SP-800, create security documentation, and collaborate with multidisciplinary engineers

Qualifications

• Experience interpreting ISO/IEC 27000-series or NIST SP-800-series.
• Experience in information assurance, security engineering or cyber security.
• Understanding of risk management and assurance methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Information Assurance strategies meeting customer security requirements.
• Lead risk management aligned with ISO 27000 or NIST SP 800-37.
• Create and maintain system security plans, policies, and evidence.
• Interface with stakeholders to provide expert security guidance.

Skills

Info Assurance

Security Eng

Cyber Security

Risk Mgmt

Stakeholder Comm

Cross-functional Teams

Security Clearance

NIST SP-800

ISO27000 Series

Nuclear/Defence

Education

Higher education qualification or CISSP/CISM/ISO27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor

Job description

Location: Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75386

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Engineer - Product Security at Ashton Vale, near Bristol.

The role

As a Engineer - Product Security, you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding complex engineering systems that support national security and critical infrastructure. Working within our Mission Technologies team, you’ll lead and influence how security is designed into systems from concept to operation, ensuring robust protection against evolving threats.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge defence and engineering projects, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and gaining exposure to advanced technologies. You’ll shape secure solutions that truly make a difference while developing your expertise in cyber security, risk management and information assurance.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Develop and implement comprehensive Information Assurance Strategies to meet complex customer security requirements.
• Lead risk management activities that align with an industry standard such as NIST SP 800-37 or the ISO/IEC 27000 series.
• Create and maintain security documentation including system security plans, policies, procedures, and compliance evidence.
• Interface with internal and external stakeholders to provide expert guidance on security and assurance matters.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements withdays onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Engineer - Product Security

• The ability to interpret and implement industry security standards and frameworks such as the ISO/IEC 27000 series or NIST SP-800 series.
• Experience in information assurance, security engineering, cyber security, or a similar field.
• Deep understanding of security risk management and assurance methodologies & processes.
• Experience working across multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to communicate technical security risk to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in nuclear, defence, or similarly regulated sectors (desirable).

Qualifications for the Engineer - Product Security

• Relevant higher education qualification or industry certification such as CISSP, CISM, or ISO27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor.

Security Clearance

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

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

• 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 allows you to buy or sell annual leave
• ‘Be Kind Day’ — one paid volunteering day per year
• Flexible working to support work-life balance
• A dynamic working environment where innovation and collaboration thrive

Babcock

We’re Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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 [e-mail] 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.

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