Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer in Bristol with hybrid working options. The role involves leading engineering projects, managing requirements, and maintaining quality standards in a defense-related environment. Candidates should have experience in systems engineering and relevant qualifications. Excellent benefits package offered, including generous holidays and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and annual health check

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in requirements management in a MoD context.
• Experience with design build and integrate engineering projects.
• Demonstrated capability in system architecture design.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration activities across engineering projects.
• Manage customer liaison for site integration.
• Create high-quality project documentation.

Skills

Requirements writing, analysis and management

Experience leading and planning engineering projects

Power distribution and rack design

Full Lifecycle system design experience

Design for MoD installations

Education

Degree in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering

HNC/HND with relevant experience

Job description

Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF68788

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 Integration Lead Engineer at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role

As a Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer, you will lead on integration and system engineering in our expanding engineering team for a major UK programme. This role represents a fantastic and rare opportunity to play a senior role in a dynamic delivery team, working on new and exciting projects as part of a rapidly expanding organisation.

Day-to-day, you’ll work collaboratively in a team of multi-discipline engineers, subject matter experts and the customer to mature and develop creative solutions for our current and future clients. You will use your knowledge and skills to ensure the development of the right solutions, combined with robust testing and acceptance.

• Lead engineering work packages across Radio Frequency Development projects, this including planning activities, managing requirements traceability through the Systems Requirement Document. To ensure the technical authority for all integration activities with DSRS.
• Leading Validation, Verification, Test and Acceptance activities against the SRD through maintaining a Validation, Verification, Requirements Matrix. Produce test plan, case and scripts for the development of the system to provide the traceability back to the requirements.
• Holistic view and plan for all DSRS Integration activities through leading in the definition of activities in response to customer change.
• Customer liaison for all site integration activities through participating in the development, building, testing and trialling of solutions.
• Contributing to the creation of high-quality project documentation. Reporting to PEM on technical delivery and output. Leading and inspiring junior systems engineers.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer

• Requirements writing, analysis and management within an MoD context
• Experience leading; planning and delivery of design build and integrate engineering projects. For Schedule, risk, assumptions. leadership experience for ensure the team is tasked and
• Experience of power distribution, UPS, rack design layout and cabling design
• Full Lifecycle, demonstrable System and solution architecture design and delivery experience
• Design for MoD installations in accordance with SCIDA requirements / JSP 604 and AUTOCAD and technical report writing experience.

Qualifications for the Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer

• Degree or equivalent in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering. HNC/HND with equivalent, relevant experience is valued and welcomed
• Incorporated / Chartered Engineer or 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. 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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.

Closing Date

10/11/2025

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