Systems Engineer

weServed; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Discretionary leave for Reservists

Job summary

Babcock in Harrogate is seeking a Systems Engineer to deliver advanced RF communications capabilities that support defence operations and national security. You will work with multidisciplinary teams from concept through verification, validation and deployment to ensure the right solutions are tested and ready for field use.

Day-to-day, you will apply lifecycle engineering methods, develop test plans and liaise with the project team to keep delivery on schedule while maintaining high quality

Qualifications

• Experience with holistic lifecycle management of complex systems (Software & Hardware integration).
• Engineering expertise across the lifecycle (V-Model) from concepts to supportability.
• Demonstrable systems engineering experience including Verification, Validation and Transition to Service.

Responsibilities

• Provide Systems Engineering expertise for highly complex RF-Comms projects per the Engineering Management Plan and systems processes.
• Support Validation, Verification, Test and Acceptance activities; participate in building, testing and trials.
• Create and present technical engineering documents; manage lifecycle documentation and test cases linked to Verification/Validation requirements.
• Collaborate with Operations and cross-functional Subject Matter Experts to plan and execute project delivery.
• Coordinate with Principal Systems Engineer and Project Manager to ensure delivery to schedule and budget.

Skills

Lifecycle management

Systems engineering

Verification & Validation

V-Model

Education

Degree in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Systems Engineer

Location: Harrogate + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75830

Help Shape the Future of Mission-Critical Communications

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Systems Engineer at Harrogate, near York, North Yorkshire.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Mission Technologies business, helping to deliver highly complex Radio Frequency communications solutions that support defence and national security. Working alongside multidisciplinary engineers, subject matter experts and customers, you'll help develop innovative solutions that make a real difference. From concept through to verification, validation and acceptance, you'll play a key role in delivering technology that supports critical operations while developing your own expertise in a fast-growing and highly specialised environment.

The role

As a Systems Engineer, you'll have a role that is out of the ordinary. Your work will help deliver advanced Radio Frequency communications capabilities that support critical defence operations and contribute directly to national security.

You will be collaborating with multidisciplinary engineers, subject matter experts and customers, you'll help develop innovative communications solutions from concept through to verification, validation and acceptance. You'll use your expertise to ensure the right solutions are delivered, rigorously tested and ready for deployment, while gaining valuable experience on complex programmes at the forefront of defence communications.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Provide Systems Engineering expertise in the delivery of highly complex RF-Comms projects in line with the Engineering Management Plan and systems engineering processes.
• Support Validation, Verification, Test and Acceptance activities and participating in the building, testing and trialling of solutions.
• Create and presenting technical engineering documents and supporting reviews and managing updates of documentation through the lifecycle, particularly looking at building acceptance and test cases linked to Verification and Validation Requirements Matrix.
• Work with the Operations team and cross-functional and transversal Subject Matter Experts to plan and execute project delivery.
• Liaise with the relevant Principal Systems Engineer and Project Manager to ensure overall delivery of the project to schedule and budget.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Systems Engineer

• A knowledge of holistic lifecycle management in a System of Systems Approach Environment with respect to context covering Software & Hardware integration experience
• Engineering expertise across the engineering life cycle V-Model or equivalent from initial concepts, requirements, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, maintenance, and supportability.
• Demonstrable systems engineering experience with a history in Verification, Validation and Transition to Service, including test plan, case and script development for complex systems

Qualifications for the Systems Engineer

• Degree or equivalent in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering. HNC/HND with equivalent, relevant experience is valued and welcomed

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV) 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

• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• '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
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment

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're 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: 17/09/2026

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