Senior Systems Engineer

Babcock International; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Bristol is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to work on exciting projects related to shipbuilding and naval engineering. You will be responsible for understanding customer needs, managing requirements, and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate has excellent problem-solving skills and a degree in a STEM field. This role offers a collaborative environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Qualifications

• Experience in requirements elicitation and management and/or acceptance of complex systems.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles.
• Must be able to achieve and maintain SC security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and elicit formal requirements.
• Manage requirements for systems and sub-systems.
• Ensure compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Problem-solving

Communication

Systems engineering principles

Education

Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent experience

Job description

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be deployed on exciting projects, including complex shipbuilding and design for platforms such as Arrowhead 140. Your work will help define and understand problems, capture stakeholder needs, and translate them into system and sub-system requirements that shape the future of naval engineering. This is an opportunity to influence major defence programmes, ensuring compliance and delivering solutions that matter. You'll join a collaborative team that values innovation and offers clear pathways for career progression.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and elicit formal requirements.
• Derive and manage requirements for systems and sub-systems.
• Ensure compliance is maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
• Define acceptance methodologies for system and sub-system requirements.
• Manage the Assurance and Acceptance process with customers and suppliers.

This role is full time and based onsite at Bristol.

Qualifications

• Experience in requirements elicitation and management and/or acceptance of complex systems.
• Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles.
• Degree‑level qualification in a STEM subject (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) or equivalent industry/armed forces experience.
• 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 a Senior Systems Engineer at our Bristol site.

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).

Benefits

• 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